If you're asking about how to configure Wilcom to handle color changes for your embroidery machine during the stitching process, the process involves adjusting specific machine format settings within the software. This configuration tells Wilcom how to interpret color change commands for your particular machine model, especially important for machines with multiple needles.
Here's how to configure these machine-specific color change functions based on your machine format settings:
Steps to Configure Machine Color Change Functions
To set up how Wilcom manages color change instructions for your embroidery machine, follow these steps:
- Open a Design: Begin by opening any embroidery design file in Wilcom.
- Access Machine Format Settings: Navigate to and access the Machine Format Settings Standard dialog. This dialog contains various parameters specific to the format your machine uses.
- Locate Color Change Panel: Within the Machine Format Settings dialog, find the Color Change panel. This section is dedicated to controlling how color changes are handled.
- Select Interpretation Method: In the Color Change panel, choose a method for how Wilcom should interpret color-change functions. The specific options available here may vary depending on the machine format you have selected.
- Specify Number of Needles (for Needle-Addressing Machines): If you are using a machine that uses needle addressing (where the machine is told which needle to select), you must enter the total number of needles available on your machine in the No of Needles field. This helps Wilcom generate the correct commands for your machine to select the appropriate thread color at each color change point in the design.
By configuring these settings, you ensure that when you save or send a design to your embroidery machine in the chosen format, Wilcom correctly includes the necessary instructions for the machine to perform color changes according to its capabilities and setup.
This process is crucial for multi-needle machines to automate the selection of different thread colors during the embroidery of a single design.
