Create outlines

Use Create Layouts > Create Outlines & Offsets to create outlines and offsets for selected embroidery object(s).

The Outlines & Offsets feature allows you to quickly create outline stitching around selected objects or entire designs with a variety of outline styles.

To create outlines...

1Select the source object or objects.

2Click the Outlines & Offsets icon. The dialog opens. This dialog allows you to add outlines and offsets in a single process.

3Tick Object outlines.

4Choose your outline type. The Type droplist includes the full range – Single Run, Triple Run, etc.

5Choose your outline color. The Color droplist defaults to the current color in the design palette.

6Choose an overlap option:

Outline type		Notes
	Individual	All generated outlines are full outlines.
	Common	Intersecting outlines are combined into a single outline.
	Trimmed	Overlapped portions are trimmed by overlapping objects.

7Click OK to apply. Hatch Embroidery generates an outline around the source object/s and inserts them immediately afterwards in the stitching sequence.

8Generated outlines are independent objects and can be further modified as desired.