User Guide

, Inc. 2 | Manipulating Stitches - 49

If you exceed the maximum recommended resize

percentage of twenty percent, the cursor will include an

exclamation point to alert you of a potential problem.

You can also resize your selection using the Tools > Resize…

command. This procedure is described in the BuzzEdit

™

Command

Reference on page 150.

Stretch

In addition to resizing your selection, you can stretch or shrink your

design along an arbitrary direction. In BuzzEdit

™

, a stretched

selection contains the same number of stitches as the original.

Just as with the resize operation, you can stretch selections up to

ten percent without any adverse stitching affects. You may be able

to stretch by a value greater than ten percent if you also change the

thickness of the thread used to sew the design area. Use a finer

thread for areas you have reduced and a thicker thread for areas

you have enlarged.

You can stretch your selection using the Stretch tool located

on the Stitches-in-Space toolbar.

The line that bisects the stretch

selection indicator is the area of

your selection that does not

move during the stretch

operation. Change the location

of the line by dragging the

center cross to the desired

location. The numeric value of

your custom center is displayed

on the bottom status bar.

Drag the cross to change the

center of the stretch.

You can toggle between a custom center and the center of

the selection by clicking on the Custom Center toolbar button.