There are five main cases when hooping designs in EmbroideryStudio:
3A single design that fits within a single hoop.
3A work-piece layout involving multiple designs each requiring its own hooping.
3A single design that fits within a single hoop, but which is repeated continuously.
3A single design that will not fit within a single hoop but can fit within a multi-position hoop. Multi-position hoops generally consist of two (2) or three (3) overlapping stitching areas.
3A single design that will not fit within a single hooping but requires multiple hoopings.
With each hooping, there is generally only one important reference point – the hoop center. This is particularly so where machines automatically center the design. When designs are located on a large work piece, like a table cloth, design extents and geometric center become important for positioning.
For most work, you will use designs that fit entirely within the available hoops for your particular machine. You will mostly use default settings both in the software and on the machine. The hoop center becomes the reference point for all designs you do in this manner. This technique provides the basis for all other techniques you will use. See Stitch out single designs for details.
Continuous embroidery consists of a single design, repeated continuously, that fits within a single hoop.
In EmbroideryStudio, continuous embroidery can be achieved in one of two ways:
3Automatic continuous embroidery consists of multiple design repeats combined with multi-hooping to create output files with automatic registration marks.
3Manual continuous embroidery consists of a single design with manually inserted basting stitch markers or graphic markers at start and end of design for alignment.
As an intermediate user, you may want to create design layouts on large work pieces. Each design will still fit in a single hoop but there may be multiple designs in the layout. Each hooping has its own reference point that is used with the hoop template to accurately place the design at the correct orientation. As there is only one design per hooping, there is no need for secondary placement points. The main benefit of this technique is that the complete layout can be accommodated within a single design file with the work piece as reference and all components included. See Stitch out work-piece layouts for details.
As an intermediate user, you’ll no doubt want to try laying out larger designs using multi-position hoops. These allow you to utilize a larger area of fabric to combine several designs or split large designs. Design components are sewn in different stitching areas without the need to re-hoop the fabric. See Multi-position hooping for details.
If your design is too large or involves a large work area, you have the option of splitting it into multiple hoopings. The dedicated Hooping Mode allows you to strategically position hoops until you obtain the least number of hoopings necessary to accommodate the whole design layout.
Each hooping contains an object or group of objects that can be stitched out on their own. Hoopings are stitched consecutively to form the whole design. They can be sent directly to machine or saved to file. See Multi-Hooping for details.