TruEmbroidery™ 3 Software Newsletter

Tips and Techniques

This month we will look at the functions of Life View , and how you can use them to visualize the appearance of current designs in a three dimensional view, as if you had stitched them with needle and thread, before you invest time and supplies to stitch them on your embroidery machine!

To view a three dimensional thread preview of your current embroidery, as if you had stitched it with needle and thread, open Life View from the Preview tools in the main Toolbar. The Life View preview will display the embroidery with the default Export settings you have set in TruE™ 3 Configure.

Position Change

In the Life View window, drag the Zoom slider to your left to zoom farther out, or to your right to zoom in more closely. Minimum and maximum Zoom percentages will vary depending on the size of the design being viewed.

When you are zoomed close enough to only see part of the design, click and drag the Position Slider to pan around to different areas of the embroidery. You can inspect your designs minutely to ensure all the stitches are exactly as you want them!

Rotation Change
Use the Rotation Slider to 'tilt' the design as if holding the fabric, so you can see how different angles catch and reflect the light. Rotation is useful for visualizing the dimensionality of stitches and specialty threads!

Use Reset Reset to return the Zoom, Position and Rotation back to the default view.

Select Thread Effects to preview special thread techniques. First, select a thread in the thread color list. The specialty effects icons will become active.

Use Puffy Foam to simulate how stitches will appear if stitched over varying thicknesses of craft foam.

Select the Foam thickness in Size. The thread band in the thread list will acquire a Puffy Foam icon to indicate the effect has been applied. When you click OK, the Life View window will show the Puffy Foam effect.

Use the Rotate Slider to better view the dimensionality of the foam!

Use Twin Needle to view how stitches appear when stitching embroideries with a twin needle. Select the thread you wish to preview, then select the Twin Needle icon. Select the Size, which is the spacing of the needles in mm. To preview a different thread color in the second needle, select the Color Change icon Color and select a different thread.

Designs that contain Line or Satin stitches lend themselves well to this technique, but stitches will be more dense where they overlap in the actual stitchout.

DualThread
Use Dual Thread to preview how designs look when two threads are stitched through one needle, similar to thread blending. Select the thread you wish to preview, then click Dual Thread.

Use Color Change Color the same way as in Twin Needle to view a contrasting thread.

Glow in the Dark previews which threads in the embroidery will glow in a dark environment.

The view simulates a dark room with a glowing thread. The thread shown is Superior Nite Lite 40, color 3, Green ExtraGlow.

Solar Reactive shows how the color of a solar thread changes in the sun. If Solar Reactive is not highlighted, the thread will appear white. The thread shown is Superior Sunburst 40, color 2 White / Green.

The Demo tools can be used to record a short video of an embroidery as you Zoom, Pan, and change to different effects. Consult the Help system Help for a step by step guide on how to make and view your own recordings.

TruEmbroidery™ 3 Software Newsletter March 2017

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