handi quilter HQ Pro-Stitcher, User Manual

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www.HandiQuilter.com/ProStitcher 07/23/12 Design Menu 5.11
Mirror and Flip
Press the
Mirror
button (
Figure 5.34
) to mirror the
design vertically. Press the
Flip
button
( Figure 5.35 )
to flip the design horizontally. It is best to press the
Baseline
button following a
Flip
or
Mirror
function.
Otherwise, other functions (such as Rotate ) that are
based on the original design orientation, will appear
to be happening backwards (
e.g. a Rotate clockwise
after a
Mirror
without pressing
Baseline
will rotate
counterclockwise) .
2-Point Rotation
2-Point Rotation
uses the quilting machine to
identify a line that represents the rotation angle.
To understand how it works, look at the light blue
bounding box around the design. The bottom of that
bounding box is a flat line, or a 0° angle. Imagine
drawing a line and then rotating that bounding box
so the bottom line of the bounding box matches the
line you just drew.
2-Point Rotation
enables the
quilter to draw this line and the HQ Pro-Stitcher
will rotate the design to match the angle of that line.
To do this, move the quilting machine to a point
on the quilt left of the line to follow and press the
2
Point Start
button
( Figure 5.36)
. Move the machine
to a point further to the right along that same line
and press the
2 Point End
button that appears after
pressing 2 Point Start ( Figure 5.37 ) . The rotation
angle will appear in the number box and the design
will rotate to match. Either the
Start
or the
End
point may be redefined by moving the quilting
machine to a new location and pressing either the
2-Point Start or the 2-Point End button, depending
on which end of the line needs to be repositioned.
The HQ Pro-Stitcher assumes that a Start Point
on the left followed by an
End Point
on the right,
without moving up or down at all (i.e. a straight line
with
Start
on the left and
End
on the right) is a 0°
rotation, or no rotation. A
Start Point
on the right
and an End Point on the left (i.e., the same line, but
the
Start
and
End
points reversed) is a 180° rotation,
or in other words, the design will be upside down.
Figure 5.36
Figure 5.37
Figure 5.34
Figure 5.35
2 Point
Start
2 Point
End
Angle of Rotation