Melco file

The selected design opens in the design window. You can scale the design directly on screen or via the Object Properties docker. You can also rotate, mirror and skew the design. The EXP stores the actual stitches and can be stitched directly. This file too can be opened in EmbroideryStudio. Saving designs in Melco CND format. Reassigning colors to machine files. Opening machine files. Wilcom Video Gallery. Online Training. Classroom Training.

Training Partners. Popular Downloads. Machine connections. ES e4 Designing. ES e4 Decorating. ES e4 Editing. The file number can be from 1 to In addition, a label of up to 8 characters may be specified with this file number. The number and the label must be separated by a colon. Barudan FMC uses a numeric format.

No character labels are allowed. MELCO format names consist of a character filename and one of the following extensions:. NOTE: To ensure the integrity of. CND designs, Melco has implemented a manual stitch conversion of any design saved out of DesignShop v9 as a. CND file. This guarantees that the stitches within the design do not get skewed in any way due to new feature technology that is not supported by the condensed format.

Tajima format uses a numeric format with numbers ranging from In addition to a filename, a character label can be specified after the filename and separated by a colon like the Barudan FDR format. You can easily email designs from within DesignShop. This will create a blank email message using your default email program with the current project file as an attachment. Save to hard drive all files saved on the hard drive are DOS formats.

Click on the Directory button to browse for the location. Formatting Disks must be formatted to match the file type before a file can be written to it. You can format the disk from the Export or Import dialog box. Follow these steps to format a disk:. The Melco format was developed to work with early Melco embroidery machines and other older embroidery products. Hardware required to read the Melco format is becoming increasingly difficult for Melco's suppliers to provide.

Therefore, Melco cannot guarantee that it will be able to support the Melco format in the future. Melco recommends exporting designs in the Melco format ONLY when the equipment sewing the design requires the Melco format.

Otherwise, save designs in the DOS format or the format associated with your particular embroidery product. Other embroidery formats supported by DesignShop are not affected by this situation. Remember, a disk must be of the proper format before you can export a design to it. If you are not sure of the format, click on Unknown , then on the Directory button. DesignShop will determine the format of the disk and make the selection for you.

Needle Sequencing allows the user to produce designs that contain embedded needle sequence information particular to Barudan and ZSK multi-head peripherals. The Needle Sequence dialog box is displayed when you click on the Options button in the Export dialog box.

The number of allowed Needle Sequences i. Currently, the maximum needle value is 7. Design Notes Video. Once you have saved notes to your designs, you will see a picture of the notes tool added to the top level project in the project view. Design Notes is a useful tool for documenting information about designs e. To insert notes, simply click on the Design Notes tool in the Main toolbar. If the project you are working in already contains design notes, you will see text in the window that appears.

Type the desired text and save the design notes file. To view design notes, right-click the top level project in the stitch list and select Design Notes from the pop-up menu. See Notes Editor for instructions on how to change the editor used to create design notes. The filename conventions for floppy disk formats are given below.

These rules must be followed for the disk to be read by other systems:. DOS format names consist of a character filename and one of the following extensions:. Barudan FDR uses a numeric format. The file number can be from 1 to In addition, a label of up to 8 characters may be specified with this file number.

The number and the label must be separated by a colon. Barudan FMC uses a numeric format. In addition, a colon can be entered after the number. No character labels are allowed. MELCO format names consist of a character filename and one of the following extensions:. Tajima format uses a numeric format with numbers ranging from In addition to a filename, a character label can be specified after the filename and separated by a colon like the Barudan FDR format.

You can easily email designs from within DesignShop. This will create a blank email message using your default email program with the current project file as an attachment. Printing Designs Video. You can print a design in 3D view after pressing the View Stitches in 3D button then printing. When you click on the Print tool, you will get a dialog page where you can select the printer, number of copies, and what to print. Simply left-click the checkboxes.

If you have the grid or the design origin turned on displayed , you can print these as well. If you have changed the background color so that it is no longer white , you can also print the design with this background color. You can also print a company logo at the top of a Design Shop design printout. To do this, click the checkbox next to Print Logo.