Bernina V6 User Manual

DesignerPlus V6 - Carving Stamps

Open a New File

• Select File/New or click on the New File icon.

• Right click on Show Hoop.

• Make sure Display Hoops is checked and select artista 400 x

150 Mega—Auto Split Machines.

Draw the rectangles

• Select C42 from the Color Bar.

• Select the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle by clicking in the

upper left hand corner and dragging to the lower right hand cor­ner.

• Press Escape.

• Select the rectangle and open Object Properties. Click on the

General tab. Make sure Proportional Scaling is turned off.

• Change the width of the rectangle to 70 mm and the height to

85 mm. Click OK.

• Quick Clone (right click and drag on the object) to make a copy

of the rectangle. Move the copy in a below the first rectangle.

• Clone the second rectangle; position below the second object.

• Select File/Save As.

• Navigate to the folder in which the file will be stores. Name the

file Carving Stamps. Click Save.

Using an Object for a Stamp

• Select File/Insert Design.

• Navigate to My Computer/C: My Designs Embroidery Software

6. Select the Animal folder. Open the folder.

• Select FB 253-48. Open the file.

• Decrease the size of the dragonfly by clicking and dragging on

one of the corner black sizing handles. Move it away from the
rectangles.

Note: Decrease th object so that it will fit within the rectangle, or
use the stamp so that only part of the object stamps the back­ground.

• Open the Carving Stamp dialog box.

• Click on the Use Object Tab.

• Click on the Start Selecting button and use one of the selection

tools to select the dragonfly. The dragonfly will appear in the
Use Object window. Press Esc.

• Select one of the rectangles. Click on Use Stamp—the outline

of the stamp is visible.

Notes:
Carving stamp defines a pat-

tern of needle penetrations in
a fill. There are three different
ways to stamp— use a de­sign, use a built-in stamp, or
create a custom stamp.

Any of the selection tools be
used to select the object that
will be used as a stamp.

Select part of the object by
drawing the bounding box
around part of the design or
by using Polygon Select
(remember to first ungroup).

Add stamps to selected back­ground objects or choose to
not pre-select an object and
add the stamp to other ob­jects.

Follow the prompts on the
lower left corner of the screen
for information on setting the
stamps.

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• Click on one of the rectangles at the point where the

stamp will be places and move the cursor to rotate the
dragonfly as desired. Click a second time to set the stamp.
Press Esc to deactivate the stamp.

• Click on the inserted dragonfly design, Delete.

Changing the background + stamp appearance proper­ties

• Select the rectangle. Open Object Properties.

• Click on the Fill Stitch Tab. Select Step Stitch 6; click Ap-

ply.

• Click on the Stitch Angle Tab and change the stitch angle

to 0.°

• Click OK to activate the changes and close the dialog box.

• Click on the Appearance tab of the Carving Stamp dialog

box and select Softened Stamp.

Using a pattern for a stamp

• Select the Use Pattern tab from the Carving stamp dialog

box.

• From the Set selection drop down menu choose Carving

Stamps. Scroll down to select Ring Ellipse..

• Select the ellipse. Notice that it now appears in the win-

dow.

• Select another rectangle.

• Click Use Stamp.

• To set the stamps, click on the base fill and rotate the cur-

sor to rotate the stamp as desired; click again to set the
stamp at that angle.

⇒ To increase the size of the stamp, hold the shift key

down, and drag the cursor away from the first click and
click again once the stamp reaches the desired size.

⇒ To decrease the size of the stamp, hold the shift key

down and drag the cursor toward the first click and click
again once the stamp reaches the desired size.

• Stamp the background fill as desired. Press Esc.

• Select the background rectangle. Open Object Properties

and select the Angle tab. Set the stitch angle to 90° and
click on OK.

• To remove stamps created, click, Clear All Stamps in the

Appearance tab.

Notes:
The stamp will remain active
for multiple uses until the Es­cape key is pressed.

To save an object as a stamp
for future use, it must be
saved by adding it to the li­brary.

Vary the type of the back­ground fill and the angle of
the fill, for different effects.

Carving stamps can be used
with satin, step or fancy fills.
They may also be used with
satin outlines.

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