Learn
Quick start
From blank hoop to machine file in about five minutes.
- 1
Create an account
Sign up free and confirm your email. Every tool is unlocked during beta.
- 2
Start a design
Type a prompt in Create, drop in a logo to auto-digitize, or pick the Fill tool to draw by hand.
- 3
Close it
Click points around the shape. Click the first point again (or press Enter) to close it.
- 4
Border it
With the shape selected, open Properties → Effects → Add border.
- 5
Fill it
Choose Fill (tatami) or Satin, then set the angle. Underlay and pull compensation are automatic.
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Check & play
Open the simulator (▶) and step stitch by stitch with the arrows, or let it play.
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Export
Export DST, EXP, PES or JEF for your machine, or send it over the machine bridge.
Digitizing basics
Fill (tatami)
Rows of short stitches with staggered needle points. Covers large areas flat and strong.
Satin
Long, glossy zig-zag stitches across a shape. Best for shapes 1.5 to 10 mm wide.
Column
A satin that follows a path and turns with it: borders, lettering, outlines.
Run / bean
A single (or triple) line of stitches for detail and travel.
Underlay
Stitches sewn first to stabilize fabric and lift the top layer.
Pull compensation
Thread pulls fabric inward. Shapes are widened slightly so they sew at true size.
Mouse & keyboard
- V / H
- Select / pan tool
- F · S · C · R · B
- Fill, satin, column, run, brush
- Mouse wheel
- Zoom at cursor
- Ctrl + wheel / pinch
- Fine zoom
- Space + drag or middle-drag
- Pan the canvas
- Shift + wheel
- Pan sideways
- Double-click empty canvas
- Fit hoop to screen
- Drag corner handles
- Resize (Shift keeps proportions free)
- Drag the round handle
- Rotate (Shift snaps to 15°)
- Arrow keys
- Nudge 0.5 mm (Shift: 5 mm)
- Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z
- Undo / redo
- Ctrl+D / Delete
- Duplicate / delete
- 3
- Toggle realistic 3D view
- ← / → in simulator
- Previous / next stitch (Shift: 10)
Machine bridge
Pair a machine once from Export → Send to machine, then send designs straight from the studio. No USB sticks.
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