User Guide

, Inc. 3 | Multiple-Section Designs -

Embroidery Machine File Limitations

As we have already mentioned, each embroidery file format comes

with certain file limitations and restrictions. Typically, these

limitations are on either the number of stitches a design may have or

on the number of color breaks. The limitations are specific to the

design format you are using and are usually not negotiable.

For example, a Pfaff ".pcs" design file can contain a maximum of

sixteen thread changes. However, in BuzzEdit

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, you can create a

design with more than sixteen thread changes. When you save the

design, BuzzEdit

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creates multiple ".pcs" files, each with no more

than sixteen thread changes. The file names of the saved designs

are appended with a letter of the alphabet.

Open the BuzzEdit manager file

to edit all parts of the design.

When you sew

your design, stitch

design A first.

Continue stitching all

design parts to sew

the complete design.

Let's say you create a design with nineteen thread changes and

save the design as Heart.pcs. You will create three files. BuzzEdit

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will save a manager file named Heart.pcs as well as two design files

named Heart-A.pcs and Heart-B.pcs. To sew the design, you sew

each design file in succession on the same fabric; that is, you first

sew Heart-A.pcs, then Heart-B.pcs. The result is a design containing

more than 16 color changes. The manager file Heart.pcs is used by

BuzzEdit

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to allow you to read the multiple-file design back into the

program. That is, when you open the manager file Heart.pcs with

BuzzEdit

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, it automatically reads back in all the design files, which