Automatic multi-hooping

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Click Hoop > Show Hoop to show or hide hoop. Right-click to change hoop settings.

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Toggle Hoop > Hooping Mode on to access the multi-hooping toolset.

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Use Hooping Mode > Multi-Hooping Options to change multi-hooping options in the Multi-Hooping tab of the Options dialog.

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Use Hooping Mode > Auto Layout Hoops to automatically add/rotate/delete hoops and split lines to cover the entire design.

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Use Hooping Mode > Preview Hoopings to view hooping thumbnails in the docker. Click thumbnails to isolate hoopings.

EmbroideryStudio provides a dedicated Hooping Mode toolbar which allows you to specify multiple hoopings for large designs, both manually or automatically. The easiest way to work out hoop positions is with the Auto Layout Hoops tool. Bear in mind that this method uses a purely rule-based software algorithm. It works best with simple designs.

To create automatic multiple hoopings...

1Open or create the large design or design layout you want to sew out.

2Check the stitching sequence with the Color-Object List tool and/or Stitch Player. This helps you place hoops in the best hooping sequence.

3Choose the hoop you want to use. Since a given stitchout can use only one size of hoop, you need to choose a hoop that will cover the largest object in the design.

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4Switch to Hooping Mode. Covered objects – those that fit wholly within a hoop – display as green stitches. Uncovered objects – those that do not fit – display as black stitches.

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Note: No embroidery object can be selected or manipulated in Hooping Mode.

5Use the Auto Layout Hoops tool to add hoop positions automatically. These are calculated according to the stitching sequence.

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6Use the Preview Hoopings tool to preview hoop positions in the docker. Click and hold to isolate the hooping in the design window.

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7Save the design to one or more files or send it to machine.

Usage tips...

3EmbroideryStudio always attempts to include whole objects within sequential hoopings. Where this is not possible, it will split objects between hoopings. Although split lines are only visible in Hooping Mode, they are maintained when switching to other modes. They do not affect object integrity.

3If the same hoop position is repeated in the hooping sequence, the hooping label will indicate this. Moving a hoop slightly to include objects shown can reduce repeat hoopings.

3It is important to minimize color changes in a design. If you activate color optimization in the Options > Multi-Hooping tab, color optimization is automatically applied to the design when generating automatic hoopings.

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3Print a copy of the design showing the hoop positions to help you stitch it in the correct hooping order.

Related topics...

3Sequencing embroidery objects

3Hoop selection

3Split objects between hoopings

3Printing multi-hooped designs

3Multi-hoop production