Pro-Stitcher User Manual
5.2 Design Menu
Bottom Right-Hand Button Cluster
The four buttons in the bottom right-hand corner
of the
Design
screens help to keep track of changes
made to the design
(
Figure 5.2
)
.
Undo
Press the
Undo
button to undo the last function
performed.
Redo
The
Redo
button will be grayed out until the
Undo
button has been pressed. Redo will redo the last
function that was undone.
History
Press the
History
button to show a list of all the
functions that have been performed since opening
a design
(
Figure 5.3
)
. The list may be dragged up or
down to reveal more of the history. The item at the
top of the list is the first function performed and
the item at the bottom of the list is the last function.
Press any of the history items to return the design to
the state it was when that function was performed.
Baseline
It is important to understand the
Baseline
feature
because the Pro-Stitcher software allows for a lot
of flexibility in the design process. For example, a
design can be forced to skew within an area and
then that same design can be rotated and as it
rotates, it continues to skew to keep it within the
area. This is because each function that is performed
is reprocessed and reapplied when the next function
is performed.
If there comes a point in the design process that the
quilter wants to freeze the design as it is and have
the software treat it as a new design, simply press
the
Baseline
button. All rotations, repeats, resizing,
cropping, etc. are frozen in their current state and
the design can then be treated as a new unaltered
design.
One useful situation for using the
Baseline
function
is marking a quilt with multiple identical blocks.
Mark the area of the first block, fit the design to
the block using
Skew
or other functions, and then
baseline the design. Now the
Area
can be cleared
and the design will maintain its shape. It can be
repositioned to the other blocks throughout
the quilt.
Another case for using
Baseline
may be when a
quilter wants to crop multiple shapes from a design.
The first area is marked and cropped, followed by
selecting
Baseline
. Then clear the area and create a
new area in another location for cropping. Continue
marking and cropping the regions desired, followed
by selecting
Baseline
after each crop to create
multiple cropped regions in a design.
Figure 5.2
Figure 5.3
