Lay out program splits on-screen

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Use Fills > Program Split to create decorative fill stitches where needle penetrations form a tiled pattern.

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Use Outlines > Program Split to create borders or columns of even width for decorative needle penetration patterns. Right-click for settings.

You lay out program splits on-screen in a similar way to Motif Fills by using ‘guide patterns’ to scale, space, transform and offset the entire pattern fill.

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To lay out program splits on-screen...

1Right-click the Program Split icon to access object properties.

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2Select a pattern from the droplist. Alternatively, click the arrow button to access the pattern library.

3Click Layout. Three blue guide patterns allow you to change the layout.

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4Adjust the guide patterns to achieve the desired effect:

3Move patterns by selecting the middle guide pattern and dragging.

3Scale patterns by selecting a guide pattern and dragging selection handles.

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3Rotate patterns by clicking the middle guide twice to display the rotation handles. Click a corner handle and drag to rotate.

3Skew patterns by clicking the middle guide twice, then dragging the skew handles.

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3Change column spacing by selecting the side guide and dragging it left or right.

3Change column offset by selecting the side guide and dragging it up or down.

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3Change row spacing and offsets in the same way as columns.

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5Press Enter to apply.

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