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The "smaller" version

MacStitch light. The smaller version for every editing work. All features without punching makes MacStitch light a perfekt tool for changing, manipulating and handling existing embroidery files.

Data Input and Export:

  • Read and write embroidery machine code to floppy disk : Tajima, Melco, Pfaff, Toyota, Fortron, Barudan, ZSK;
  • Direct connection with serial interface to : Toyota embroidery machines: Expert 820, 820A, 850, 851, 860; Fortron and Barudan;
  • Coloured output to printer and plotter up to DIN A 0;
  • Data : 1:1 or fit to papersize
  • Informations: Designname, number of stitches, needle sequence, up to 16 colors with names und nummers
  • Customer infos
  • Internal infos
  • Hight and width
  • Thread usage calculation with adjustable variables
  • Comprehensive design data: Up to 6 application data with lenght, width, usage, interlining.
  • Time calculation with applyment, cutting, fixation, take out, frame change, contol time, cutting and pull out interlining.
  • Export of all data into text file.
  • Embroidery time calculation based on different machine types , stops, thread cutters, color changes.
  • Machine data with speed data can be saved.
  • Vector data form software like Freehand, Canvas, Corel Draw, Illustrator, Claris Draw a.s.o. can be copied over clipboard and will be used as outlines.

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;
  • Use warping functions, brigde, arc and circle text; free adjustable in live view on screen;
  • You can create letters directly in the working area in combination with existing files.
  • Letter hight, width, size, extension and density free adjustable;
  • Fonts : (37 special embroidery Fonts included; 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 Calligraph
  • Satinstitch width and density free adjustable;
  • Single and double underlay stitches, straight and zigzag;
  • Runningstitch fonts
  • Fillstitch fonts
  • Multicolor fonts
  • All True-Type fonts can be used as fill-stitch or paralell-stitch fonts;

Editing

  • Bloc operations: 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, join, hide and show, group, reverse;
  • Bloc operations in group mode
  • Special functions : color, stop, needle change, thread-cutter, drill, jump stitches, frame fade in and out, using at different criteria;
  • Single stitch operations: insert, delete, move, show handles;
  • Multipe single stitch movement, multipe single stitch delete;
  • Broaden and shorten satin stitches;
  • Also usable to foreign embroidery files.

Specialfunctions

  • 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.
  • Interactive trailer on CD

Stitchbrowser

  • Show and print all saved embroidery files with number of stitches, colors, hight and width, customer, date, type
  • Preview
  • Sort for name and date, filter search for name, size, customer, type;
  • Direct processing of the embroidery file in link combination with MacStitch
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