Operating modes

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Click Mode > Home to return to the Home screen to get started with a new design, or access tutorials and other product information.

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Use Mode > Wilcom Workspace to digitize and edit embroidery designs. Display embroidery as well as artwork. View designs realistically in 3D simulation.

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Use Mode > CorelDRAW Graphics to import, edit or create vector artwork as a backdrop for embroidery digitizing, manual or automatic.

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Click Mode > Design Library to open a window from which to search and manage designs and job orders.

Open EmbroideryStudio using the desktop icon or the MS Windows® Start menu. The application has one workspace or ‘design window’ but you interact with it in different operating modes. These can be accessed via the Modes toolbar.

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The main modes you’ll be accessing are:

Mode

Function

Home

With this mode you can return to the Home screen to access new designs, or access tutorials and other product information.

Wilcom Workspace

This mode allows you to create and edit embroidery objects using an embroidery digitizing toolset.

CorelDRAW Graphics

This mode allows you to create and edit vector objects using the CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite toolset.

Design Library

This mode allows you to manage designs and job orders.

Caution: You need to calibrate your monitor so that designs at 1:1 scale appear at real size. Do this when you first install EmbroideryStudio or whenever you change your monitor. See Calibrating the monitor for details.

Display embroidery

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Use Mode > Show Embroidery to show and hide embroidery objects in CorelDRAW Graphics.

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Use Mode > Virtual Decoration Quality to set the rendering quality of embroidery TrueView for a virtual decoration.

Artwork can be inserted, pasted or scanned into EmbroideryStudio for use as digitizing templates or ‘backdrops’. You can show or hide backdrops temporarily while you digitize. You can show or hide artwork temporarily in Wilcom Workspace. Conversely, in CorelDRAW Graphics, you have the option of turning on or off the embroidery display.

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