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Old September 22nd, 2009 Sep 22, 2009 12:14:06 AM -   #1 (permalink)
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Are there any Wilcom punchers here who punch for clients using brother machine?

We're having a problem when saving as pes format. From wilcom we save the pes file. Then when we open the pes file directly into wilcom there are so many jumps which are not trimmed!!! even though the original wilcom file has all the trims put in....

when doing the same with exp or dst the files work just fine...... the problem is only with pes format.

Anyone experienced this or can help me out on this?
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I don't believe pes supports trims. Pes is Brother's hobby/home machine format.
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I don't believe pes supports trims. Pes is Brother's hobby/home machine format.
dont these home machines have a trimmer? my client has been getting their designs from another digitiser and the pes files have been ok.... maybe its just some settings on the wilcom?
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dont these home machines have a trimmer? my client has been getting their designs from another digitiser and the pes files have been ok.... maybe its just some settings on the wilcom?
I don't think any of the home machine software programs have trims. A few weeks ago I was at the Bernina dealer and ask them if the upgrade to the Bernina software that is just coming out would insert trims. They said no. Bernina's software is made by Wilcom.
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Instead of doing a "Save As" try doing "Embroidery Disk" "Save As" then Select Brother Babylock as the machine format and click "Values"... that will open the disk options box and you can choose to output trims as a trim code rather than as three jump stitches.

It may take some experimentation to find the setting that works for your situation. Most modern machines will interpret three consecutive jump stitches as a trim but the home machines are not all so programmed. So when you save a DTS file, any trim in the design is outputed as three jumps so the machine knows what to do. That is the reason the stitch counts don;t always match between the EMB and the machine file.
 
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Instead of doing a "Save As" try doing "Embroidery Disk" "Save As" then Select Brother Babylock as the machine format and click "Values"... that will open the disk options box and you can choose to output trims as a trim code rather than as three jump stitches.

It may take some experimentation to find the setting that works for your situation. Most modern machines will interpret three consecutive jump stitches as a trim but the home machines are not all so programmed. So when you save a DTS file, any trim in the design is outputed as three jumps so the machine knows what to do. That is the reason the stitch counts don;t always match between the EMB and the machine file.
Good info. Thanks for posting.
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The Brother machines and PE-Design do support trims. I know the PR600's can also be told to treat the jumps as a trim and they can also read .DST format files. We use them all the time...
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Instead of doing a "Save As" try doing "Embroidery Disk" "Save As" then Select Brother Babylock as the machine format and click "Values"... that will open the disk options box and you can choose to output trims as a trim code rather than as three jump stitches.

It may take some experimentation to find the setting that works for your situation. Most modern machines will interpret three consecutive jump stitches as a trim but the home machines are not all so programmed. So when you save a DTS file, any trim in the design is outputed as three jumps so the machine knows what to do. That is the reason the stitch counts don;t always match between the EMB and the machine file.
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cant find brother babylock
I just did it again to be sure I was telling you correctly.

Click the "File" menu
Select "Embroidery Disk"
Select "Save As"

The embroidery Disk Dialog Box will open (You must have a disckette in the a: drive)

Near the bottom is a drop down menu for "Machine format" the default is usually Tajima.

The third selection down is Brother Babylock. select it.

Then there is a button to the right that says "Vaules" which you click to get the dialog box for the values you want to save.

On the Standard Tab you can change the trim output from Jumps to Code.

Hope that works? What version of wilcom are you using?
 
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