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Chapter 4 |
Multiple-Hoop Designs
In the last chapter, we discussed multiple-section designs and a little
about how BuzzEdit
™
manages these designs. In this chapter, we
give you specific information about multi-hoop designs (a type of
multiple-section design). In order to understand this chapter, it is
important that you have read the previous chapter and are familiar
with the concepts presented there.
What to Expect
You have a multiple-position hoop that you want to create a design
for, or perhaps you have an oversized design that you want to
separate into smaller sections for a multi-hoop. You may even
already own a program that separates your design into sections, but
you want more control over how your stitches are assigned to the
hoop positions. Whatever your motivation, YOU want to be in charge
of how your design is placed in the various hoop positions.
BuzzEdit
™
provides you with the means to do just that. However,
some work must be done by you to position your stitches correctly in
both Space and Time. BuzzEdit
™
does not currently have any
automatic tools to assist you in this process. Creating multi-hoop
designs by either subdividing an oversized design or by merging
together smaller design components is done manually.
For oversized designs, you will select stitches based on their position
in space and drag them in time into the correct hoop section.
A certain amount of skill is needed for this task. However, once you
are comfortable with dragging stitches along the Stitches-in-Time
™
graphs and understand the graphs' unique snap characteristics, you
should find the process straightforward. In most cases, creating