Chenille Supplement

Onscreen Manual

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Welcome to ES Chenille. There are several product models of

EmbroideryStudio, some of which have optional extra capabilities. The
ES Chenille capabilities can be purchased as options standard and advanced
for standard EmbroideryStudio digitizing systems. You must have standard
before you can purchase advanced.
The ES Chenille options add special chenille embroidery capabilities to a
lockstitch embroidery digitizing system. These features include the ES Chenille
embroidery machine formats, ES Chenille stitch types and effects, and
ES Chenille object properties. The lettering and digitizing tools for ES Chenille
are the same as those provided by the base lockstitch system.
There are three major areas where ES Chenille can be used:
Area

Product

Use

Design
creation

Levels 1 & 2

Adding the ES Chenille Option to these systems will

help you to create chenille designs including lettering
and Island Coil.

Design
editing

Level 3

This system can be used for chenille editing.

Design
DesignWorkflow Wilcom DesignWorkflow is a central storage and
management
management application for embroidery designs. Any
design format that can be read in ES Chenille can be
stored in DesignWorkflow.
This section provides an overview of the chenille terms and concepts as they
relate to ES Chenille software.
Note For an essential introduction to EmbroideryStudio software concepts,
refer to the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual.

Digitizing with ES Chenille

In EmbroideryStudio, Moss and Chain are machine functions and are treated
as object properties in the same way as standard embroidery stitch types. While
you can use moss and chain stitch for both outlines and fills, the Moss and
Chain tools set the fill only.

Moss stitch fill

Chain stitch border

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ES Chenille tools
With the ES Chenille option added to your EmbroideryStudio system, you use
a single design window for both chenille and standard lockstitch embroidery. In
addition, however, there is a special Chenille toolbar which contains
chenille-specific stitch types and machine functions as shown here.
Perpendicular Fill

Chain

Needle Height

Coil

Compound
Chenille
Straight

Island Coil

Moss

Basic chenille stitch types

The two basic stitch types created by all chenille embroidery machines are moss
and chain stitch.
Moss stitch
Use Chenille > Moss to create a looped pile look. Right-click to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Moss produces a looped stitch which gives a dense cover. This stitch
produces the typical raised stitching associated with chenille work. It works best
with simple shapes. Moss stitch is used to fill in areas and create depth. It can
be stitched using different needle heights lower for outlines and higher for fill.

Moss stitch

Chain stitch
Use Chenille > Chain to create flat stitches traditionally used as a border or outline
for moss stitches. Right-click to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Chain produces a decorative style of stitching ressembling the links
of a chain. It is used for outlining and bordering designs as well as in
monograms. It can be used to produce a more delicate look.

Chain stitch

Tip In conjunction with chain stitching, a design typically builds in height from
the edges to the middle.
Chenille Run stitch
ES Chenille Run stitches are similar to Run lock-stitches except that the stitch
length is constant. To stitch single lines, use Run with Chain or Moss. One or

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two offset run-arounds with chain and moss stitching provide a clear edge for
filled areas. You can also use Double Run and Backtrack to produce outlines.
See the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for details.

Decorative fill stitch types

ES Chenille also provides four decorative fill stitch types Coil, Straight,
Perpendicular Fill and Island Coil. The stitch type you use depends on the
input tool used as well as the object shape, size and the effect you want to
achieve.
Perpendicular Fill
for large shapes
Chain for
outlines

Island Coil for

texture

Straight for
narrow shapes

Coil fill stitch

Use Chenille > Coil to stitch narrow shapes or columns where each stitch
traverses the column width. Right-click to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Coil fill is suited to stitching narrow shapes or columns, where each
stitch traverses the width of the column. Coil fill can be used in objects created
with Input A, Input B and Input C digitizing tools. The coils generate
consistent stitch length even over different widths and provides a convenient
way to fill an area with moss stitches. The stitches are generated along curved
lines. Coil produces a smooth finish which does not unravel easily.
Input C + Coil

Input B + Coil

Input A + Coil

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Straight fill stitch

Use Chenille > Straight to create stitching similar to Tatami suitable for narrow
column shape objects filled with chain or Complex Fill objects filled with moss.
Right-click to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Straight is similar to the Tatami used in standard embroidery and
is suitable for narrow objects digitized with Input A, Input B or Input C and
filled with chain stitching. You can fill areas diagonally, or on the horizontal and
vertical. For Complex Fill input method, Straight is recommended to fill areas
with Moss. All stitches generated along a row are of same length. However,
some shorter stitches are generated where the shape is narrow and between
rows of stitching.
Input C + Straight

Input B +
Straight
Input A + Straight

Island Coil fill stitch

Use Chenille > Island Coil to fill large Complex Fill objects with concentric rows of
coil stitching, simulating the circular motion of hand-chenille embroidery. Right-click
to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Island Coil is used to fill large Complex Fill objects. This technique
allows complex shapes to be filled with concentric rows of coil stitching,
simulating the circular motion of hand-chenille embroidery. Chain and Moss
offset runs can be added automatically using Compound Chenille. See
Compound chenille for details.

Complex Fill + Island Coil

Complex Fill + Island Coil

Complex Fill + Island Coil

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Perpendicular Fill stitch

Use Chenille > Perpendicular Fill with large with Complex Fill objects filled with
moss comprises two layers of straight stitching typically perpendicular to each
other. Right-click to adjust settings.
ES Chenille Perpendicular Fill is the most common fill stitch used. It is suitable
for large areas digitized with Complex Fill and filled with Moss. It is made up
of two layers of Straight stitch. Typically, the second layer of fill is perpendicular
to the original fill with 45 and 135 used.

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

Coil direction
For some machines, best results with Coil are achieved by sewing in a
counterclockwise direction because when you sew in a clockwise direction, you
are adding more twist to the yarn causing it to become tighter, distorting the
moss stitch loops. Refer to your machine handbook for details.

Ideal loop

Extra-twisted yarn loop

Compound chenille
Use Chenille > Compound Chenille to automatically digitize chenille shapes with
offset borders. Right-click to adjust automatic offset borders.
ES Chenille Compound Chenille allows you to generate Moss or Chain stitch
run-arounds automatically for complex shapes. In combination with Complex
Fill, use Compound Chenille to automatically digitize objects with offset
borders. Automatic offsets consist of 1-3 chain runs around the shape, 1-3 moss

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runs of a lower height and a fill of Island Coil, Perpendicular Fill or Straight
stitch.

Note Input A, Input B and Input C do not produce automatic borders with
Compound Chenille so these need to be added manually. These objects cannot
be scaled to a large extent because the gap between the borders will change.

Other ES Chenille considerations

In addition to basic and decorative chenille stitch types and effects, ES Chenille
allows you to manipulate the following settings.
Needle height
Use Chenille > Needle Height to control height of loop formed when sewing moss
stitch as well as width of chain stitch.
On some machines the needle height can be set in the design to control the
height of the loop formed by the chenille machine when it is sewing a moss
stitch, and the width of the chain stitch. Moss can use different needle heights.
You may use different needle heights for different color areas. You may also use
different needle heights for filled areas and borders. Needle height has much
less effect on chain stitches.

Scaling
As with lockstitch designs, any chenille design created in EmbroideryStudio can
be scaled. Object-based embroidery means that when designs are scaled,
stitches are automatically recalculated from object outlines. Densities are
preserved and there are no gaps or heavy over-stitching. Even Chain and Moss
boundaries of Complex Fill areas are recalculated with the same offsets. Object
outlines can be reshaped and stitches again recalculated to the new shape.
However, because parallel offset runs are used so frequently, ES Chenille users
have to apply some thought and special techniques to their digitizing. As far as
possible, chenille designs and alphabets should be planned as much as possible
to use Complex Fill input with Compound Chenille to generate any offset
runs. These can be generated in different colors.

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Note When an old chenille design is read from expanded data e.g. Melco EXP,
Tajima or Barudan disk the EmbroideryStudio Stitch Processor converts
stitching to objects. However, it does not fully recognize Coil and Straight
stitching. These will be converted to a series of Run stitch objects. This limits
the scalability of these old designs to 5-10%. However, old designs can be
readily stitch edited and sections re-digitized if required. See the
EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for details.
Trims
Few chenille machines have an automatic thread trim mechanism as connecting
threads are under the fabric and are not visible. In this case, digitize all shapes
and lines of the same color in one session to minimize the number of manual
trims. This will reduce the time required to stitch the design. Be careful how you
connect from one spot to another. Avoid long connecting stitches which may pull
the previous stitching and may need to be trimmed.
Jumps
Jump(M) functions cause frame movements without needle penetrations. The
use of jumps is not recommended because the pulling effect on the fabric during
a jump may distort the design, especially if the fabric is thin. To avoid long
connecting stitches, plan carefully the order in which you digitize shapes and
lines. Use chain stitch rather than jumps when traveling across a shape filled
with moss stitching as chain stitch will be hidden beneath moss stitching. Use
Jump only if there is a significant contrast in colors, particularly if the current
stitch is of a lighter color where the yarn may show through.
Corners
Avoid corners with an angle smaller than 60 as this can cause a machine fault
or loop stitching may be changed to chain. EmbroideryStudio automatically
adds an extra stitch to avoid sharp corners within objects, including manual
stitch objects. If you round off sharp corners in runs and complex fills, you can
avoid both sharp angles and small stitches. However, sometimes an extra stitch
causes chain stitches to swell, giving a poor finish.
Tip Use Smart Corners to achieve smooth, even placement of stitches, and
eliminate gaps in your design. Smart Corners can be used with Straight stitch
and Coil for Input C objects. See Smart Corners in the EmbroideryStudio
Onscreen Manual for details.
Stitch length
Stitch length should be constant for the same thread type throughout a design.
If stitch length varies, the height of moss loops and width of chain loops will also
vary, causing uneven embroidery. The chenille machine pulls up the same length
of yarn for each loop according to the current needle height setting. If you intend
to use loops of various height, adjust the needle height rather than stitch length.
Even though stitch length affects loop height, it is easier and more accurate to
adjust needle height. See Selecting explicit needle height for details.
Select a stitch length for a design according to yarn thickness, fabric thickness,
and required density. Using inappropriate stitch length may cause yarn
breakage, needle breakage, or damage to the fabric.

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Note If the yarns in use are of the same type, the lengths of chain and moss
stitch are different. The following table gives an indication of appropriate values.
Rayon
300d/2P

Miki wool

Woolly yarn

Cotton
thread #12

Softaine G

Chain stitch
length

2.0-3.0 mm

2.5-3.5 mm

1.8-2.2 mm

2.3mm

2.0mm

Moss stitch
length

1.5-1.7 mm

2.0-2.2 mm

1.6mm

2.1mm

1.7mm

Moss stitch
spacing

1.5mm

1.8mm

1.7mm

1.5mm

1.8mm

Thread type

Tip These values may vary depending on the fabric used. When you use a new
thread and fabric combination, sew a test design first using the above values as
an initial guide.

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Chapter 2

Chenille Basics

To start using ES Chenille, you need to know basic procedures, such as starting
up, opening and creating designs, and saving. Security access codes control
your access to special options in the software. You need to be able to identify
your systems identity codes, and enter new access codes for upgrades. Refer to
the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for more information on basic
procedures.

This section describes how to start ES Chenille, how to open designs, start new
ones and use the basic commands. You will also find out how to select machine
formats for different output as well as how to save designs. The section also
explains the procedure for entering security codes.

Opening chenille designs

Use Standard > Open to open an existing design.
Chenille designs cannot be automatically distinguished from normal embroidery
designs. You need to tell the system which machine format you are using.
To read a chenille design
1 Open a design:

 Select File > Embroidery Disk > Open to open an embroidery disk
 Select File > Open for a DOS formatted disk.
2 The Open dialog opens.
3 Select a file type.

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Use the table to select a format.

Disk type
DOS
Embroidery

Melco format

Barudan format

Tajima format

Melco EXP

Barudan 2HD
Barudan S-FMC

Tajima T01
Tajima DST

Melco

Barudan

Tajima

Note In Tajima TMCE-600, all ES Chenille functions stops are interpreted as

color changes.
4 Click Options.
The Open Options dialog opens.

5 Select the appropriate chenille machine from the Machine Type list.
Note The system maintains the previous setting, so it is not necessary to
select the machine format in the Open Options dialog if you are reading an
embroidery file of the same machine format as the previous design.
6 Click OK.

Creating new designs with the Chenille template

Use File > New to start a new design with the Chenille template.
When you start EmbroideryStudio, a new file Design1 is automatically
created ready for you to start digitizing. By default, Design1 is based on the
NORMAL template. Use the Chenille template to create new chenille designs.
This template defaults the system to chenille settings. You can modify the
template to suit your machine. See Modifying a template in the
EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for further details.

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To create new designs with the Chenille template

1 Start EmbroideryStudio.
2 Select File > New From Template.
The New dialog opens.

3 Select the Chenille template.

The Chenille template defaults the system to chenille values. You can modify
the template to suit your machine. See Modifying a template in the
EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for further details.
When you read a design from an embroidery disk, they are converted from
embroidery file format to EMB format. The chenille functions appear in the
converted design in the same way as they are stored in the embroidery
format file, or on the paper tape.

Saving designs
Use Standard > Save to save the current design. Right-click to open the Save As
dialog.
EmbroideryStudio lets you save designs in native EMB as well as other outline
and stitch file formats. You can also save designs to proprietary embroidery
disks, or punch them to paper tape. Saving a design records its file name,
location and format, and updates it with any changes you make. When you save
an existing design under a new name, to a different location or format, you
create a copy of the original design.
Tip Save your design early and often. Do not wait until you finish working. You
can also set EmbroideryStudio to save automatically while you work.
To save a design
1 Click the Save icon.
If this is the first time you have saved the design, the Save As dialog opens.

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Tip To save changes to an existing file but preserve the original, use Save
As.

Folder containing
design

Design name

Format list

2 Select the folder where you want to save the design from the Save In list.
3 Enter a name for the design in the File name field.
4 Select a file format from the Save as type list.
Caution If a design feature is not available in the file type you select, it will
be converted e.g. Flexi Split stitching may be changed to plain Tatami.
5 Click Save.
Tip Files saved in EMB format are automatically compressed when saved and
decompressed when re-opened. This reduces the storage space required, and
makes it possible to save large files to floppy disk, or send them as email
attachments.
Once you have saved a design, every time you click Save on the toolbar the
file will be updated.

Viewing chain/moss stitching

Use Chenille > View by Chain/Moss to view chenille objects in special mode to
allow easy identification of chain and Moss elements lockstitch in green, chain in
blue, moss in red.
Chenille embroidery objects can be viewed in a special mode allowing easy
identification of chain and moss design elements. The View by Chain/Moss
display aids in the quick location of digitizing errors. A design displays using the
first three colors in the color palette, which identify lockstitch embroidery
objects in green, chenille chain elements in blue and chenille moss elements in
red.

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To check for chain/moss digitizing errors

 Activate the Chain/Moss display by selecting View > View by Machine

Functions > Chain/Moss.
Lockstitch object

Chenille object

Chain stitch
Moss stitch
Tatami stitch

Chain/Moss view

Note TrueView does not display chain and moss stitching. However, it can
still be useful to give an impression of the design when viewed at a small
zoom factor (less than 1:1).

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Chapter 3

Digitizing Chenille Objects

You can digitize chenille objects using a number of EmbroideryStudio input

methods. Input A, Input B and Input C with Coil or Straight fill can be used
for the fill. Run borders are added separately either before or after the fill. You
need to add a border to support the chenille stitches. Digitize chenille manually
by creating multiple objects, one for the fill and one or two for the border.

You can use both moss and chain stitch for outlines or fills. Moss can be stitched
using different needle heights: lower for run around and higher for fill. In
conjunction with chain stitches, the design builds up in height from the edges to
the middle. The Moss and Chain tools set for the fill only.

Digitizing chenille objects manually

Use Chenille > Chain for decorative stitching resembling links of a chain used for
outlines and borders as well as monograms.
Use Chenille > Moss to create dense cover using looped stitch typical of chenille
raised stitching best with simple shapes.
Use Chenille > Coil to stitch narrow shapes or columns where each stitch
traverses the column width.
Use Chenille > Straight to create stitching similar to Tatami suitable for narrow
column shape objects filled with chain or Complex Fill objects filled with moss.
Use Chenille > Perpendicular Fill with large with Complex Fill objects filled with
moss comprises two layers of straight stitching typically perpendicular to each
other.
Use Chenille > Island Coil to fill large Complex Fill objects with concentric rows of
coil stitching, simulating the circular motion of hand-chenille embroidery.
You can digitize objects manually using any input method, then adding a border.
To stitch single-line borders manually, use Run with Chain or Moss. One or two

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offset run-arounds with Chain and Moss provide a clear edge for filled areas.
You can also use Double Run and Backtrack for borders.
Input
method

Coil

Straight

Perpendicular Fill

Island Coil

Compound
Chenille

Input A

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Input B

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Input C

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Complex Fill No
Circle

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RIng

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Can be converted to Complex Fill Convert to Complex Fill to apply compound effect
Input A, Input B and Input C, Circle and Ring can only be used with Coil or
Straight fill stitch as shown in the table. Complex Fill objects are usually filled
with Perpendicular Fill, but any fill stitch except Coil can be used.
Note Compound Chenille with Complex Fill can be used to add up to three
offset borders automatically. Offset runs can be individually set to Moss or
Chain in the Compound Chenille dialog. See Adding compound chenille
borders manually for details.
To digitize chenille objects manually
1 Open a new file or design using the ES Chenille template. See Creating new
designs with the Chenille template for details.
2 Choose a chenille stitch type.
Fill Stitch

Usage

Moss

For a looped stitch.

Chain

For a flat stitch.

3 Choose a chenille fill type:

Fill Stitch

Usage

Coil

To fill curved columns or narrow shapes.

Straight

To fill shapes diagonally, or horizontally and vertically

(similar to Tatami).

Perpendicular Fill To fill large shapes with two layers of straight lines.
Island Coil

To fill large shapes with spiral stitches.

4 Select Input A, Input B or Input C or Complex Fill.

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5 Digitize a shape and generate stitches.

Input C
Input A
Input C

6 Choose a chenille stitch type for the border Chain or Moss.

7 Choose an input tool for the border.
You can also use Repeat and Backtrack for borders.
8 Digitize object outlines and generate stitches.

Perpendicular Fill

Coil

Island Coil

Straight

Creating fills with coil stitch

To fill columns or narrow areas created with Input A, Input B and Input C, use
coil fill with Moss. Coil fill generates consistent stitch length even over different
widths. The stitches are generated along curved lines.
Tip Use Compound Chenille to generate automatic offset borders. See
Digitizing with Compound Chenille for details.

Digitizing with coil stitch

Click Chenille > Coil to set Coil fill as the current stitch type.

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You can digitize Coil fill objects manually using practically any input method
except Complex Fill.
Input C + Coil

Input B + Coil

Input A + Coil

To digitize with coil stitch

1 Choose a chenille stitch type Moss or Chain and choose Coil fill.
2 Choose an input method and start digitizing. See also Digitizing chenille
objects manually.
3 Press Spacebar or Enter after digitizing the shape.
Coil stitching can be generated with either closed or open ends. Pressing
Spacebar after the shape is digitized generates open-ended coil stitching.
This is useful for joining objects. Pressing Enter after the shape is digitized
generates closed-ended coil stitching.

Press Spacebar for open coil

Press Enter for closed coil

4 Double-click the object and adjust object properties as desired. See also
Adjusting coil stitch settings.

Adjusting coil stitch settings

Right-click Chenille > Coil to set stitch values.

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You can adjust Coil settings for stitch length, coil spacing and width.
Coil spacing

Stitch
length

Coil width

To adjust coil stitch settings

1 Double-click the Coil object.
The Object Properties > Fills > Coil dialog opens.

Adjust coil stitch

settings

2 Adjust the coil stitch length as desired.

Stitch length: 2mm

Stitch length: 5mm

3 Adjust coil spacing as desired.

Coil spacing: 5mm

Coil spacing: 10mm

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4 Adjust coil width as desired.

Coil width: 50%

Coil width: 100%

5 Press Enter or click Apply.

Note The Smart Corners effect can be used with Coil for Input C objects.
See Smart Corners in the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for further
details.

Creating fills with straight stitch

ES Chenille Straight is similar to the Tatami used in regular embroidery. You can
fill areas diagonally, or you can keep the fill lines horizontal and vertical.
Straight stitch can be used with any input method. To fill the shape with chain,
use Straight stitch with Input A, Input B or Input C. To fill the shape with
moss, use Straight stitch with Complex Fill. All the stitches generated along a
row are of same length. However, some shorter stitches are generated where
the shape is narrow and between rows of stitching.
Tip Use Compound Chenille to generate automatic offset borders. See
Digitizing with Compound Chenille for details.

Digitizing with straight stitch

Click Chenille > Straight to set Straight fill as the current stitch type.
You can digitize Coil fill objects manually using practically any input method
except Complex Fill.
Input C + Straight

Input B +
Straight
Input A + Straight

To digitize with straight stitch

1 Choose a chenille stitch type Moss or Chain and choose Straight fill.

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2 Choose an input method and start digitizing. See also Digitizing chenille
objects manually.
3 Press Enter or click Apply.
4 Double-click the object and adjust object properties as desired. See also
Adjusting straight stitch settings.

Adjusting straight stitch settings

Right-click Chenille > Straight to set stitch values.
You can set the Straight stitch values for stitch length and spacing as well as
the stitch angle.
Stitch spacing

Stitch
length

Stitch angle

To adjust straight stitch settings

1 Double-click the Straight object.
The Object Properties > Fills > Straight dialog opens.

Adjust stitch length

2 Adjust stitch length as desired.

Stitch length: 2mm

Stitch length: 6mm

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3 Adjust the stitch spacing as desired.

Stitch Spacing: 2.5mm

Stitch Spacing: 5.0mm

4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Note The Smart Corners effect can be used with Straight stitch for Input C
objects. See Smart Corners in the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for
further details.

Adjusting straight stitch angle

Use Toolbox > Reshape Tools Flyout > Reshape Object to reshape selected
objects by means of control points.
You can set Straight stitch values for stitch length and spacing. The method of
changing the stitch angle depends on the input method used. See the table to
see how to adjust the stitch angle.
Input method To change stitch angle:
Input A

Sample

Use Reshape tool and move stitch

angle lines.
Stitch angle
lines set
angles

Input B

Use Reshape tool and move

control points, angle always
perpendicular paired control points.
Paired control
points set
stitch angle

Input C

Use Reshape tool and move

control points, angle always
perpendicular to boundary line.

Stitch angle
perpendicular to
boundary line

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Input method To change stitch angle:

Circle

Ring

Sample

Use Reshape tool and move entry

point. Circle object stitch angle
always perpendicular to radius
(entry point to center). Oval object
stitch angle can only be horizontal
or vertical.

Stitch angle
perpendicular
to radius

Stitch angle
horizontal or
vertical only

Use Reshape tool and move

control points, angle always
perpendicular to boundary.

Creating fills with perpendicular fill stitch

Large areas are most commonly filled using Complex Fill with moss using two
layers of Straight stitch called Perpendicular Fill. The angle of the first layer
of stitches is defined by object properties. Typically, the second layer is
perpendicular to the original fill although you may select a different angle.
Tip Use Compound Chenille to generate automatic offset borders. See
Digitizing with Compound Chenille for details.

Digitizing with perpendicular fill stitch

Click Chenille > Perpendicular Fill to set Perpendicular Fill as the current stitch
type.
You can only digitize Perpendicular Fill fill objects with Complex Fill input
method.

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

Complex Fill +
Perpendicular Fill

To digitize with perpendicular fill stitch

1 Choose a chenille stitch type Moss or Chain and choose Perpendicular
Fill fill.
2 Choose an input method and start digitizing. See also Digitizing chenille
objects manually.

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3 Press Enter or click Apply.

4 Double-click the object and adjust object properties as desired. See also
Adjusting straight stitch settings.

Adjusting perpendicular fill stitch settings

Right-click Chenille > Perpendicular Fill to set Perpendicular Fill stitch values.
You can adjust the stitch length, spacing and angle of second layer of
Perpendicular Fill.

Stitch
spacing

Stitch
length

To adjust perpendicular fill stitch settings

1 Double-click the Perpendicular Fill object.
The Object Properties > Fills > Perpendicular Fill dialog opens.

Adjust stitch length

2 Adjust stitch length as desired.

Stitch Length: 4.5mm

Stitch Length: 2.0mm

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3 Adjust stitch spacing as desired.

Stitch spacing:
4.0mm

Stitch spacing:
2.0mm

4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Adjusting perpendicular fill stitch angles

You can adjust the angle of second layer of Perpendicular Fill. The angle of the
first layer of stitches is defined by Complex Fill object properties. Typically, the
second layer is perpendicular to the original fill although you may select a
different angle.

Angle of second layer

Stitch
length

Stitch
spacing

To adjust perpendicular fill stitch angles

1 Double-click the Perpendicular Fill object.
The Object Properties > Fills > Perpendicular Fill dialog opens.

Adjust angle of second layer

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2 Adjust the angle of the second layer as desired.

Angle of second
layer: 45

Angle of second
layer: 90

3 Access the Complex Fill object properties to adjust the angle of the first
layer as desired.
4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Creating fills with island coil stitch

Large areas can be filled with moss using Island Coil fill stitches. Island Coil
fill is stitched in spirals. The stitch is designed to mimic hand-made chenille
embroidery.

Tip Use Compound Chenille to generate automatic offset borders. See

Digitizing with Compound Chenille for details.

Digitizing with island coil stitch

Click Chenille > Island Coil to set Island Coil as the current stitch type.
You can only digitize Island Coil fill objects with Complex Fill input method.

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To digitize with island coil stitch

1 Choose a chenille stitch type Moss or Chain and choose Island Coil fill.
2 Choose an input method and start digitizing. See also Digitizing chenille
objects manually.
3 Press Enter or click Apply.
4 Double-click the object and adjust object properties as desired. See also
Adjusting straight stitch settings.

Adjusting Island Coil stitch length

Right-click Chenille > Island Coil to set stitch values.
You can set the Island Coil stitch length, coil width, coil spacing, coil height and
coil overlap. Use smaller stitches for tight curves.
Coil width
Coil height

Coil overlap

Stitch length

Coil spacing

To set Island Coil stitch length

1 Double-click the Island Coil object.
The Object Properties > Fills > Island Coil dialog opens.

Adjust stitch settings

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2 Adjust stitch length as desired.

Stitch Length: 1mm

Stitch Length: 2mm

3 Adjust spacing between each coil the smaller the value, the closer the coils.

Coil spacing: 8mm

Coil spacing: 4mm

4 Adjust coil width as desired.

This is set as a percentage of the coil spacing value. The smaller the value,
the tighter the coils.

Coil width: 50%

Coil width: 100%

5 Adjust coil height as desired.

Coil height: 9mm

Coil height: 5mm

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6 Adjust the coil overlap as desired.

Coil overlap: 1mm

Coil overlap: 2mm

7 Press Enter or click Apply.

Combining chenille and lockstitch designs

Chenille designs can be converted to any machine format, including lockstitch
machines. This is useful when you wish to combine regular embroidery and
chenille embroidery in a single design. When using a machine that supports both
lockstitch and chenille, it is possible to change a selected lockstitch object into
a chenille object by selecting an ES Chenille stitch e.g. Moss.

To combine chenille and lockstitch designs

1 Plan your chenille and lockstitch design.
2 Mark a reference point in the design.
There should be a common start point for both chenille and lockstitch designs.
3 Digitize the chenille part of the design.
4 Save two copies of the design.
5 Open the second copy.
6 Select Machine > Select Machine Format.
7 Select a lockstitch machine format.
The design is converted to the selected machine format. The chenille-specific
functions, such as Chain, Moss and Needle Height, are preserved but they
are ignored by lockstitch machines.
8 Digitize the lockstitch parts.
For correct registration, make sure that the start point of the lockstitch part
exactly match the start point of the chenille part.
9 Save the combined design.
10 Delete the chenille parts, and save the lockstitch part under a new name.
Now you have two designs, a chenille and a lockstitch design with matching
start and finish points.
11 Stitch the chenille part first on a chenille machine Barudan, Melco or Tajima.
Which part you stitch may vary, depending on the design.

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12 Stitch the lockstitch part on the same brand of machine.

As the hoops are standard within the same brand, you can remove the hoop
from the first machine and insert it in the other. As they have matching start
and finish points, the two designs will be perfectly aligned.
Note Tajima TMCE-600 is a combined chenille and lockstitch embroidery
machine. Combined chenille and lockstitch design can be output to this
machine from a single file.

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Chapter 4

Digitizing with Compound Chenille

Chenille objects need to have a border to contain the stitches within the shape
and provide clearer edge definition. The Compound Chenille tool enables
multiple offset borders to be automatically generated before and after the fill
area stitching. Offset runs can be set to stitch with either moss or chain, at
specific offsets and at specific needle heights. When the compound object is
scaled, these offsets maintain all their values. Only objects digitized with
Complex Fill can use Compound Chenille.

The Compound Chenille tool can automatically generate up to three offset

borders both within and/or outside the shape. Offset moss or chain stitching
generated within a shape can be used to define it, while outside offset moss or
chain stitch may used as a highlight.
Tip You can also digitize Compound Chenille borders around existing objects
created with other input tools by excluding the fill stitching.
This section explains how to create automatic chenille using the Compound
Chenille feature, as well as change stitch settings to obtain the best results.

Digitizing borders with compound chenille

Use Chenille > Chain to create flat stitches traditionally used as a border or outline
for moss stitches.
Use Chenille > Moss to create a looped pile look.
Use Chenille > Compound Chenille to automatically digitize chenille shapes with
offset borders.
Use Compound Chenille with Complex Fill to digitize up to three offset
borders. Offsets provide a clear edge for filled areas. Compound Chenille
generates multiple offsets automatically using the fill boundary. You can set up

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to three offsets before and after the fill, each with their own settings including
offset distances, as well as chain, moss and needle height.

Object boundary
Chain offsets outside object
boundary (negative values)

Moss offsets inside object

boundary (positive values)

Straight fill stitch

Digitizing chenille borders automatically

Compound Chenille allows you to:

 Generate up to three offsets before the fill

 Choose to include or exclude fill
 Generate up to three offsets after the fill.

Fill and offset borders

Fill only, no borders

Borders only, no fill

To digitize chenille borders automatically

1 Open a new file or design using the ES Chenille template. See Creating new
designs with the Chenille template for details.
2 Click the Chain or Moss icon.
3 Click the Compound Chenille icon.
4 Select a chenille fill stitch type Straight, Perpendicular Fill or Island
Coil.
5 Digitize the boundary of the shape using Complex Fill, by marking reference
points around the outline of the shape.

 Click to enter corner points.

 Right-click to enter curve points.

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Tip Use the prompts in the prompt line to help you digitize. If you make a
mistake, press Backspace to delete the last reference point. Press Esc to
undo all new reference points. Press Esc again to exit digitizing mode.
6 Press Enter to close the shape.
7 Mark entry and exit points on the boundary.
8 Define the stitch angle by digitizing two points.

Tip To minimize segments and gaps in your embroidery, place the entry and
exit points opposite each other on the outside boundary. Then define the
stitch angle so it is perpendicular to the line between entry and exit points.
9 Press Enter.
Note Complex Fill objects may be stitched out in several smaller segments,
joined by travel runs. All segments and boundaries in a Complex Fill object
are part of the same object.

Adding automatic offset borders before the fill

You can add up to three offsets before the fill. Set the distance between the
digitized boundary and each offset, as well as chain, moss and needle height.
The stitch borders hold the fabric in place and provide clear edge definition for
shapes. Offset Moss or Chain stitch generated inside the shape is used to define
the shape, while outside offset Moss or Chain stitch may used as a highlight.

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Enter a positive value to generate parallel offsets inside the shape or a negative
value to generate offsets outside the shape.

To add automatic offset borders before the fill

1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.
Select Compound
Chenille checkbox

Select stitch type for each offset

and adjust values

3 Decide how many offset boundaries to generate before the shape is filled.
Select a stitch type for each offset, Offset 1, 2 and 3 from the dropdown lists
e.g.

 Chain: offset stitched in chain stitch.

 Moss: offset stitched in moss stitch.
 None: no offset.

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The first offset is usually stitched with Chain and the others with Moss.

Three offsets: 1.5, -1.5, 3.0

Three offsets: 1.5, 3.0

Three offsets: -1.5, -3.0, -4,5

4 For each offset, select an offset distance. See Adding automatic offset borders
after the fill for details.
5 Set a needle height for each offset. See Setting offset needle heights for
details.
6 Press Enter or click Apply.

Adding automatic offset borders after the fill

You can add up to three offsets after the fill, as well as chain, moss and needle
height. Offset Moss or Chain stitch generated inside the shape is used to define
the shape. Enter a positive value to generate parallel offsets inside the shape or
a negative value to generate offsets outside the shape.
To add automatic offset borders after the fill
1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.
Select stitch type for each offset
and adjust values

3 Decide how many offset boundaries to generate after the shape is filled.
Select a stitch type for each offset, Offset 4, 5 and 6 from the dropdown lists
e.g.

 Chain: offset stitched in chain.

 Moss: offset stitched in moss.
 None: no offset.
The first offset is usually stitched with Chain and the others with Moss.

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4 For each offset, select an offset distance. See Adding automatic offset borders
after the fill for details.
5 Set a needle height for each offset. See Setting offset needle heights for
details.
Offset 1.5mm
outside outline

Object outline

Offset 1.5mm inside

outline

6 Press Enter or click Apply.

Adding automatic chenille fill

You can choose to include or exclude the fill stitch. Exclude the fill when you are
digitizing multiple chenille objects using Input A, Input B or Input C and only
need the automatic offsets for the border. This technique is used to generate
multi-colored chenille objects. You can also set the distance of the fill from the
border.
To add automatic chenille fill
1 Select the Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.
Select fill stitch and
adjust value

3 Select the Stitch Fill checkbox to fill the shape with stitches.
If it is cleared, the shape will not be filled.

Stitch fill
selected

Stitch fill not

selected

4 Enter a Fill Offset value.

Fill Offset sets the distance between the digitized boundaries and the filled
area. It is always measured from the digitized boundary, not from the last
offset moss or chain stitch. Enter 0.0mm to set the edge of the filled area on
the digitized boundary. Enter a positive value to set the edge of the filled area

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inside the shape. Enter a negative value to set the edge of the filled area
outside the shape.

Fill Offset
Distance: 2.5mm

Fill Offset
Distance: 0.0mm

5 Press Enter or click Apply.

Adjusting compound chenille settings

The Compound Chenille dialog allows you to:

 Set the number of offset runs before a fill, including a run on the actual








boundary, or none at all.

Set the offset distance for the fill and whether it is generated or not.
Set the offset distance for first offset run (offset values multiply for multiple
runs) or set individual offset distances for offsets (distances may be positive
or negative).
Overlap stitches on the offsets.
Change run stitch direction, clockwise or anti-clockwise.
Adjust Chain stitch and Moss stitch length for offset runs.
Set offsets to moss or chain, with optional height values for machines which
support needle height controls.
Set offset needle height.

Changing numbers of overlapping stitches

The Overlapping Stitches setting allows you to shift connectors between offset
runs by a few stitches to prevent stitch buildup at the joins. Also, connectors are
less visible if they are not in one line.
Two overlapping stitches

To change the number of overlapping stitches

1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.

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The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.

Enter number of
overlapping stitches

3 Enter the number of overlapping stitches between offset runs.

4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Changing run stitch direction

You can set the run stitch direction for the offset borders. The correct stitching
direction is important for Moss borders.
Changing offset stitch direction
1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.
Select run direction

3 Select the run direction for the offset borders.

 CW: to stitch in a clockwise direction

 CCW: to stitch in a counterclockwise direction.
4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Adjusting offset stitch length

You can adjust the length of the Chain and Moss offset stitches. Stitch length
should be constant for the same thread type throughout a design. If the stitch
length varies, the height of the moss loops and the width of the chain loops will
also vary, causing uneven embroidery. The chenille machine pulls up the same
length of yarn for each loop according to the current needle height setting. If
you intend to use loops of various height, adjust the needle height rather than
the stitch length. Even though the stitch length affects the loop height, it is
easier and more accurate to adjust the needle height. See Selecting explicit
needle height for details.
To adjust offset stitch length
1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.

Enter stitch length

3 In the Outline Stitch Length panel, enter the stitch length for Moss or
Chain offsets.
4 Press Enter or click Apply.

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Adjusting automatic offset stitch types

Right-click Chenille > Compound Chenille to adjust automatic offset borders.
The offset is the border around the filled shape. A border can be added before
and/or after the fill. You can change the stitch type and width of the offset. For
the Before Fill offset, you can adjust the number of overlapping stitches, run
direction, offset stitch type, offset distance, needle height and stitch length for
Moss and Chain stitches. For the After Fill offset, you can adjust the fill stitch
offset distance, offset stitch type, offset distance and needle height.
To adjust automatic offset stitch types
1 Select the object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.
The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.
Select Compound
Chenille checkbox

Adjust run stitch settings

Adjust fill stitch and offset settings

3 Select the Compound Chenille checkbox.

4 Enter the number of overlapping stitches between the offset runs.
Overlapping Stitches allows you to shift the connectors between Offset
Runs by a few stitches to prevent stitches building up at the joins. Also, the
connectors are less visible if they are not in one line.
Two overlapping stitches

5 Select the run direction for the offset borders.

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 CW: to stitch in a clockwise direction

 CCW: to stitch in a counterclockwise direction.
The correct stitching direction is important for Moss borders.
6 Select the outline stitch length.
Outline Stitch Length allows you to set the stitch length for either Moss or
Chain stitch boundaries.
7 Decide how many offset boundaries to generate before the shape is filled.

 Offset 1, 2 and 3 sets the number of offset boundaries of the shape are
used with either Moss or Chain before the fill stitching. The stitch
boundaries are generated before the fill stitching. They hold the fabric in
place and provide clearer edge definition for shapes. Offset Moss or Chain
stitch outside is used as highlight.

Three offsets

One offset

 Needle Height controls the height of the loop formed by the chenille
machine when it is sewing a moss stitch, and the chain stitch width.
8 Select the Stitch Fill checkbox to fill the shape with stitches.
If it is cleared, the shape will not be filled.

Stitch Fill
selected

Stitch Fill not

selected

9 Enter a Fill Offset value.

Fill Offset sets the distance between the digitized boundaries and the filled
area. It is always measured from the digitized boundary, not from the last
offset moss or chain stitch. Enter 0.0mm to set the edge of the filled area on
the digitized boundary. Enter a positive value to set the edge of the filled area

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inside the shape. Enter a negative value to set the edge of the filled area
outside the shape.

Fill Offset: 2.5mm

Fill Offset: 0.0mm

10 Decide how many offset boundaries to generate after the shape is filled.

 Offset 4, 5 and 6 allow you to stitch multiple offset boundaries of the

shape with either Moss or Chain. The stitch boundaries are generated
after the fill stitching.
Offset (Units) specifies the distance between the digitized boundary and
the Offset. Enter a positive value to generate parallel Offsets inside the
shape or a negative value to generate Offsets outside the shape.
 Needle Height controls the height of the loop formed by the chenille
machine when it is sewing a Moss stitch, and the width of the Chain stitch.
11 Press Enter or click Apply.

Setting offset needle heights

The Needle Height setting controls the height of the loop formed by the chenille
machine when it is sewing a moss stitch, and the width of the chain stitch.

Moss can be stitched using different needle heights: lower for run around and
higher for fill. In conjunction with chain stitches, the design builds up in height
from the edges to the middle. You may use different needle heights for different
color areas. You may also use different needle heights for filled areas and
borders. Needle height has much less effect on chain stitches.
If you intend to use loops of various height, adjust the needle height rather than
the stitch length. Even though the stitch length affects the loop height, it is
easier and more accurate to adjust the needle height. See Selecting explicit
needle height for details.
You can change the needle height for the stitches in the offset borders
individually. For each offset, select a needle height from the dropdown list.
To set the offset needle height
1 Select a Compound Chenille object.
2 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon.

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The Object Properties > Compound Chenille dialog opens.

Select needle height for
offsets before and after
fill as required

3 Select the height required for offsets before and after fill.
4 Press Enter or click Apply.

Converting Complex Fill to chenille

You can convert a Complex Fill object to a chenille object using Compound
Chenille. This will add offset borders and a chenille fill. Multiple offset runs are
generated automatically from the same boundary as the fill.
To convert Complex Fill to chenille
1 Select the Complex Fill object.
2 Click the Chain or Moss icon.
3 Select a chenille fill stitch type Straight, Perpendicular Fill or Island
Coil.
4 Click the Compound Chenille icon.
Offset borders and a chenille fill are added to the object. To adjust the values
see Adding automatic offset borders after the fill.

Complex Fill
object

With Compound Chenille

automatic borders
generated around shape

Note Input B objects can be converted to Complex Fill, then apply

Compound Chenille.

Adding compound chenille borders manually

Use Chenille > Chain for decorative stitching resembling links of a chain used for
outlines and borders as well as monograms.

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Use Chenille > Moss to create dense cover using looped stitch typical of chenille
raised stitching best with simple shapes.
Use Chenille > Needle Height to control height of loop formed when sewing moss
stitch as well as width of chain stitch.
Use Chenille > Compound Chenille with Complex Fill to automatically generate
moss or chain stitch run-arounds for complex shapes. Right-click to adjust offsets.
Using the Complex Fill tool, create a duplicate Compound Chenille object
with same outline, a chain offset border and no fill. This border can be a different
color as it is quite common to use one color for the outside chain offset object
and another for the inside chain/moss offsets and the fill.
Tip If you need to scale the design later, it may be better to keep the colored
border as the last offset in the same object and manually insert a color change
before the border.
To add a compound chenille border manually
1 Open a new file or design using the ES Chenille template. See Creating new
designs with the Chenille template for details.
2 Choose a chenille stitch type:
Fill Stitch

Usage

Moss

Click for a looped stitch.

Chain

Click for a flat stitch.

3 Choose a chenille fill type:

Fill Stitch

Usage

Coil

Click for a curled effect.

Straight

Click for a straight effect.

4 Select an input tool and digitize the shape.

5 Generate stitches.
6 Select a new thread color if required.
7 Choose a chenille stitch type for the border, usually Chain.
8 Click the Compound Chenille icon.
9 Right-click the Compound Chenille icon and adjust the offset values. See
Adjusting compound chenille settings for details.
Tip Enter a negative value for the offsets so that they fall outside the fill.
Clear the Stitch Fill checkbox as you do not need to include a fill.
10 Click the Complex Fill icon.
11 Digitize the object border using the original shape as a guide.

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An offset border is added to the object.

Compound Chenille +
Straight

Compound Chenille +
Perpendicular Fill

Compound Chenille +
Island Coil

Note To stitch single lines manually use Run with Chain or Moss. One or
two offset run-arounds with Chain and Moss provide a clear edge for filled
areas. You can also use Double Run and Backtrack for borders.

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Chapter 5

Chenille Lettering

The ES Chenille option for EmbroideryStudio allows you to create special

chenille lettering. The chenille alphabets provided with the software can be
scaled and recolored like other alphabets. You can also create your own
alphabets.

Add lettering to designs quickly and easily, either on-screen using current
settings or via the Lettering dialog. Likewise, lettering can be edited directly
on-screen or with the dialog. Apply formatting in the same way as a word
processor, including italics, bolding, and right/left justification. Scale and space
chenille lettering as you would lockstitch lettering. See also EmbroideryStudio
Onscreen Manual.
This section describes how to add and edit lettering, change formatting settings,
and adjust lettering size and spacing.

Adding lettering to chenille designs

By default, chenille lettering objects are filled with either Coil or Perpendicular
Fill stitch, depending on how they were created. You can also apply other fill
stitch types, such as Straight or Island Coil, as with other embroidery objects.
The fill stitch type, however, cannot be changed when letters are used in a
design, as Straight and Coil require different filling techniques. For example, if
an alphabet was digitized with Straight, the shapes are probably filled with two
perpendicular layers which cannot be stitched with Coil.

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Tip When digitizing a chenille alphabet, you can insert Needle Height. All
letters in the alphabet must have the same number (or a multiple) of needle
height changes. See Setting offset needle heights for details.

Creating lettering on-screen

Click Toolbox > Lettering to enter text on screen. Right-click to enter text in the
dialog and adjust settings for embroidery lettering.
Click Chenille > Chain to select chain stitch for letters.
Click Chenille > Moss to select moss stitch for letters.
If it is not essential to fit letters precisely to a certain area, you can type them
directly on-screen as with a word processor. Current lettering settings are used.
You can change these before or after you digitize. You can also modify lettering
objects directly on-screen to achieve various artistic effects.
To create lettering on-screen
1 Open a new file or design using the ES Chenille template. See Creating new
designs with the Chenille template for details.
2 Click either the Chain or Moss icon.
3 Click the Lettering icon.
4 Click a starting point on screen and type the letters you want to embroider.
Tip To start a new line, press Shift+Enter.
5 Press Enter to create the lettering outlines.
6 Select Stitch > Generate Stitches or press G.
7 Double-click the lettering object to adjust properties in the Object
Properties > Special > Lettering dialog. See Creating lettering with the
Lettering dialog for details.
Note Letters are filled with stitches according to current settings in the Fills
and Connectors tabs of the Object Properties > Special > Lettering
dialog. Some alphabets properties cannot be changed, they remain as they
were originally digitized. The properties of offset runs are not saved in the
alphabet but Chain and Moss properties such as Needle Height are.

Creating lettering with the Lettering dialog

Right-click Lettering (Toolbox) to enter text in the dialog and adjust settings for
embroidery lettering.
Using the Object Properties > Special > Lettering dialog, you can specify
letter formatting before adding it to the design. This is the more traditional
method and is useful with more complex designs.

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To create lettering with the Lettering dialog

1 Open a new file or design using the ES Chenille template. See Creating new
designs with the Chenille template for details.
2 Click either the Chain or Moss icon.
3 Right-click the Lettering icon.
The Object Properties > Specials > Lettering dialog opens.

Enter text

Select alphabet

Adjust formats

Select baseline

4 Enter the text you want to embroider in the text entry panel.
To start a new line of lettering, press Enter.
Tip You can insert a color change between two letters by keying a caret (^)
symbol. Subsequent letters default to the next color in the palette.
5 Select alphabet, formatting and baseline settings for the lettering. See
Selecting alphabets for details.
6 Click Create Text.
7 Click where you want to place the lettering, or mark reference points for the
baseline you selected. See Applying baselines in the EmbroideryStudio
Onscreen Manual for details.
8 Press Enter.
9 Select Stitch > Generate Stitches or press G.

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Note Letters are filled with stitches according to current settings in the Fills
and Connectors tabs of the Object Properties > Special > Lettering
dialog. Some alphabets properties cannot be changed, they remain as they
were originally digitized.

Selecting alphabets
Right-click Lettering (Toolbox) to select an alphabet for new or selected lettering
objects.
ES Chenille provides an chenille alphabet range suitable for many applications.
Select from the supplied alphabets, create your own, or convert TrueType fonts.
See also Custom Alphabets in the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual.
To select an alphabet
1 Right-click the Lettering icon.
The Object Properties > Special > Lettering dialog opens.

Select
alphabet

Select to preview alphabet

in dropdown list

2 Select an alphabet from the Alphabet list.

A sample character of the chosen alphabet appears in the preview window.
For samples of the complete selection of standard alphabets, see Standard
Alphabets in the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual.

Tip Consider letter size before you change alphabets. Some alphabets look
best in a smaller size. Others can be stitched at a larger size. See also
adjusting letter height and width in the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual.
3 Press Enter or click Apply.
The lettering alphabet is set.

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4 To change stitching values such as stitch length or spacing, select a join

method other than As Digitized through the Sequence button in the Object
Properties > Special > Lettering dialog.

Original stitch values with

Perpendicular Fill

With Straight fill

With Island Coil

Tip See the EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for more on formatting and
editing lettering.

Scaling lettering objects

Some chenille alphabets are made to suit a particular letter size and one type of
thread (thickness) only. The size of these alphabets cannot be successfully
varied by more than 5-10% from that recommended. It is not recommended
that you change the stitching values (stitch length, spacing, etc) of these
alphabets at all. Other chenille alphabets have been designed for use within
certain size ranges and of these some Perpendicular Fill alphabets allow object
properties such as stitch length, spacing and offsets to be varied. See Chenille
alphabet samples for size recommendations for each chenille alphabet.

Converting lettering objects to chenille

You can use a standard alphabet for lettering and convert the stitch type to a
chenille fill. Alphabets are usually digitized using Input A, so you cannot
automatically add borders with Compound Chenille. You need to add a border
either manually or adding a Compound Chenille object.
To convert lettering objects to chenille
1 Select a lettering object.

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2 Click the Coil or Straight icon.

3 Add a border to hold the stitches in place, if required. See Adding compound
chenille borders manually for details.

Converting TrueType to chenille embroidery

Use Toolbox > Lettering to add TrueType lettering directly on-screen. Right-click to
set the formatting values for new or selected lettering objects.
Click Chenille > Chain to select chain stitch for letters.
Click Chenille > Moss to select moss stitch for letters.
Use Chenille > Compound Chenille to automatically digitize chenille shapes with
lettering offset borders.
The Convert TrueType Font feature lets you convert any TrueType font
installed on your system to a chenille embroidery alphabet. You can do this on
the fly or convert entire fonts for later use. This is an important feature for Asian
alphabets which may contain several thousands of characters.

The process is fully automatic. Lettering shapes are cut into Complex Fill
embroidery objects. When the letters have been converted to Complex Fill, you
can then use Compound Chenille and change the stitch type to one of the
chenille fills. Overlaps and stroke order are detected and stitch angle defined.
The result is similar to manually digitized alphabets although the quality may not
be quite as high. The quality greatly depends on the original shapes, blocked
alphabets producing better results than narrower serif type alphabets.
To convert TrueType to chenille embroidery
1 Right-click the Lettering icon.

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The Object Properties > Special > Lettering dialog opens.

Enter text

Select TrueType font

Set conversion
values

2 Select a TrueType font from the Alphabet list.

3 Enter the text you want to embroider in the text entry panel.
Note The more letters you enter, the more time needed to convert them.
4 Click TTF Conversion.
The Conversion Values dialog opens.

Select lettering
style

Select Complex Fill

for fixed stitch angle

5 Select Complex Fill and enter a stitch angle.

6 Click OK to return to the Object Properties > Special > Lettering dialog.
7 Click Create Text.
8 Click the cursor entry point in the design window and press G to generate
stitches.

9 Select the lettering object.

10 Click either the Chain or Moss icon.

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11 Select a stitch fill type Straight, Perpendicular Fill or Island Coil.

Straight

Perpendicular Fill
Island Coil

12 Click the Compound Chenille icon to digitize lettering offset borders.

To digitize letters with a different color border, see Adding compound chenille
borders manually.
Tip You can create custom chenille alphabets if you have the User-Defined
Alphabets feature. Similar care in designing the letters is required for
scaleability of alphabets as for other chenille designs, and very good results
can be achieved.

Chenille alphabet samples

A selection of standard alphabets is included, both Coil and Perpendicular Fill
filled alphabets. The alphabets are used just like lockstitch alphabets, except
that they must be used with the As Digitized joining method. The following table
lists the chenille alphabets provided with ES Chenille and their recommended
size ranges:

Alphabet
2 Color
Numbers

Sample

Recommended Sizes
Min
Max
ins
mm
ins
mm
2
50
5
125

2 Pennant
Script

50

50

3 Pennant
Script

75

75

3.5

87

3.5

87

6 3D
Block

150

150

Chenille
Block

50

150

3.5
Shadow
Numbers

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Alphabet
Playbill

Sample

Recommended Sizes
Min
Max
ins
mm
ins
mm
4
100
6
150

Prince
Athletic

50

150

Square
Block

50

150

Tall
Pennant
Script

75

100

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Chapter 6

Changing Machine Formats

Different embroidery machines speak different languages. They have their own
control commands for the various machine functions. Before you can stitch a
design, it must be in a format which can be understood by the embroidery
machine. When you select a machine format, ES Chenille translates the
commands that were applied during digitizing into machine functions that can
be understood by the particular machine.
If you select a Chenille template when opening a design, the machine format
will default to your current machine. You can change the machine format for a
design at any time. Finished designs can be sent direct to Melcos CH1 chenille
machine, or stitched on Tajima and Barudan chenille machines.
This section describes how to select a machine format for a design, output it in
other formats, and customize machine formats to meet your machines
requirements.

Selecting machine formats

When you create a design, you need to select an embroidery machine format for
it. You can change the machine format for a design at any time.
Note You do not need to change the designs native machine format in order to
output to a different machine type.
To select a machine format
1 Select Machine > Select Machine Format.
The Select Machine Format dialog opens.

Select machine
format

2 From the Available Machine Formats list, select the required chenille
machine format.
3 To check the settings for the selected format, click Values.
4 Click OK.

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Note If a selected machine format does not support a particular function in

the design either automatically or manually inserted it is simply ignored.

Outputting to different machine formats

Use Standard > Stitch to Stitch Manager to send a design to machine for stitching.
Use Standard > Embroidery Disk Save As to save a design to embroidery disk.
Once a design is complete, you can stitch it out to any supported embroidery
machine without changing the original design format. If a selected machine
format does not support a particular function in the design either automatically
or manually inserted it is simply ignored.
Note To change the original format, see Selecting machine formats.
To output to a different machine format

 Click the Stitch to Stitch Manager icon, then select a different format from
the Output as Machine Format list. See EmbroideryStudio Onscreen
Manual for details.

Select machine
format

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 Click the Embroidery Disk Save As icon, then select a different machine
format from the dropdown list. See EmbroideryStudio Onscreen Manual for
details.

Select machine
format

Creating custom machine formats

EmbroideryStudio provides standard formats for most machines. However, if
your machine is different, you may need to customize the machine format
settings. For example, if you have different models of the same type of
embroidery machine, different functions may require different values. There are
two ways to customize machine formats:

 Create a new format, based on the original, and make it available to all
designs. See Creating custom machine formats for details.

 Modify the format for a specific design, creating a custom format to use only
with that design. See Customizing machine formats for specific designs for
details.
If necessary, you can update the standard machine format itself. However, you
should only do this if the original values are no longer used. See Creating custom
machine formats for details.
Chenille machines have the same machine format values as the standard
lockstitch Melco except for the following.
Machine

Additional values

Melco Chenille

Minimal Stitch, Shortcut Angle, Needle Height Explicit

value

Tajima TMCE-600

Minimal Stitch, Shortcut Angle

Tajima TMCE-100

Minimal Stitch, Shortcut Angle, No Boring

Maximum frame movement is 4.0mm

Note You should only modify the standard formats if you no longer require the
original values. Otherwise see Creating custom machine formats.

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Creating custom machine formats

You can create a new machine format based on a standard machine format, and
make it available to all designs.
To create custom machine formats
1 From the Select Machine Format dialog, select a machine format on which
to base the new format. See Selecting machine formats for details.
2 Click Create.
The Machine Format Values > Standard tab opens.

Enter format
name

Adjust settings

3 In the Format Name field, enter a name for the new format.
The name of the format you based it on and a number appear as the default
e.g. Melco Chenille.
4 In the Comment field, enter any information that will help you identify the
machine format e.g. No Trim.
5 Adjust the machine format settings as required.
See Adjusting standard machine format settings for details.
6 Click the Advanced tab and adjust the settings as required.
See Adjusting advanced machine format settings for details.
7 Click Save.
The new format appears in the Available Machine Formats list.
8 Click OK.

Customizing machine formats for specific designs

You can create a custom machine format for use with the current design. Use
this feature if you need to modify machine format values for a design without
changing the original format. The custom format appears in the selection list.
Note The custom format is based on the selected machine format for the
design. If you want to base it on a different machine format, select it from the
Select Machine Format dialog. See Selecting machine formats for details.
To customize machine formats for specific designs
1 Select Machine > Machine Format Values.

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The Machine Format Values > Standard tab opens.

Adjust settings

2 Adjust the machine format settings as required.

See Adjusting standard machine format settings for details.
3 Click the Advanced tab and adjust the settings as required.
See Adjusting advanced machine format settings for details.
Note You cannot change the Name or Comment fields. The custom
machine format is automatically named using the original machine format
and design name e.g. Melco - Design1.
4 Click OK.
A new machine format is created for the design. It appears in the Select
Machine Format dialog and is saved with the design.

Modifying standard machine formats

If the standard machine values are incorrect for your particular machine, you
can change them.
Note You should only modify the standard formats if you no longer require the
original values. Otherwise see Creating custom machine formats.
To modify standard machine formats
1 From the Select Machine Format dialog, select a machine format to modify.
See Selecting machine formats for details.

Select machine
format

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2 Click Values.
The Machine Format Values > Standard tab opens.
3 Adjust the machine format settings as required.
See Adjusting standard machine format settings for details.
4 Click the Advanced tab and adjust the settings as required.
See Adjusting advanced machine format settings for details.
5 Click Save.
6 Click OK.

Checking control commands

If you change the machine format of a design that contains manual machine
functions, you may need to check whether the functions are compatible with the
new format. Generally, functions that cannot be performed by the new machine
type are simply ignored. If an ignored function was inserted on an Empty Stitch
or Empty Jump, the stitch or jump is automatically removed. Sometimes,
however, functions may not be correctly translated. For example, trim
commands may be misinterpreted, as some machines use trim codes, and
others a sequence of jumps.
Note If a function is not available in the new machine format, the word
Ignored appears in brackets after the function name.
To check control commands

 Travel to the position of the machine function.

 Alternatively, use the Stitch List to identify and select a given machine
function.
The machine function name appears in the Prompt line. Extra information
may appear in brackets after the function name e.g. needle number.

Removing custom machine formats

You can remove custom machine formats from your system when they are no
longer required.
To remove custom machine formats
1 Access the Select Machine Format dialog and select a machine format to
remove.
See Selecting machine formats for details.
Note You cannot remove machine formats that come with the software. You
can only remove a custom format which you created.
2 Click Remove.
A confirmation box appears.
3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion, then click OK.

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Adjusting standard machine format settings

Different machines require different settings. When you select a machine
format, you only modify values relevant to that machine. Typical modifiable
values are maximum and minimal stitch and shortcut angle values. Chenille
Shortcut filters are provided to avoid small stitches and sharp changes in stitch
direction during chenille stitch generation. These filters operate only on chenille
stitch types and have no effect on lockstitch stitch types.
Note Non-EMB embroidery format chenille designs can be shortcut-checked
when opened into ES Chenille by clearing the Outlines/Objects checkbox.

Adjusting minimal stitch values

The ES Chenille Minimal Stitch and Shortcut Angle settings avoid small
stitches during chenille stitch generation. This filter operates only on chenille
stitch types and has no effect on lockstitch stitch types.
Note Jumps in chenille stitching after changing minimum stitch value are no
longer present.
To adjust minimal stitch values
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog.

 See Adjusting standard machine format settings for details.

Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.
Enter maximum stitch length
Enter minimal stitch length

2 In the Standard tab, enter the Maximum Stitch value. The value you enter
depends on the tape code used by your machine:
System

Value

Binary System

12.7mm

Ternary System

12.1mm

3 In the Minimal Stitch field, enter the smallest stitch to allow when
outputting to the selected machine format.
4 Click Save and OK.

Adjusting shortcut angle values

Some chenille machine types require that the angle between one stitch and the
next is not very sharp e.g. Tajima chenille machines require it to be at least
60.
The ES Chenille Shortcut Angle setting avoids sharp changes in stitch direction
during chenille stitch generation. This filter operates only on chenille stitch types
and has no effect on lockstitch stitch types. ES Chenille automatically applies the
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between travel stitches and offsets and fills are not always checked. Also, the
shortcut is not applied to connecting stitches and jumps between objects.
Tip A design checker is provided to identify chenille Shortcut Angle violations.
The design checker is activated by hot key Ctrl+K. The stitch cursor will jump
to the first stitch which violates the ES Chenille Shortcut Angle. You must
correct this problem by stitch editing. Press the hot key combination again for
the software to detect any problems further into the design.
Note Jumps in chenille stitching after changing shortcut angle or minimum
stitch value are no longer present.
To adjust shortcut angle values
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog.

 See Selecting machine formats for details.

Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.

Enter shortcut angle

2 Enter Shortcut Angle value.

3 Click Save.
4 Click OK.

Setting trim functions

With some machine formats you can specify how to format and interpret trim
commands. Some machines understand specific trim codes. Other machines
interpret multiple jumps as a trim command. Machines without an automatic
trimmer may not know how to interpret trim commands, and may even shift the
design when a trim code is encountered. For these machines you need to
deselect the Output Trims checkbox so that trim functions are ignored when
the design is stitched.
To set trim functions
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog. See Selecting machine formats
for details.
Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.
Select to output
trim functions

2 In the Standard tab, select the Output Trims checkbox to include trim
functions when outputting to the selected machine format.

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Note If you deselect the Output Trims checkbox, the trim functions are not
removed from the design but simply ignored for the selected machine format.
3 Specify the trim function format to use:
Trim Function

Usage

Jumps

For machines that interpret multiple jumps as trims. You

also need to enter the required number of jumps.

Code

For machines that use specific trim codes.

4 Click Save and OK.

Selecting explicit needle height

You can choose to use the needle heights selected in the design or select the
needle heights manually on the machine.
To select explicit needle height
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog. See Selecting machine formats
for details.
Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.

Select to output
trim functions

2 In the Standard tab, select the Explicit Value checkbox to use the needle
heights selected in the design.
Clear the checkbox to select the needle heights manually on the machine.
3 Click Save and OK.

Setting borer functions

Some embroidery machines are equipped with a borer. The borer often replaces
one of the needles. You need to specify the needle position of the borer and its
offset value. Borers are often knife attachments where the cutting position is
offset 12mm from the main needle. Before the machine starts, the frame moves
so that the borer is in the correct position. This extra frame movement
compensates for the borer offset. Some machines automatically adjust for this
offset when a Borer In function is encountered. These machines should have
an offset value of 0. Similarly, if you are using a boring needle (instead of a
knife), you do not need an offset value. See your embroidery machines manual
for details.
To set borer functions
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog. See Selecting machine formats
for details.

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Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.
Enter borer
offset

2 In the Standard tab, enter the required borer offset in the Offset field.

 If your machine automatically enters an offset when a Borer In function

is encountered, enter an offset of 0mm.

 If your machine requires an offset value, enter an offset of 12.0mm.

3 Click Save and OK.

Adjusting advanced machine format settings

The Advanced tab lets you set additional machine format options. Again, the
available settings depend on the selected machine format. You can set the color
change sequence, and insert special codes for the start or end of a design.
Caution Only change Advanced values if you are familiar with the codes used
by your embroidery machine.

Setting the color change sequence

Some machines cannot interpret Color Change commands unless they form
part of a color change sequence made up of Empty Jumps and Empty
Stitches before and after each Color Change command. Check the
requirements of your machine to determine whether you need to enter color
change sequence values.
In the Advanced tab, the Color Change Sequence panel reads from top to
bottom, in the order the codes appear in the sequence. The first two fields show
the number of Empty Stitches and Empty Jumps to insert before the Color
Change command. The other fields show the Empty Jumps and Empty
Stitches to insert after the command.

Color Change Sequence in Stitch List

corresponds to sequence defined in
Machine Format Values Advanced tab

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To set the color change sequence

1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog.

 See Selecting machine formats for details.

Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.
Enter number of Empty
Stitches and Jumps to insert
before Color Change
Enter number of Empty
Stitches and Jumps to insert
after Color Change

2 Click the Advanced tab and enter the Color Change sequence:
Field

Usage

First 0:0 field

Enter number of Empty Stitches to insert before Color Change.

First 0:0 Jump field Enter number of Empty Jumps to insert before Color Change.
First 0:0 Jump field Enter number of Empty Jumps to insert before Color Change.
Second 0:0 Jump
field

Enter number of Empty Jumps to insert after Color Change.

Second 0:0 field

Enter number of Empty Stitches to insert after Color Change.

3 Click Save and OK.

Setting the Start of Design/End of Design sequence

In addition to any End of Design function, some machines require extra Empty
Stitches and Empty Jumps in order to stitch the start and end of a design. Other
machines require a Stop function. Depending on the machine type, you may
also require commands to initialize the machine or trigger the frame out exit
after stitching.
Note Remember that these fields show the number of extra codes you want to
insert in addition to the default values.
When starting with chain stitching, an empty stitch (non-data) code will
automatically be inserted at the start of the design. When starting with moss
stitching, an empty stitch (non-data) and a stop code will be automatically
inserted at the start of the design.
Do not digitize two Empty Stitches at the beginning of the design, as this will
affect registration. Avoid using Empty Stitches elsewhere in the design. Other
Tajima chenille values are the same as the standard lockstitch Tajima machine
values.
To set the Start of Design/End of Design sequence
1 Access the Machine Format Values dialog. See Selecting machine formats
for details.

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Note Only fields relevant to the selected machine format will appear.
Enter number of Empty
Jumps and Stitches to insert
at start of design
Enter number of Empty
Jumps and Stitches to insert
at end of design

2 Click the Advanced tab and enter the Start of Design sequence:
Field

Usage

0:0 Jump field

Enter number of Empty Jumps to insert at start of design.

0:0 field

Enter number of Empty Stitches to insert at start of design.

3 In the End of Design panel, enter the end of design sequence:

Field

Usage

Second 0:0 Jump Enter number of Empty Jumps to insert at end of design.
field
0:0 field

Enter number of Empty Stitches to insert at end of design.

4 Click Save and OK.

Supported chenille machines

ES Chenille supports Tajima, both the old TMCE-100 and new TMCE-600 models,
Barudan and Melco chenille machines. As with lockstitch designs, ES Chenille
stores all the information about a design in the EMB no matter to which machine
the design is output making it easy to write designs in different formats.

Tajima chenille machine functions

The Tajima chenille machines have three functions Chain, Moss and Color
Change. The Tajima code system does not have specific codes assigned to these
machine functions; each Tajima chenille machine uses different combinations of
empty stitch and stop codes to indicate these machine functions. ES Chenille
provides machine formats for both Tajima chenille machines.
The TMCE-100 model uses different combinations of multiple stop codes and
empty stitch codes for the chain, moss and needle height functions. As each
chenille function is coded differently, this machine can recognize them. The
TMCE-100 machine is often referred to as the multi-stop Tajima chenille
machine. If you intend to stitch a design on one of these machines, make sure
that you select the Tajima Chenille multi-stop machine format. The chain, moss
and needle height functions will be automatically converted to the correct
combinations of empty stitch and stop codes used by these machines.

From
Chain

Change
Color
3

Change
Needle
Height
7

To

Function Codes

Machine Setup for

Needle Height

Chain

stop

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From

Change
Color

Change
Needle
Height

To

Function Codes

Machine Setup for

Needle Height

Chain

Chain

stop

set new height

Chain

Chain

stop-empty-stop

set new height 2

Chain

Moss

stop-stop

Chain

Moss

stop-stop-stopstop

Chain

Moss

stop-stop

set new height

Chain

Moss

stop-stop-stopstop

set new height 2

Moss

Moss

stop-stop

Moss

Moss

stop-stop

set new height

Moss

Moss

stop-stop-stopstop

set new height 2

Moss

Chain

stop-stop

Moss

Chain

stop-empty-stop

Moss

Chain

stop

set new height

Moss

Chain

stop-empty-stop

set new height 2

The Tajima TMCE-S chenille machine only uses single stop codes for switching
between chain and moss stitching. These machines cannot distinguish between
the functions, so you need to select a function for each stop at the machine, in
the same way as you select needle numbers for color stops. If you are using one
of these machines, select the Tajima chenille TMCE-600 machine format. Each
chain, moss and needle height function will be output as a single stop code.
Condition file
When using TMCE-600 format and saving a design as a DST file, a condition file
(*.cc0) is saved alongside the design. This file contains information that the
machine can read so that the setup process is partially automated.

Outputting designs to chenille machines

Chenille designs can be output to an embroidery floppy disk, can be punched to
a paper tape or can be sent directly to an embroidery machine if connected to
the computer. Select the correct machine format before sending the design. See
Creating new designs with the Chenille template for details. Check the following
values before sending the design. See Selecting machine formats for details.
Output to Chenille
machine type

Select format

Melco

Melco EXP

Barudan

Barudan

Jump stitch length is within 4mm.

Tajima TMCE-100

Tajima DST

Shortcut angle is set to 60

Tajima TMCE-600

Tajima DST

Shortcut angle is set to 60

Check before outputting

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Outputting designs to Tajima chenille machines

There are two types of Tajima chenille machines. The old multistop TMCE-100
machine uses different combinations of multiple Stop Codes and Empties for
Chain, Moss and Needle Height functions. The new Tajima TMCE-600 chenille
machine only uses single Stop Codes for switching between chain and moss
stitching.

Adjusting needle height values

Click Chenille > Needle Height to set needle height values.
The needle height controls the height of the loop formed by the chenille machine
when it is sewing a moss stitch, and the width of the chain stitch. Some
machines allow needle height control only at the machine. The Melco chenille
machine uses 26 different needle height positions, which are designated A
through Z. Height A is the lowest - 0.0100, Z is the highest - 0.3225. Each
successive letter is 0.0125 higher than the preceding letter. The actual needle
height measurement is a distance from upper surface of the needle plate to the
inside of the needle hook.
You can insert Needle Height functions and select the positions during
digitizing. The Melco tape file format has specific codes assigned to each needle
height position.
To adjust needle height values
1 Click the Needle Height icon.
The Needle Height dialog opens.

2 Select a needle height value from the list and click OK.
Note While stitching a design, the Melco chenille machine will automatically
change the needle height according to your selection. To use the needle
heights selected in the design, select the Explicit checkbox in the Machine
Format Values dialog. See Selecting explicit needle height for details.

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Appendix A

Stitch Types, Input Methods and Chenille

Effects

This table describes the relationship between stitch types, input methods, and
chenille effects supported by ES Chenille.

Zigzag

Input A

Input B

Input C

Complex Fill

Compound Chenille

Tatami

Island Coil

Satin

Perpendicular Fill

Straight Stitch

Coil

Compound Chenille

Island Coil

Perpendicular Fill

Straight Stitch

Coil

Compound Chenille

Island Coil

Perpendicular Fill

Straight Stitch

Coil
Input Method

Fusion Fill
Auto Appliqu
Circle

Star
Ring

E Stitch

Program Split

Input A

Input B

Input C

Complex Fill

Motif Fill

Fusion Fill
Auto Appliqu
Circle

Star
Ring

Contour
Input A

Input B

Input C

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Compound Chenille
Island Coil
Perpendicular Fill
Straight Stitch
Coil
Compound Chenille
Island Coil
Perpendicular Fill
Straight Stitch
Coil
Compound Chenille
Island Coil

Star

Ring

Circle

Perpendicular Fill

Auto Appliqu

Straight Stitch

Fusion Fill

Coil
Complex Fill

Input Method

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Appendix A Stitch Types, Input Methods and Chenill e Effec ts

Index

A
advanced machine formats
setting 62
alphabet samples 51
alphabets
selecting 47
angles 7
automatic chenille 30
adding fill 35
automatic offset stitch type
changing 38
automatic offset stitch values
changing 38

B
Barudan Chenille 66
border
adding Compound Chenille border 41
borders
adding offsets after fill 34
adding offsets before fill 32

C
Chain stitch 2
Chain tool 2, 14, 30, 41
Chain/Moss View 12
Chenille
Compound 5
chenille
automatic 30
converting lettering to chenille 48
digitizing automatically 30
digitizing manually 14
Chenille alphabets 44
chenille designs
adding lettering 44
Chenille fill stitch 4, 5
Chenille lettering 44
chenille lettering 44
Chenille machine
supported machines 64
Chenille machines
outputting designs 65
Chenille Run stitch 2
Chenille template 45
using 10
Chenille toolbar
Chain 2, 14, 30, 41
Coil 3, 14, 17
Compound Chenille 5, 30, 42, 49
Island Coil 4, 14, 26
Moss 2, 14, 30, 42
Needle Height 6, 42, 66
Perpendicular Fill 5, 14, 23
Straight 4, 14, 20
View by Chain Moss 12
Coil
adjusting stitch values 17
using for fills 16
Coil tool 3, 14, 17
color change sequence

changing 62
combining chenille and lockstitch
designs 28
Compound Chenille 5
adding border to object 41
adjusting values 36
digitizing 30, 31
Compound Chenille tool 5, 30, 42, 49
condition file (*.cc0) 65
control commands, checking 58
Conversion Values dialog 49
Corners 7
corners 7

D
design
setting start and end sequence 63
designs
adding lettering 44
combining with lockstitch 28
opening 9
opening multiple 9
saving 11
scalability 6
dialogs
Conversion Values 49
Save As 11
digitizing
automatic chenille 30

E
end of design, setting sequence 63
existing designs, opening 9

H
height
adjusting needle height 66
needle 6
setting for offset needle 40

I
Island Coil
using for fills 25
Island Coil Fill stitch 4
Island Coil tool 4, 14, 26

J
Jump 7
jumps 7

L
length
adjusting offset stitch length 37
stitch 7
lettering
adding to chenille designs 44
chenille 44
color changes between letters 46
creating in dialog 45
creating on-screen 45
entering on-screen 45
entering via dialog 46
formatting 46
lettering objects
converting to chenille 48
scaling 48

F
file, condition file (*.cc0) 65
fill
adding automatically 35
adding with Compound Chenille 35
Fill Offset Distance 35, 39
fill stitching 4, 5
Compound Chenille 5
fills
creating with Coil 16
creating with Island Coil 25
creating with Perpendicular Fill 22
creating with Straight 19
fonts
converting lettering to chenille 48
formats
adjusting advanced machine
formats 62
machine 53
setting machine formats 53

M
machine formats 53
adjusting advanced settings 62
checking 58
color change sequence 62
removing 58
selecting 53
start of design/end of design 63
machine functions
checking control commands 58
Tajima Chenille 64
machine, supported chenille
machines 64
machines
outputting to Chenille machines 65
Moss tool 2, 14, 30, 42

N
needle height 6
adjusting 66

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setting for offset 40

Needle Height tool 6, 42, 66
new designs
New tool 10

O
object
converting to chenille 41
object properties
changing stitch type 15, 42
Object Properties - Lettering dialog 49
objects
digitizing chenille objects 14
scaling lettering objects 48
Offset 40
offset borders
adding after fill 34
adding before fill 32
offset distance 40
offset needle height
setting 40
offset stitch length 37
adjusting 37
offset stitch type
changing 38
offset stitch type values 38
Open tool 9
opening designs
Open tool 9
outlining 2
Overlapping Stitches 36, 38
overlapping stitches
changing number of overlaps 36

P
Perpendicular Fill
adjusting second layer angle 24
adjusting stitch values 23
using for fills 22
Perpendicular Fill stitch 5
Perpendicular Fill tool 5, 14, 23

R
Run stitch 2
run stitch direction
reversing 37
run stitching 2

Save 11
Save to Embroidery Disk 54
Stitch to Stitch Manager 54
start of design, setting sequence 63
stitch angle
adjusting Straight 21
stitch length 7
adjusting offset 37
Stitch to Stitch Manager tool 54
stitch types
Chain 2
changing 15, 42
Island Coil Fill 4
Perpendicular Fill 5
Run 2
selecting 15, 42
stitch values
adjusting Coil 17
adjusting Perpendicular Fill 23
adjusting Straight 20
stitches
changing number of overlaps 36
selecting a stitch type 15, 42
Straight
adjusting stitch angle 21
adjusting stitch values 20
using for fills 19
Straight stitch 20
Straight tool 4, 14, 20

T
Tajima Chenille machine functions 64
Tajima Chenille machines
outputting designs 66
templates
using the Chenille template 10
thread type and stitch length 7
Toolbox
Lettering 49
Trim 7
trims 7
trim functions 60

V
View
Chain/Moss 12
View by Chain Moss tool 12

S
samples of chenille alphabets 51
Save As dialog 11
Save to Embroidery Disk tool 54
Save tool 11
saving
designs 11
Save tool 11
scalability of designs 6
scaling lettering objects 48
second layer
adjusting for Perpendicular Fill 24
sequence
changing color change sequence 62
setting for start and end of design 63
sharp corners 7
Standard toolbar
New 10
Open 9

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