DahaoEmbroideryPunchingSystememCADUsers ManualVersionV03BeijingDahaoTechnology,AllRightsReserved

emCADUsersManualTable ofContentITable of ContentBRIEF INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................1READING GUIDE........................................................................................................................................2SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS............................................................................................................................3CHAPTER 1 SOFTWARE INTERFACE..........................................................................................................51.1MAININTERFACE......................................................................................................................51.2TOOLBAR.................................................................................................................................61.3OPERATIONOFSOFTWARE........................................................................................................8CHAPTER 2 SIMPLE PATTERN................................................................................................................112.1LOADIMAGEOBJECT.............................................................................................................112.2CHECKPROPERTIESOFIMAGE................................................................................................112.3DESIGNING.............................................................................................................................122.4DELINEATION..........................................................................................................................152.5TRIALEMBROIDERYANDIMPROVEMENT................................................................................172.6SUMMARY..............................................................................................................................18CHAPTER 3 VIEW PATTERN....................................................................................................................203.1SELECTIONOFOBJECT............................................................................................................203.2MOVEANDTRANSFORM.........................................................................................................223.3DISPLAY&CONCEALTHEELEMENT.......................................................................................253.4OVERVIEWWINDOW...............................................................................................................263.5STITCHTRACE........................................................................................................................273.6SIMULATION...........................................................................................................................283.7REPETITIONDISPLAY(REPETITIONEMBROIDERING)...............................................................28CHAPTER 4 INPUT GRAPH OBJECT........................................................................................................304.1LINESANDGRAPH...................................................................................................................304.2CIRCLEANDRECTANGLE........................................................................................................30CHAPTER 5 BASIC INPUT......................................................................................................................335.1EQUALWIDTHCOLUMN(INPUTMETHODPARALLEL)............................................................335.2CHANGEABLEWIDTHSATIN(INPUTMETHODSYMMETRY)....................................................345.3RADIALSATIN(INPUTMETHODB).........................................................................................355.4COMPLEXFILLING..................................................................................................................365.5AUTOAPPLIQUÉ.....................................................................................................................375.6MANUALSTITCH....................................................................................................................395.7LINEARSTITCH.......................................................................................................................405.8LINEARMOTIF........................................................................................................................425.9CIRCLEANDRING...................................................................................................................455.10OUTLINESTITCH....................................................................................................................46CHAPTER 6 BASIC STITCH METHOD......................................................................................................496.1SATINSTITCH.........................................................................................................................49
TableofContent emCADUsersManualII6.2ZIGZAGSTITCH.......................................................................................................................516.3TATAMISTITCH.......................................................................................................................526.4ESTITCH................................................................................................................................546.5EASYLOOPING.......................................................................................................................546.6MOTIF.....................................................................................................................................566.7REPEATINGDIVISION..............................................................................................................586.8CUSTOMIZEDDIVISION...........................................................................................................59CHAPTER 7 CHARACTER EMBROIDERY....................................................................................................617.1INPUTMETHOD.......................................................................................................................617.2MODIFICATIONOFPROPERTY.................................................................................................62CHAPTER 8 SEQUIN EMBROIDERY ONLY FOR STANDARD VERSION..............................................648.1SETTINGOFSEQUINMODE.....................................................................................................648.2LINEARSEQUIN......................................................................................................................678.3PROPERTIESOFSEQUINFEEDING............................................................................................698.4SEQUIN-FILLING.....................................................................................................................758.5CUSTOMIZEDDESIGNOFSEQUIN-FIXINGSTYLE....................................................................778.6SEQUINEDITING.....................................................................................................................788.7SEQUINTEXTURE...................................................................................................................798.8OBJECTSEQUINCONVERTING................................................................................................81CHAPTER 9 STITCH EFFECTS................................................................................................................849.1PULLCOMPENSATION.............................................................................................................849.2SHORTENING...........................................................................................................................859.3AUTOJUMP.............................................................................................................................869.4CORNERSPROCESS.................................................................................................................879.5UNDERLAYPROCESS:.............................................................................................................899.6ZIGZAGBORDER.....................................................................................................................919.7GRADEDINTERVAL.................................................................................................................959.8BORDERPATTERN...................................................................................................................979.9OTHERS..................................................................................................................................98CHAPTER 10 RESHAPINGOBJECT..........................................................................................................9910.1RESHAPINGORDINARYOBJECTS............................................................................................9910.2RESHAPINGOFCHARACTEREMBROIDERY...........................................................................106CHAPTER 11 EDITING STITCH............................................................................................................10911.1STITCHEDITIONTOOL..........................................................................................................10911.2TOOLSOFSTITCHLIST.........................................................................................................110CHAPTER 11 OBJECT SPECAIL COPY..................................................................................................11611.1ARRAY..................................................................................................................................11611.2MIRROR................................................................................................................................11711.3CIRCLE.................................................................................................................................11811.4KALEIDOSCOPE.....................................................................................................................11911.5INSERTOFFSETOBJECT.........................................................................................................121
emCADUsersManualTable ofContentIII11.6CONTINOUSCOPY.................................................................................................................122CHAPTER 12 COLOR/OBJECT LIST MANAGEMENT................................................................................12312.1CHECKOBJECTINFORMATION..............................................................................................12312.2ADJUSTTHEEMBROIDERYSEQUENCEOFOBJECTS...............................................................12312.3OBJECTGROUP.....................................................................................................................12412.4HIDE.....................................................................................................................................12512.5LOCK....................................................................................................................................125CHAPTER 13 PATTERN OUTPUT............................................................................................................12613.1FORMATOFPATTERNATI/O..................................................................................................12613.2NETWORKPATTERNTRANSFER............................................................................................126CHAPTER 14 DESIGN PLAN..................................................................................................................12714.1HANDLINGTHEMATERIALS..................................................................................................12714.2MAKEPATTERN....................................................................................................................12814.3COLORING............................................................................................................................12914.43DEFFECT............................................................................................................................129APPENDIX 1 HOTKEY LIST..................................................................................................................131

emCADUsersManualBriefIntroduction&ReadingGuide1Brief IntroductionDevelopedbyDahaoCompany,theemCADisthepattern-makingsoftwaresystemfor embroiderymachines.Sincethecomputerizedembroiderymachinereplacedthehand-drivenembroiderymachine,thepattern-makingsoftwarehasbeenknowntothemarketasthetoolformakingandgeneratingthepattern.Fromthedesigntapeatthebeginning,whichcanonlyturnthemanuallyinputtedspotcoordinatestothevector displacement,tothesystematpresentwhoseinputmethodandstitchhavingtheirownstyles,thetechnicalrevolutionof patternmakingsoftwareencouragesthevigorousdevelopmentof theembroiderymachineindustry,alongwiththedevelopmentof theembroiderymachine.Thisisanother examplefor mutualdevelopmentandpromotionbetweenthehardwareandsoftware,sameasthestorybetweentheCPUandtheOperatingSystem.DahaoCompany,combiningitsdecadesexperiencesondevelopmentandresearchofembroiderymachinecontrolsystem,payshighattentiontothedevelopmentofthepattern-makingsystem.Ononehand,theemCADcanmeettheneedsofusersonthenewembroiderymethods;ontheotherhand,itcanalsopromotethepopularityof thesenewmethodsandnewcrafts.Fromthedateitwasborn,theemCADhasbeguntakingtheadvantagesofother pattern-makingsoftwareandformeditsownfeaturesbydependingonthecharacterof theDahaoseriescomputerizedproducts.AtpresenttheemCADisbeginningtocreateitsownhistory,andalongwithitscontinuousimprovement,itwillbecomethebestpartnerof theDahaocontrollers.Intheageofmanualembroidery,theordinarythreadaregrantedwiththelifebytherichimaginationandtheskillfulcraftsoftheworkers,whousethevariousstitchingmethodstocreatesthelivelycreaturesandlandscapeonthecloth.Theinventionof thepattern-makingsoftwareenablesthecomputerizedembroiderymachinetoperformtheautomaticembroideryinlargescale.Byusingthetechnologyinthefieldof graphicprocessing,thesystemcanautomaticallycreatetheneededstitchdataaccordingtotheinputfigureandtheselectedstitchingmethod;thereforethedesignerscanputtheir energytothehigher leveldesignworks,suchasshaping,coloring,detailprocessingandsoon,thusimprovestheefficiencyof pattern-makingrapidly.TheemCADprovidestheadequatefunctionsindesigning.Inthefieldoftheinputmethod,itintegratestheclassicequalwidthsatin(InputMethodC),changeablewidthsatin(InputMethodA),radialsatin(InputMethodB),linear stitch,complexfillingandcharacterembroidery.Inthefieldofstitchmethods,itsupportssatinstitch,zigzagstitch,tatamistitch,E-shapestitch,motif,multi-sequinandeasylooping.Onstitcheffect,itcanrealizethespecialeffectslikeautounderlaysewing,smartcorners,shortstitchadjustmentandcustomizeddivision.After usingtheinputtooltocreatetheobjects,user canalsousetheadjustmenttoolsandtheeditiontoolstochangetheobjectseasily.Theentireofthecreatedobjectscanbeviewedintheobjectlist,whereuser candirectlyadjustthepropertiesof theobject.Inthestitchtable,therearethe
BriefIntroduction&ReadingGuideemCADUsersManual2detailsofallstitches,whichiseasyfor user tohaveanalysis.Besidesthat,thereareseveralassistantfunctionsrelatingtothedisplayandoperations,likestitchtracing,thumbnailviewandsimulatedembroidery.WhenuserstartstousetheemCAD,hewillfindituser-friendlyandbecomeaskillfulpatterndesigner inashorttime.Reading GuidePart 1:Inthispart,wewillintroducehowtomakeapattern,soastodisplaytheusageofthemainfunctionsof emCAD.Fromthispart,user canhaveabrief conceptonhowtogenerateapatternandwhatdataobjectsarecontainedinthedesignfile.Part 2:Inthispart,wewillintroducethesoftwareinterface,inputmethod,stitchingmethod,stitchingeffect,adjustmentofshape,stitchedition,objectlist,assistantfunctions,accordingtothesequenceof makingaordinarypattern.Thecontentinthispartwilllooklikearegularproductsmanual,wherewewillprovidethedetailedexplanationsonfunctionandoperationinorder.Wesuggeststheuser whomeetsthepattern-makingsoftwarefor thefirsttimeshouldreadeachpartcarefully(Tooperatethesystemalongwiththereadingisrecommended),sothathecouldbecomefamiliar totheperformanceofeachfunction.Theexperienceduserscanselecthisinterestingchapter or checkthismanualwhenencounteringthecertainusage.Part 3: Thispartisanindependentpartwheretheusageof basicskillsorcraftswillbediscussed.Asthetechniquesof drawingaredividedintosketch,watercolor andoilpainting,theselectionondifferentinputmethodswillcausethedifferenteffects.Thispartisbeyondthefunctionsof thesoftware.Althoughnotsotypical,westillwanttogetsomesuggestionsinthisfield.Thedevelopmenttrendof thepattern-makingsoftwaretechnologyinfutureistogetthehigher productivityandmorebeautifuleffects,soitisofimportancetohavethefurtherdiscussionontheembroiderytechniques.Onlywhentheresearchersreallycomprehendtheembroidery,cantheydevelopthemoreperfectfunctions.
emCADUsersManualSummaryofChapters3Summary of ChaptersPartChapterContentPart 1Chapter 1SoftwareInterfaceIntroducethebasicinformation,functionbar andinformationbarinthesoftwareinterface.Chapter 2SimplePatternDisplayhowtocompletelydesignapatternineachstep,likefindingmaterials,designing,delineationandmodificationondetails.Chapter3ViewPatternDisplayhowtoselectandmoveobject,howtochangethedisplaystatusof thepatternindesignwindow,howtocheckpatternviaobjectlist.Part 2Chapter 4InputObjectDisplaytheprocedureof creatingobjectwiththeinputmethodfor eachkindofshape.Chapter 5BasicInputTheinputmethodfor thecommonobjectslikesatin,complexfillingandRun.Chapter6BasicStitchTheusageofsatinstitch,tatamistitchandother basicstitches.Chapter 7CharacterEmbroideryInputmethodandpropertiesmodificationof character embroidery.Chapter 8SequinInputmethodofsequinandmulti-sequinsetting.Chapter 9StitchEffectDisplaythepropertiesof themodifiedobject,mainly,theyaresomeof stitchmethodsandstitcheffects.Chapter 10ObjectAdjustmentChangetheoutlineofthegeneratedobject.Chapter 11StitchEditionUsestitcheditiontoolsandstitchlisttoeditthestitch.Chapter 12ObjectManagementUsetoolsofobjectlisttoviewandsortouttheobject.Chapter 13PatternOutputPatternI/Oformatsandrelatingoperationsofnetworkpatterntransfer.Part 3Chapter 14DesignPlanListsomematerialsthatdeterminethepatterndesignspecifications,providesimpleanalysisofmaterialsandpattern-makingsolutions,aswellasthedetailsthatneedsattentionduringthedesignprocess.Chapter 15Howtoletpatternadaptthedifferentmachines
SummaryofChaptersemCADUsersManual4StrengtheningAdaptabilityandtheprocessingmaterials,discusshowtopreservethemodificationspaceofpattern.AppendixAppendix1HotkeyListThelistofthehotkeysforthissoftware.
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