When selecting Project Views from the View Menu, a portion of the EDS IV screen will be given to a box containing three tabs. These three tabs are Project, Navigator, and Palette. These tabs are designed to function as an assistant while you are working on a project. If you would like to not have the Alternate Views displayed, you can un-select them from the View Menu. You can also un-select them by right clicking in the empty grey space to the right of the toolbars.
The Project Tab displays a expanded view (similar to Windows Explorer) or a list of everything that you have done within a project. The highest level in the project view is the project. The project name is editable in the project properties general tab. You can get to the properties menu by selecting the name of the project from the project view and then right click.
The next level in a project is the Design Level. A project can consist of one or more designs. The name of the design is editable in the design properties general tab. You can get to the properties menu by selecting the name of the design from the project view and right click.
The next level in a project consists of the elements of each design. Each design can consist of one or more elements. The elements that make up a design can be Manual Stitch, Walk Stitch, Column1, Column 2, Single line center, Single line left, Single line right, Complex Fill, Lettering, Color Change, Trim, and Return to Origin.
The next level that follows after the elements is the stitch list that displays the datasets that are present. A dataset is any command that produces a stitch. If the design is wireframe (.OFM), the stitch list information will be in wireframe outline parameters. If the design is condensed (.CND), it will be converted into wireframe data and the stitch list information will be wireframe outline parameters. If the design is expanded (.EXP), the list will just be outlines and the actual expanded stitch parameters will need to be viewed in the "Stitches Tab".
The Stitches Tab was designed to aid you with expanded editing. It displays two windows. The first window is the Project window and the Second is the Stitches window. The Stitches window shows all of the expanded stitches for an entire project. The expanded stitches are also numbered. This expanded data is only editable in an expanded design or an expanded element. When viewing the expanded data from a wireframe or condensed design, the expanded data will have (RO) next to it. This indicates that data is Read Only and cannot be edited.
To navigate through the expanded data list you can scroll using your mouse, use the "Home", "End", "Page Up", "Page Down" keys, or the arrow keys on your keyboard. If you want to edit a particular expanded piece and can see it in the Project window, click on the icon in the Project window and it will take you to the beginning of that segment in the Stitches window. The picture below is demonstrates this. When the outline of the yellow bear was clicked on, the expanded stitch list moved down and highlighted where the data for the yellow outline starts.
The Navigator Tab is a very useful tool. Here you will find a small version or a thumbnail image of your project. There are two ways of moving within a project using the navigator tool.
One way to use the navigator is to left click and drag while your cursor is in the view box (the red box). This view box represents the area that will be displayed in your View Window.
The second way to use the navigator is to left click in the thumbnail image of the navigator tab. The area that you click on will now be the center of the view box.
As you use the zoom tools in the View Window, the size of the view box in the Navigator Tab will get larger or smaller.
The Palette Tab displays a large choice of colors. Each square represents a color. These colors are used to draw out your design in the View Window. Color one can be thought of as needle one on the peripheral, but color palette does not control the peripheral. Colors are supplied to aid in visualizing what the final sew out will look like. Color one will sew out first, color two will sew out second, and so on. A number will appear on the color box in the color palette only when the color is active in the design. Every color is editable. To edit the colors, you can right click anywhere on the color palette. Once you right click a color menu will appear with several features. If you would like to change the color of the background (the View Window area behind the design), right click on the first box in the color palette .
The color palette works like the rest of the toolbars in giving you the option of dragging and dropping (moving) the toolbar buttons (color boxes in the case of the color palette). To do this, press the <Alt> key and left click on a color (once selected you may let go of the <Alt> key), drag the color to the desired place on the bar and let go of the left mouse button. If you drag the selected toolbar button (color box) outside of the toolbar (color palette) area, it is deleted.
The last box in the color palette , represents the color wrap. This image is always displayed at the end of the colors in the color palette. Color wrap is explained in more detail under Color Properties.
The final feature of the color menu is Properties. Click on the following for more information on Color Properties.