Digitize sequin runs

	Use Sequin > Sequin Run Auto to create a string of sequins along a digitized line according to current settings.
	Use Sequin > Sequin Run Manual to manually digitize sequin-drops along a digitized line.
		Use Sequin > Sequin Palette to select from a user-defined palette of sequin shapes for the current design.

Digitize sequin runs as you would motif runs. If you use the manual method, you define spacings between sequin-drops with every click you make. If you use the automatic method, sequin-drops are calculated according to current settings.

To digitize a sequin run...

1Select a sequin-capable machine from the Select Machine Format dialog.

2Define your palette and select a sequin shape from the droplist. For simplicity, we show a single-sequin setup.

3To digitize a scalable sequin run, use the Sequin Run Auto tool. Enter reference points – left-click for corner points, right-click for curve points.

4Press Enter to complete. Sequin drops are automatically generated along with their fixing stitches. Automatic sequin runs can be scaled.

Tip: You can convert a normal run to sequin run by selecting and clicking the Sequin Run Auto tool.

To control placement of sequin drops...

3To control the exact placement of your sequin drops, use the Sequin Run Manual tool. Digitize individual sequin drops with left and right mouse clicks.

3Press Enter to complete. Sequin drops are generated at each reference point. Connecting and fixing stitches are automatically generated.

To modify sequin run properties...

1Double-click to access object properties. Change sequins and adjust spacing properties as necessary.

2In the Spacing field, enter a nominal spacing. This is measured from the center to center. Minimum spacing is automatically calculated.

3Select a Positioning method from the droplist:

Option	Function
Exact	Uses nominal spacing. This may result in gap formation at the end of the path.
Expand to fit	Expands nominal spacing to evenly spread sequin distribution.
Contract to fit	Contracts nominal spacing to evenly spread sequin distribution, resulting in an extra sequin.
Manual	Turns any sequin run into a manual run so that the number of sequins won’t change during editing.

Note: If you change a manual sequin run to exact spacing, all sequin drops are recalculated and manual placements lost.

4To change fixing stitches, click the button in the Fixing field. The docker expands to show a library of fixing stitch types. See below.

Digitize sequin runs

To digitize a sequin run...

To control placement of sequin drops...

To modify sequin run properties...

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