The top level of the MacStitch family!

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.
• Load template with 256 colors, greyscale or bitmap
• The folowing formats can be used: Pict, Tiff, BMP, 8BPS, GIF, JPEG, MacPaint, SGI, Photoshop 2.0 und 3.0
• Scan in templates directly from MacStick with Photoshop Plug-In or with Photoshop (Photoshop LE is part of the MacStitch package) brighten template, fade out template
• Illustrator EPS (Eculapsed PostScript) files (vector format) can be directly imported and will automatically transformed in running stitch outlines.
• 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;

Integrated font editor:

• Generate and edit your own embroidery fonts (see Font-Editor);

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.

Punchfunktionen

• Quick-Punch-System is integrated; Scan in a template, trace the template, generate embroidery data - only with some mouseclicks.
• Automatc trace with up to 16 colors
• Direct Illustrator EPS import.
• Colors can be automaticaly adopted from template
• Sensibility adjustable
• Photostitch (greyscaled images a.e. animals, scenics, portrays) can be automatically transformed into single coloured embroidery file.
  
• Direct punching on screen and with digitizer;
• Origins of all stitches can be cecovered at any time;
• Routines for runningstitches and multiple parallel seams (1-5) distance adjustable;
• Bean-Stitches
• Using your shapes as form-stitches along a userdefined path.
• Routines for satinstitches; automatic and semiautomatic; variable width;
• Correct curve and edge handling; adjustable shortening in narrow radius.
• Divided satin stitches - adjustable;
• Single and double underlay stitches;
• Straight and zigzag with adjustable line distance
• Bezier curve for running and satin stitches
• Fillstitch routines (arbitrary complex shapes even with holes)
• Automatic fixation at start and end
• Fillstitch pattern editor for your own creations. Fast and easy.
• Automatic satinstitch and runningstitch outlines arrouns fill areas.
• Automatic forms (circle, quadrangle, multiple-edge, star, userdefined forms) for running, satin and fillstitches.
• Recalculation mode be simply one mouseclick;
• Updating stitch parameters without loosing stitchbloc connections.

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.

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