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The "Exclusive" MacStitch

"With the iMac®, Apple® has created a new generation of computers which are not only fast and cheap but look absolutely fantastic" The iMac and the especially built iStitch - what a great team! With these you get the guarantee of drawing attention.

Data Input and Export

  • Direct connection with serial interface to : Toyota embroidery machines: Expert 820, 820A, 850, 851, 860
    Reads the following embroidery disk formats: Tajima, Melco, Pfaff, Toyota;
  • Coloured output to printer and plotter up to DIN A 0; Data : 1:1 or fit to papersize
  • All embroidery files contains and shows: number of stitches, colours, size, customer, date and type.

Writing and Typing

  • Type generator: Single line and multiple lines; Freely scalable, kerning, justify left, justify center, justify right;
    circle text; left-right skewed; mirrored; rotated; character spacing, line height and character width adjustable; multicolour fonts;
  • You can create letters directly in the working area in combination with existing files.
  • Letter hight, width, size and extension free adjustable;
  • Fonts : (10 special embroidery Fonts included; choose from: Arabian, Bauhaus, Brush, Carneval, Cassanova, Childsplay, Comic, Courier, Formula, Helvetica, Hobby, Honda, Kaufmann Bold, Lolly, Lubalin Caps, Mandarin, Marjohnett, Machine, Mini 6 Platt, New York, Panda, Old English, Quartz, Quest, Revue, Rounded Block, Saddel, Script, Serifenschrift, Shelley, Sports Block, Sports Script, Sports Outline, Stencil, Tour light, Western Style, Zürich Calligraf.
  • Satinstitch width and density preselected; underlay stitches; Runningstitch fonts;

Editing

  • Blockoperations: copy, move, cut, bigger, smaller, clean up, skew, mirror - all directions, rotate (accurate to one degree); All operations live on screen or with fixed parameters.
    Stitch streams : cut, hide and show, reverse;
  • Special functions : color, stop, needle change, thread-cutter, drill, jump stitches, using at different criteria;
  • Single stitches : insert, move, multiple move, delete, multiple delete, show handles;
  • Broaden and shorten satin stitches; also usable to foreign embroidery files.

Shape function

  • You can create shapes with satin-running-fillstitches. You can create the following shapes : triangle, quadrangle, multiple edge, rounded rectangle, 8 different wappons, stars, lily, cross, cloverleaf, waves; All these shapes can be generated in any height with different stitch lenght and density;

Specials

  • Ruler function; Overview, Coordinate view; Edge view; Magnetic guidelines; 32 way zoom; Crop; place start-and endpoint;
  • Embroidery frame can be shown - free definable
  • Free definable Backgroundcolour.
  • Multi-Undo and Redofunction
  • 32 way zoom;
  • Flying tools palllet;
  • Up to 7 designs can be opened simultaneously.
  • 3-D view on screen, Stichlagen sichtbar
  • Slow-Motion (verlangsamter Stickablauf)
  • Single stitch pass through
  • All Edit- and Typefunctions in one user interface.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for all available fuctions.
  • Electronic manual.