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When loading designs into Embroidery edit, the last 
loaded design is selected by default.
There are two ways to select another design. 
Either touch it on the screen or step through the 
designs using the arrows (5). The selected design is 
surrounded by a green frame.
Note: A selected embroidery font text is surrounded by a 
blue frame.
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If you have loaded several designs and want to 
make adjustments to some of them, you can use 
multi-select. The multi-select function allows you to 
easily select some or all of your loaded designs. 
Start by touching the multi-select icon (3). A black 
marking frame appears that is used as a cursor 
to highlight, i.e. mark, current design (A). Touch 
a design with the stylus once to mark it or step 
through the designs using the arrows (5) to change 
currently marked design. Touch the design once 
again or touch the select/deselect icon (4) to select it.
To add a design to the group of selected designs to 
work with, mark another design and then touch it 
with the stylus or touch the select/deselect design 
icon (4) to select. 
A long touch on the multi-select icon will select all 

from the group of selected designs, mark the design 
according to above and touch it with the stylus or 
press the select/deselect design icon (4) to deselect 
currently marked design.
Note: Currently marked design is shown by a black 
frame (A). A selected design is shown by a green frame 
(B). If currently marked design is selected, it is shown 
by a combination of a green and black frame around the 
design (C). Only selected designs will be affected by 
adjustments. The currently marked design will remain 
unchanged unless it is selected.
When several designs are loaded at the same time, 
the multi-select function is automatically activated 
and all of the loaded designs will be selected. 
						

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Stitch-out order
Designs are by default stitched out in the order they 
are loaded to Embroidery edit. The numbers (A) 
between the arrows show the position in the stitch-
out order for the selected design as compared to the 
total number of designs in the embroidery area. 
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When the group icon is touched, any designs that 
are selected on the screen will be grouped together.  
Adjustments made will affect all designs in the 
group. The stitch-out order of the designs might 
change after they have been grouped. To ungroup, 
just deselect the icon. 
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When touching the delete icon, the selected 
design(s) will be deleted from the embroidery 

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Long touch the delete icon to delete all. A pop-up 
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Touch the duplicate icon to make a copy of the 
selected design(s).
If you want more than one copy, long touch the icon 
and a pop-up will open where you can enter the 
desired number of copies.
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To mirror a design side to side, touch icon (10) and 
for mirroring end to end, touch icon (11).
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This is used to move any design that is outside the 
hoop area into the hoop area. The design will be 
placed as close to the previous position as possible.
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Touch the arrow pointing left to undo your latest 
design adjustment. Touch repeatedly to step back 
through your adjustments. 
Note: Not all adjustments can be undone. The arrows 
will be greyed out if undo is not possible.
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Redo is activated when Undo is touched, so you can 
step forward again through your adjustments. 
						

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Touch functions
You can use your stylus to make adjustments 
directly on screen, by touching and dragging in the 
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Option bar
21.  Save to Personal designs
22. More options
23.   Select hoop
24.  Thread color edit
25. Basic Shape Creator™ feature
26.  Embroidery stitch editor
27. Sequencing
28.  Stitch Creator™ feature
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Touch the Save to Personal designs icon (21) to 
save the design you are working with. A new 
window will appear where you can choose to save 
your design in either your personal designs (A) or 

also save to a connected external device (C). Touch 
the icons (A, B, or C) to select where to save. Touch 

folder listed in alphabetical order.
Design combinations can also be saved exactly the 
same way. When the combination is reloaded again, 
each combined part can still be edited separately. 
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that was loaded. If an embroidery text or a stitch is 
saved, the default name will be NewDesign1.vp3, 
the next NewDesign2.vp3, etc. To change the name 

name in the pop-up that will be opened.
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abort the save, touch cancel and you will return to 
Embroidery edit. 
						

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Touch the grid icon (A) to activate/deactivate a grid 

when combining or placing designs. The distance 
between the grid lines equals 20mm. As you zoom 
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these lines reduces to 10mm and 5mm, indicated 
with lighter lines.
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Touch the park position icon (B) to move the 
embroidery arm to park position for storing the 
embroidery unit.
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Touch the 3-dimensional view icon (C) to turn on 
or off a 3-dimensional view of the designs in the 
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2-dimensional view, the designs load faster on the 
screen and it is easier to see the color blocks in the 
design. The view setting remains as selected even 
when you turn your machine off. 
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If you have stopped embroidery and saved your 
current position before turning your machine off, 
you can reload your design by touching restore 
current state (D). You will start to embroider the 
design where you stopped. When touching restore 
current state you will automatically move from 
Embroidery edit to Embroidery stitch-out.
If any design is loaded to Embroidery edit when 
you restore current state, it will be deleted. 
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To select the correct hoop size, touch the hoop 
selection icon (23). A pop-up will appear with the 
hoop choices, including hoops that are available to 
purchase from your authorized PFAFF
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After selecting your hoop size, the pop-up will close 
automatically. 
Note: Hoops that can only be used with the 350x360 size 
embroidery unit are indicated with a lighter background. 
						

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In thread color edit you can edit the colors in 
your design. Touch the thread color edit icon 
(24) to open.
Example (A): 1:3, RaRa 40, 2416 means the 
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RobisonAnton 40 weight rayon, color number 
2416.
Touch the color you want to replace in the 
color list. Then touch the quick color change 
icon (B) to open a window with 64 different 
color choices. Select your new color by 
touching it and touch OK. The window will 
close and your new color will be shown in the 
color list. 
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If you want to change more than one color block 
at a time, use the multi-select icon (C). Touch the 
multi-select icon to activate the function, then touch 
the color blocks you want to select. Long touch the 
multi-select icon (C) to select all color blocks in the 
color list. To deselect a color block, touch it in the 
list. Touch the multi-select icon again to deactivate 
the multi-select function. 
Use the select equal icon (D) to automatically select 
all color blocks with the identical thread color(s) to 
the currently selected color block(s). When the select 
equal icon is used and more than one color block is 
selected, multi-select is automatically activated. 
The selected color block(s) will be highlighted in the 
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Basic Shape Creator™IHDWXUH
Shaping is a unique way to use your beautiful 
built-in decorative stitches, sequences or even 
small design elements to form new embroidery 
designs.
Basic Shape Creator™ feature - overview
A Select shape
B Zoom
C  Delete/Duplicate last object
D  Enter number of designs
E  Select control points
F Select spacing
G  Select line positioning
H  Select side positioning
I  Select design angle
J Control points
K Baseline
Note: Duplicate/delete and enter number of designs 
are not available when shaping an embroidery text. 
If shaping text, you can use embroidery text editor to 
adjust your text while shaping. Read more on page 
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Select a shape by touching it in the list (A). The 
stitches or designs will be placed along the 
baseline (K) in the order that they were loaded 
into Embroidery edit. The stitches or designs 
will follow the line in the direction indicated by 
a small arrow in the icons in the select shape list. 
Note: When selecting a new shape, all your custom 
adjustments to the shape will be set to default. 
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If you want to delete the last object in the shape, 
touch the - icon. Only the last object in the shape 
will be deleted. 
If you want to add a copy of the last object, use 
the + icon. The last object in the shape will be 
duplicated and the copy will be added after the 
last object on the baseline. 
Note: If several designs are grouped before opening 
Basic Shape Creator™ feature, the whole group will 
be duplicated or deleted. 
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Touch the enter number of designs icon (D) to 
get a pop-up where you can enter the desired 
total number of designs to be used in the shape.
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A control point is a point affecting the selected 
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square (L). An unselected control point is marked 
with an outlined square (M). All control points are 
visible when you are editing the points.
By adjusting the control points, the selected shape 
can be changed with unlimited possibilites. 
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Touch the select control points icon (E) to open a 
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of control points. Select all or some of the control 
points. 
When you have selected a set of control points, you 
can make adjustments to the shape. Use the touch 
functions or your stylus to move, rotate and scale 
your selected control points. The adjustments made 
will only affect the selected control points. 
Use the slider to increase or decrease the attraction 
percentage of the selected control points. The higher 
the attraction percentage, the closer the baseline will 
be to the selected control points. 
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Touch the select spacing icon (F) to open a pop-up. 
The default setting spaces the objects evenly along 
the baseline (placing the same distance between 
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Touch the select shape line positioning icon (G) to 
open a pop-up. You can choose to place the objects  
on the top of the baseline, or on the baseline or 
under the baseline. The selected positioning will 
affect all objects on the shape. 
 
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Select which side of the object is positioned on the 
baseline. Touch the select side positioning icon (H) 
to open a pop-up. Choose to place objects on the 
line in the default direction, (0º rotation), rotated 
90º, rotated 180º or rotated 270º. The selected setting 
will affect all objects on the baseline.
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Decide how to align the objects on the baseline. 
Touch the select design angle icon (I) to toggle 
between objects placed parallel to the baseline or to 
keep the current angle. The setting affects all objects 
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1.  In embroidery mode, open the selection menu, 
touch the tab for mini designs and select design 
cm_52.vp3 to load to Embroidery edit. 
2. Open Basic Shape Creator™ feature. Select 
the clockwise circle in the list (A). Touch Enter 
number of designs (B) to open the keypad, enter 
18 and touch OK.
3. Close Shape Creator™ feature by touching OK 
in the top right corner (C).