Baby Lock Pro-Stitcher BLPS2 Instruction And Reference Manual

Art & Stitch 6.16. Art & StitchArt & Stitch is comprehensive quilting-designsoftware for creating and modifying quiltingdesigns. It is included with the Pro-Stitcher. ThePro-Stitcher can pass designs quickly and easily intoArt & Stitch to enable the quilter to use any of theArt & Stitch tools to modify the design howevernecessary. Art & Stitch automatically loads whenthe Pro-Stitcher starts and runs in the background,so passing files from Pro-Stitcher to Art & Stitchhappens very quickly.To pass the design to Art & Stitch, select the Designmenu and then press the Art & Stitch sub-menubutton. Press the Open button at the bottom of thescreen to open the Art & Stitch software (Figure 6.1).If Art & Stitch is open and has been licensed, thedesign will open in Art & Stitch. If Art & Stitch hasnot yet been licensed, a licensing screen will appearfor entering license information. Pressing the Closebutton will bypass registration but the quilter will notbe able to save any changes to the design until the Art& Stitch license is activated (Figure 6.2). Follow theinstructions in the Art & Stitch instruction manualfor offline activation.When the design is passed into Art & Stitch, theposition information is maintained; as long as thedesign is not moved in Art & Stitch, it will be in thesame location when it is passed back to Pro-Stitcher.Pass the modified design back to Pro-Stitcher bypressing the Pro-Stitcher button on the Art & Stitchtoolbar on the left-hand side of the Art & Stitchscreen (Figure 6.3).CAUTION: If a design is opened in Art & Stitchwithout using the Pro-Stitcher software and thePro-Stitcher button is pressed to pass the design intothe Pro-Stitcher software, the design will be savedin its current state with the same name it had whenit was opened. This could lead to unintentionallywriting over a design. To avoid this, always savethe design with a new working name when it isdirectly loaded in Art & Stitch.Figure 6.1Figure 6.2Figure 6.3