Specify units on-the-fly

As an alternative to changing the overall measurement system used in the software, you can specify units of measurement when typing values into a measurement control. When you include the unit of measurement, Hatch Embroidery automatically converts the entered value into the units of the control.

Say, for example, you are using the metric measurement system so your lettering heights are in mm. And say you receive a request for ¾" lettering. Simply enter ‘3/4in’ or ‘3/4 in’ into the Lettering Height field and it is automatically converted to 19.1mm.

Tip: Hatch Embroidery supports both proper and improper fractions – e.g. ‘1 1/3’ as well as ‘4/3’. It does not, however, support mixed units – e.g. 1'3". Nor does it display values as fractions after they are entered, only during.

Supported units

Supported units include:

millimeters, mm
inches, in
feet, ft
yards, yd
centimeters, cm
meters, m

Hatch Embroidery also allows entering units in text form, both English and the language the software is currently running in.