pfaffies-digest            Wednesday, 21 May 1997       Volume 01 : Number 1454

From: "Dexter Laubach" <Dexter_Laubach@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 97 03:20:08 UT
Subject: PFAFF: Big Hoop Splitting

Hi Kath,  You asked how I split files for the Big Hoop.  I do it manually, on 
a file by file trial and error.  First I study the file to figure out where to 
split it, then I try it.  The first file I did was the ÔFlower1Õ design from 
ESPonline.  It has 3 flowers running down the middle, and two flowers on each 
side.  I created 2 files - one for the left side, and one for the right side.  
I started out with the whole design in both files, and deleted the parts I 
wanted out.  I started in the Left file, and deleted the 2 right flowers, and 
from the center grouping of the 3 leaves, I deleted the right leaf and its 
stem, down to the joining on the main stem.  What I had now was a grouping of 
2 flowers, 3 flowers, and the 2 main center leaves - I saved that as my Left 
file.  There was a little bit of clean up work, but it wasnÕt too bad.  For 
the Right file, I deleted the parts I had kept for the Left file, so out went 
the grouping of 2 flowers on the left side, the 3 center flowers, and the 2 
main center leaves, and their stems.  I had the right grouping of 2 flowers, 
and the right main center leaf with its stem saved as my Right file.  Is this 
clear as mud?  
        Now I had to scale it back up to the size the ESPonline files list it as, 
because after converting the design over, it was smaller than the ESPonline 
dimensions.  So I took the DST length from the thumbnail picture and divided 
it by the PCS length I had from by Pfaff software - in the original Flower1 
whole file.  I got something like 1.8.  I did the same thing with the width 
dimension -  and got close to 1.85.  So, I went to the ÔNew Pattern SizeÕ 
command in our Pfaff software, and changed the dimensions of both my Left and 
Right files by that factor - I compromised and multiplied by 1.83.
        Then I did a test sewing - sewed out the left file first, moved the hoop 
forward, and sewed out the right side., and found I had to adjust the 
placement setting a bit on CRT display to line it up - but it got there, and 
it is a really pretty and delicate design that IÕm going to sew on my next 
project.
        Since, I have learned to make the ending point of the first file be the same 
as the beginning point of the first file - and to watch real carefully when 
sewing out the second file, to make sure that first needle point goes where 
itÕs supposed to - a lot easier to line up that way.

Joan in Kent, Washington
Mailto:Dexter_Laubach@msn.com

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pfaffies-digest             Friday, 30 May 1997        Volume 01 : Number 1505

From: "Dexter Laubach" <Dexter_Laubach@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 97 23:46:16 UT
Subject: PFAFF: Big Hoop Design Splitting

Pfaffies,  I've had several requests for how I split the designs in the new 
big hoop.  I posted what I did on May 21 to the list, so if you all go in to 
archives, you should find it there under Pfaffies Digest, search for the 1:15 
a.m. mailing.  It's under Big Hoop Splitting.  If the design is too large for 
our 120 hoop, you'll have to know the original dimensions to get it to the 
original size.  ESPonline has those size dimensions with their thumbnail 
designs, so it's possible to scale to the original size.  If you don't have 
the original dimesions, then it's by guess and by golly - but you can get 
close if you enlarge the drawing, and figure out how close the fill stitches 
are.  You know how far they should be - about .16 to .2mm apart, so you have 
to figure it out from there.  I do have a template I made, that helps me see 
where to put everything, but I can't send it to the list, because attachments 
aren't allowed.  You can make your own by drawing a 5 mm square grid in the 
Big Hoop, making 2 copies at 1 to 1 format, taping them together with that 
15mm overlap, and hilighting where that 15mm is.  Your left file fits in the 
left side of the template and that common area, and the right file fits in the 
right side of the template and that common area.   That hilighted area is 
common to both hoops.  I cut mine out, and keep it with my plastic big hoop 
template from Pfaff.
        Joyce Bates very kindly posted the site that has the 'Think Spring' design 
already split up for HUS format.  So, you smartsizer people  have one more big 
hoop design to add to your collection.

Joan in Kent, Washington  
Mailto:Dexter_Laubach@msn.com