Selecting stitch points of stitch pattern

  1. Click the [Home] tab.
  2. Click [Select] in the [Select] group, and then click to select the Select Point tool.
  3. Click the stitch pattern.
  4. To select a single stitch point, click an empty square.
    1. Selected point
    2. Unselected point
    • Press the <Tab> key.

      All stitch points in the next color are selected.

    • Press the <Shift> and <Tab> keys.

      All stitch points in the previous color are selected.

    • Press the <Ctrl> and <Home> keys.

      The entry point of the first thread color is selected.

    • Press the <Ctrl> and <End> keys.

      The exit point of the last thread color is selected.

    • Select at least one point in a given color, and then press the <Home> key.

      The entry point of the color is selected.

    • Select at least one point in a given color, and then press the <End> key.

      The exit point of the color is selected.

    • When selecting stitch points, be sure to click the stitch point (do not click a blank area of the Design Page), otherwise all of the selected points will be deselected.
    • If you click on a jump stitch, the points at both ends are selected.
    • Multiple stitch points can be selected in the same way that embroidery pattern points are selected.

      Selecting points

    Stitch points cannot be edited if the pattern is not a stitch pattern. The pattern can be viewed in Solid View.

Moving stitch points

Drag the selected stitch points to the new location.

Stitch points are moved in the same way that embroidery pattern points are moved.

Moving points

Inserting stitch points

Click a line between two stitch points to add a new point at that position.

Deleting stitch points

Press the <Delete> key to delete the selected stitch point.

  • If the end point of a jump stitch is deleted, that jump stitch segment is deleted and the stitches before and after the jump stitch are connected.
  • To insert a stitch point and change the previous line into a jump stitch, hold down the <Ctrl> and <Shift> keys while clicking on the line.