In the Quick Start I for Digitizing Pro III, we will go through the functionality of the Steil stitch. By the time you have finished this lesson you should have a good working knowledge on how to use this function.

The “Steil Tool” creates a column stitch with a uniform thickness. Rather than entering points on each side of a column, the points are entered in the center of the column in the same manner as a run stitch. A steil stitch can be changed to any thickness by simply going to the properties and entering a new width.

Examples of steil stitch usage:

1. A border with uniform thickness .

2. Column Stitches with uniform thickness .

1. Go to the drop down menu File and click on NEW.

2. Select the "Backdrop Tool" using the left mouse button.

3. Select DigP-QS-04-Steil_Arrow.jpg using the left mouse button.

(This file can be found at: {cd romdrive}:\Lessons\ or

C:\ProgramFiles\G7Solutions\Click2Stitch\Lessons\.

4. Click on “Open” using the left mouse button.

5. Go to “Zoom” and select “To Fit” with your left mouse button.

6. Click on “Steil” with your left mouse button.

7. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 1.

8. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 2.

       

9. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 3.

10. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 4.

11. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 5.

12. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 6.

13. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 7. 

14. Click the left mouse button on the blue dot number 8.

15. Click the right mouse button on the purple dot number 9.

16. Click the left mouse button on the “Backdrop” icon to turn off the backdrop.

17. You have just digitized your first Steil.

The next 10 steps are for reference only. We encourage you to  familiarize yourself with all the properties  you can control with the functions described above.

18. Click on the “+” to expand the object within the first color using the left mouse button.

19. Click on the “Steil” object using the left mouse button.

20. Click on the “Properties” icon with your left mouse button.

21. Looking at the properties, you can control each objects attributes within the design.

Steil properties

You can set the:

A. Width

B. Angle

C. Inset%

D. Steil density

E. Corner type:

       1. Square

       2. Extended

22. Underlay properties

You can set the:

A. Type of underlay: Contour, Parallel, and Zig-Zag.

B. Density (pt)

C. Stitch length (mm)

D. Inset (mm)

E. Zig-Zag inset (mm)

23. Pull comp. properties

You can set the:

A. Type:

       1. None

       2. Percentage

       3. Absolute

B. Value%

C. Max Range (mm)

D. Absolute value (pt)

24. Column properties

You can set the:

A. Jagged type:

       1. None

       2. Both

       3. First

       4. Second

B. Jagged value (pt)

25. General properties

You can set the:

A. Connection End:

       1. Sharp

       2. Zig-Zag

       3. Chiseled

       4. Square

B. Chisel distance (mm)

C. Overlap lines

D. Gradient fill:

       1. None

       2. Linear increasing

       3. Linear decreasing

       4. Convex

       5. Concave

E. Max density (pt)

F. Auto density

G. Short stitches

26. Commands properties

You can set the:

A. Color

B. Start command:

       1. Normal (will sew).

       2. Jump (travel stitch).

       3. Trim (force trim at start).

       4. Stop (color change at start).

5. Frame out (move the pantograph to the top middle point at start).

C. End command:

       1. Normal (will sew).

       2. Jump (travel stitch).

       3. Trim (force trim at start).

       4. Stop (color change at start).

       5. Frame out (move the pantograph to the top middle point at start).

D. Tie in:

       1. None (No lock down stitch).

       2. Basic (The lock down stitch will be added to the beginning of the object and will appear to sew back            and forth in a straight line).

       3. Triangular (The lock down stitch will be added to the beginning of the object and will appear to sew            back and forth in a triangular patterns).

E. Tie off:

       1. None (No lock down stitch).

       2. Basic (The lock down stitch will be added to the beginning of the object and will appear to sew back           and forth in a straight line).

       3. Triangular (The lock down stitch will be added to the beginning of the object and will appear to sew            back and forth in a triangular patterns).

27. Transform properties

You can set the:

A. Width (mm) (Size the object by measurement or percentage).

B. Height (mm) (Size the object by measurement or percentage).

C. Maintain aspect ratio (Changing the Width or Height, with this checked on, it will keep the objects aspect

    ratio perfect).

D. Regenerate stitches (When editing the object, the object will always regenerate new stitches when                     checked).

E. Rotate (Rotate object by degrees).

F. Flip horizontal (Will flip the object horizontally).

G. Flip vertical (Will flip the object vertically).