Embird Update 6.0 ab heute da!!!

Hallo an alle Embird-Fans,

 

jeden Tag habe ich nachgesehen, und heute endlich ist das Update 6.0 auf der Seite, guckst Du hier http://www.embird.biz/sw/embird/newdown.htm

 

Jetzt werde ich mir erstmal alles runterladen.

Hallo,

 

keine Embird-Fans hier?

 

Nachdem ich das Update 6.0 auf meinem Compi habe, schaue ich mir schon die ganzen Neuigkeiten an. Ist schon toll, was der Dusan da wieder "gezaubert " hat. Und das alles wieder "für umsonst".

 

Ein dickes Dankeschön an Dusan!

Bin grad "nur" mit nem Ersatz-Compi im Net, leider.

 

Was ist denn so neu? *lechz*

hallo tina,

 

ich hab zwar das embird, aber muss gestehen, ich habe noch so gut wie gar nichts damit gemacht.

 

hab die deutsche version und gerade mal build 5

 

kann man das 6.0 einfach runterladen und dann????

Hallo Tina,

Und was kann das update alles Neues?

Ich hab die deutsche Version von Embird kann ich es auch dafür nutzen?

Viele fragende Grüße

Sandra

Hallo Martina und Sandra,

 

dort wo ich in meinem ersten Beitrag den Links gesetzt habe, könnt Ihr das Embird runterladen. Um das Update aufzuspielen, müßt Ihr Euer Embird erst deinstalieren, speichert Euch Euer Passwort ab. Jetzt kann das Update 6.0 instaliert werden. Ich weiß nicht ob Ihr auch das Embird-Studio habt, wenn ja, dann das gleiche Spielchen, Eueres deinstalieren, und dann das Update aufspielen.

 

Hoffe, ich habe es einigermassen gut erklärt.

 

Hier die Neuerungen auf Englisch: (Achtung, sehr lange Liste!!)

 

Leider bin ich der englischen Sprache nicht mächtig, aber vielleicht ist jemand so lieb, und kann uns ein bißchen übersetzen, bütte, bütte!!!

 

 

 

EMBIRD - WHAT'S NEW ?

 

 

********************

Version 2004 Build 6

********************

 

- New more realistic 3D preview, even with fabrics drawn in

the background! You can switch ON/OFF drawing of the fabrics

in "Options -> Show Fabrics in 3D Drawing" menu.

 

- New command "Janome JEF CompactFlash Card" added to "Right Panel"

menu. Use this command to read/write cards for Janome MC10000/MC10001

and 300E embroidery machines. First select the files in "Files:" box

at right panel and then run this command.

 

- New command "Brother Innovis Memory Card" added to "Right Panel"

menu. Use this command to read/write cards for Brother Innovis

embroidery machines. First select the files in "Files:" box at right

panel and then run this command.

 

- New command "Output to Elna EMD Smart Media Card" added to "Right Panel"

menu. Use this command to write cards for Elna Xquisite embroidery

machines. First select the files in "Files:" box at right panel

and then run this command.

 

- New command "Output to Singer EMD Smart Media Card" added to "Right Panel"

menu. Use this command to write cards for Singer XL 5000/6000 embroidery

machines. First select the files in "Files:" box at right panel

and then run this command.

 

- If you long-click the right mouse button on "Files:" box at right panel,

the "Explorer's Context Menu" will appear instead of standard Embird

right-panel popup menu. This menu will also appear if you depress

SHIFT key and then click right mouse button for popup menu. In this

menu, you will find e.g. "Send To" commands, which are useful for easy

and quick file manipulation.

 

- If you long-click the right mouse button on "Folder:" box at right panel,

the "Explorer's Context Menu" will appear instead of standard Embird

right-panel popup menu. This menu will also appear if you depress

SHIFT key and then click right mouse button for popup menu. In this

menu, you will find e.g. "Send To" commands, which are useful for easy

and quick manipulation with folder.

 

- Now you can export another type of documentation - documentation stored

in Microsoft® Word .DOC format - using the "Right Panel -> Export Word

Documentation" command. This feature requires Microsoft® Word installed

on your PC.

 

- The "Right Panel -> Add To Zip" command now allows to create

self-extracting .EXE file. A self-extracting archive is an executable

file that, when executed, will extract files contained within itself.

You can use a self-extracting archive when you need to distribute an

archive to someone who doesn't have the tools to extract files from

a ZIP-compatible archive.

 

- New command "File Summary Info" added to "Right Panel" menu. This new

command works only on PCs with Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and only

with disks formatted with NTFS file system (i.e. it does not work with

FAT system). Use this command if you want to edit the summary

information of the design. This allows you to add the "Title", "Subject",

"Author", "Category", "Keywords", "Revision Number" and "Comments" to

your design. These information will be displayed in the yellow hint

when you display the design in Manager and place the mouse pointer on

the preview area. These information will also be printed in "Detail

Documentation." Also, once you add the summary information to your

designs, you can use the "Right Panel -> Folder Operations -> Search"

command to search for design with specified "Keyword", etc.

 

NOTE: The "File Summary Info" will be lost if you copy the design from

NTFS disk to e.g. FAT disk, because FAT disks do not support

the streams required for storing the info.

 

- New command "File Summary Info" added to "File" menu in Editor

(see above).

 

- New command "Send to 3rd Party Application" added to "Right Panel"

menu in Manager. This command is intended for 3rd party software

developers of plug-ins for Embird. Embird will convert the selected

files in "Files:" box to interchangeable format (see its specification

below) and then launch the "3rd party application" EXE file specified in

"Options -> Plug-in Paths" menu. Embird will pass a full path to a TEXT

file on the command line to the 3rd party application. This text file

contains full paths to designs stored in interchangeable format. The

3rd party application should process the designs and when it is finished,

it should delete the TEXT file to let Embird know about its completion.

 

The structure of interchangeable file format:

 

#0000-#03FF 1024 B - Color Palette (4 bytes per color,

each color stored as Delphi's TColor)

#0400-#0403 4 B - String 'mbrd' (identifies Interchangeable Format)

#0404-#0405 2 B - version of Embird Interchangeable Format (Delphi's word)

#0406-#0409 4 B - Hoop Width in tenths of millimeters (Delphi's single)

#040A-#040D 4 B - Hoop Height in tenths of millimeters (Delphi's single)

#040E-#0411 4 B - Background Color (Delphi's TColor)

#0412-#07FF 1006 B - reserved, always 0

#0800-end of file - Stitches (10 bytes per stitch, structure TStitch)

 

 

The TStitch structure:

 

Code:byte; 1B - stitch code, #00=stop (next color)

#80=normal stitch (running stitch)

#81=floating stitch (jump stitch)

#87=trimming code (cut thread)

Flag:byte; 1B - flag, unused

X:single; 4B - X-coordinate in tenths of millimeters

Y:single; 4B - Y-coordinate in tenths of millimeters

 

Note: Stitch with X=0,Y=0 coordinates is in the hoop center.

 

In fact, Embird will pass TWO paths on the command line to the 3rd party

application. The second path specifies the TEXT file, which is empty.

The 3rd party application can pass the full paths to designs stored in

interchangeable format to Embird using this second TEXT file. Embird will

convert these files to format chosen by user, and then it will delete

these temporary files. In other words, 3rd party software developers

can use this second command line path to output designs from their

application and make Embird to convert them into chosen format.

 

**********************************************************************

Example: User selects 3 designs in Embird's "Files:" box and then runs

the "Send to 3rd Party Application" command. Embird will launch the

application and pass 2 parameters on the command line:

 

Command Line: "3RDPARTY.EXE C:\Embird32\Temp1.tmp C:\Embird32\Temp2.tmp"

 

The first command line file "C:\Embird32\Temp1.tmp" contains 3 lines,

e.g.:

 

C:\Embird32\design0.tmp - first design in interchangeable format

C:\Embird32\design1.tmp - second design in interchangeable format

C:\Embird32\design2.tmp - third design in interchangeable format

 

The second command line file "C:\Embird32\Temp2.tmp" is empty.

 

3rd party application should process the 3 files from the first file.

In case the 3rd party application wants to input some files into Embird,

it should write the design paths into the second command line file, i.e.

to "C:\Embird32\Temp2.tmp". Finally, the 3rd party application should

delete then first command line file, i.e. "C:\Embird32\Temp1.tmp" to let

Embird know about its completion.

**********************************************************************

 

 

- The following commands were moved to "Input\Output Operations" submenu

in "Right Panel" menu:

 

* Barudan CF Card

* Janome JEF CompactFlash Card

* Output to EMD Smart Media Card

* Port Connection to Embroidery Machine

* Send to 3rd Party Application

* Copy Files to Floppy Disk

 

- If you select "Print Design Snapshot", "Print Detail Documentation",

"Print Color Layers", "Print Thread List" or "Print Thumbnails" command

from Right Panel menu, Embird will allow you to specify the "Price per

1000" stitches setting, which will be used for calculation of the design

price.

 

- Support for new formats added:

 

* Ameco .NEW

* Brother BAS .SEW (only input, output to this format is not possible)

* Gold Thread .GT

* Siruba .PLT

* Sunstar SWF .SST

* Wilcom Pfaff .T09

* ZSK TC .ZXY

 

- Embird now supports Barudan S-FMC and ZSK TC floppy disk formats, but only

in Windows 95/98/ME (because it is using the non-standard floppy disk

operations from Left Panel in Manager.)

 

- DMC thread chart added.

 

- Madeira Rayon and Madeira Polyneon thread charts were updated.

 

- Bug with displaying some of .VP3 files fixed.

 

- Bug causing automatical adding of trimming codes in .VP3 format fixed.

 

- Bug causing that some .PES and .PEC files were not recognized on

embroidery machine fixed.

 

- Several other minor bugs fixed.

 

EDITOR

======

 

- New command "Print Template without Texts" added to "File" menu

in Editor. Use this command if you want to save space - e.g. if

you want to print 2 designs using the same sheet of vellum.

 

- New command "Separate" added to "Edit" menu in Editor. Use this

command to separate parts in selected object.

 

- New command "Reduce Colors" added to "Edit" menu in Editor. Use

this command to reduce the number of colors in selected objects.

 

- New commands were added to popup menu, which appears when you

right click on one of the small color boxes in Editor. These new

commands are:

 

* Swap Sewing Order with Next Color

* Swap Sewing Order with Previous Color

* Set All Colors to This One

* View Thread List

 

- New option "Specify border offset" added to "Insert Basting Stitches"

menu in Editor. Default value is 0.0, which means, that the basting

stitches are inserted along the design rectangle boundary.

 

- The following buttons were added to Sew Simulator window:

 

* Forward

* Split

* Zoom In

* Zoom Out

* Zoom 1:1

 

- The following switches were added to Sew Simulator window:

 

* Halt on running stitch

* Halt on floating stitch (jump)

* Halt on stop (color change)

* Halt on trimming (thread cut)

 

- Sew Simulator now contains the "color bar" showing the colors

in their sewing order and quantity. Below the color bar there

is an arrow, showing the actual stitch. You can click on the

bar to move the actual stitch pointer across the design.

 

- You can "nudge" selected stitch point in "Points Editing Mode"

in "Editor" by simultaneously depressing the Shift key and the

arrow (Left, Right, Up, Down, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn) on the

keyboard.

 

 

FONT ENGINE

===========

 

- Embird now supports UNICODE characters (e.g. Chinese, Japanese) in

Font Engine plug-in when running on computer with Windows 2000 or

Windows XP. You will find the check box for choosing UNICODE

characters above the "Fonts" box in "Editor -> Insert -> Font Engine

Text" dialog box.

 

CROSS STICH PLUG-IN

===================

 

- New cross types added to Cross Stitch:

 

* French knot (read below for more information)

* Upright cross

* Double cross

* Mini cross

* Elongated horizontal cross

* Elongated vertical cross

* Fill Pattern (read below for more information)

 

- Now you can use the pre-defined fill patterns in Cross Stitch!

Choose the fill pattern by clicking on "..." button at the "Color

Palette Bar" at the right side of the screen. The "Choose Pattern"

dialog box will appear on screen, allowing you to choose the pattern.

Then choose the "Fill Contiguous Area" tool in "Tools" menu and

fill in the area. You can also choose other tools - e.g. "Pen" or

"Brush" to draw with pattern.

 

- You can even create you own new fills in Cross stitch! Simply save

the .ECF file with your new fill pattern into the C:\EMBIRD32\X_FILLS

folder. Files from this folder are displayed in "Choose Pattern"

dialog box in Cross Stitch. If you do not know how to create your

brand new fill pattern, try to open some existing pattern from the

C:\EMBIRD32\X_FILLS folder, modify it and save it back with different

name, but into the same folder: C:\EMBIRD32\X_FILLS. Then try to use

your pattern.

 

- Now you can create French Knots in Cross Stitch. New tools allowing

this were added to "Tools" menu:

 

* Insert French Knot

* Erase French Knot

 

You can specify the diameter and thickness of the French knots at

the "Color Palette Bar" at the right side of the screen, or in

"Options -> Design Properties" menu. This is global parameter - it

is not possible to specify the diameter/thickness individually for

particular French knot.

 

- New menu "Chart" added to Cross Stitch window. This menu contains

commands for importing charts (hand graphs) into the Cross Stitch

work area as the background. After choosing the "Import" command

from this menu, a dialog box will appear on the screen, displaying

the chosen chart and allowing to calibrate it for use in Cross Stitch.

There are three red marks in the top left corner of the chart.

Position mark no. 1 to upper left corner of the ten square grid,

position mark no. 2 to upper right corner of the ten square grid

and position mark no. 3 to bottom right corner of the ten square

grid. Then click "Align Grid" button and check the results of

alignment. In case the red grid follows the chart grid, click "OK"

button to insert the chart into the work area. Otherwise click "Undo

Alignment" button to revise the position of red marks.

 

- Cross Stitch will now display a dialog box when is starts, allowing

you to specify the size of working area. This way you can limit the

working area to the size of your hoop.

 

- New dialog box added to "Autodigitize Crosses from Image" added to

"Image" menu in Cross Stitch plug-in. This dialog box allows you

to specify the size of design created automatically from image.

 

- New option "Add outline to each color in the design" added to Cross

Stitch plug-in.

 

- New commands added to "Edit" menu in Cross Stitch window:

 

* Center - Both Axes

* Center Horizontally

* Center Vertically

* Clear Hidden Back Stitch Lines

* Set Back Stitch Layers

 

- Now you can create Back Stitch lines in Cross Stitch! New tools

allowing this were added to "Tools" menu:

 

* Back Stitch

* Back Stitch Draw

* Back Stitch 1/2

* Back Stitch Draw 1/2

* Erase Back Stitch

* Back Stitch Color

* Get Back Stitch Layers

* Set Back Stitch Layers

 

Find more information about these new tools in Embird help file -

press F1 in Embird.

 

- The following new tools were added to "Tools" menu:

 

* Regular Polygon

* Star

* Filled Regular Polygon

* Filled Star

 

- New menu "Insert" added to Cross Stitch dialog box. This menu

contains the following items:

 

* Insert Outline

* Insert Outline - Selected Only

* Insert Outline Around Each Color (1 Color)

* Insert Outline Around Each Color (1 Color) - Selected Only

* Insert Outline Around Each Color (Multi-Color)

* Insert Outline Around Each Color (Multi-Color) - Selected Only

 

- New commands "View Crosses as Crosses" and "View Crosses as Squares"

added to "View" menu in Cross Stitch window. Use these commands

to choose the view mode for crosses on work area.

 

- New commands added to "View" menu in Cross Stitch window:

 

* Sew Simulator

* Sew Simulator - Selected Only

* 3D Preview

* 3D Preview - Selected Only

 

- New command "Back Stitch Lines and French Knots" added to "View" menu.

Use this command to enabled/disable displaying of back stitch lines.

 

- New command "Ten Square Grid" added to "View" menu. Use this

command to turn on/off the displaying of the ten square grid.

 

- Two new panels added to "Color Palette Bar" in Cross Stitch. These new

panels are located at the bottom of the Color Palette Bar. Panels contain

the colors used for crosses (first panel) and colors used for back stitch

lines and French knots (second panel). When you right click on the color

on this panel, a popup menu will appear, containing the following

commands:

 

* Select Color

* Select Color and its Back Stitch Lines (only for crosses)

* Select only Back Stitch Lines around Color (only for crosses)

* Select Color and Back Stitch Lines of Same Color (only for crosses)

* Set Back Stitch Layers (only for back stitch lines)

* Show/Hide Color

* Show Both Colors

* Hide Both Colors

* Show All Colors

* Hide All Colors

* Show All Colors Except This One

* Hide All Colors Except This One

* Choose Color from Catalog

* Choose Color from Palette

* Set to Previous Color

* Set to Next Color

* Swap with Previous Color

* Swap with Next Color

* Swap Sewing Order with Previous Color

* Swap Sewing Order with Next Color

* Insert Outline (Outline Color) (only for crosses)

* Insert Outline (This Color) (only for crosses)

* Delete Color

* Delete All Colors

* Delete All Colors Except This One

* Find Color in Catalog

 

Use these command to change color, show/hide color, delete color, change

the sewing order of colors, etc. If you depress SHIFT key while

right-clicking on color for popup menu, the command will be applied to

color in both panels - i.e. to both crosses and back stitch lines colors.

 

ICONIZER

========

 

- Iconizer now allows to display new "columns" in Explorer's "View -> Details"

mode when running under Windows 2000 or Windows XP. First enable Iconizer

(and Columns) in Embird's "Options -> Iconizer Settings" menu. Then run Windows

Explorer, browse to your folder with designs and use "View -> Choose Details"

menu to switch ON the displaying of the following columns:

 

* Design Width

* Design Height

* Design Stitches

* Design Thread Changes

* Design Colors

* Design Information

 

If you enable Iconizer also for "Images" in Embird, you can also switch ON the

following columns in Windows Explorer:

 

* Image Width

* Image Height

* Image Bits

* Image Information

 

Use "View -> Details" mode to display the columns. Iconizer will display the

design information and image information not only in columns, but also as a

text at the right side of icon if you choose "View -> Tiles" mode in Windows

Explorer.

 

TUTORIALS

=========

 

- New tutorials are available at http://www.embird.com/sw/embird/videos.htm:

 

* Embird Cross Stitch - Creating New Fill Pattern

* Embird Cross Stitch - Importing Chart

* File Summary Info

* Janome JEF CompactFlash Card - Reading Files

* Janome JEF CompactFlash Card - Writing Files

* Output to EMD Smart Media Card

* Open Pfaff Grand Hoop Design

* Save Pfaff Grand Hoop Design

* Search Files

* Text Arching

 

NEW HOOPS

=========

 

- Support for Viking Husqvarna 130 x 180 mm hoop added.

 

- Support for Super-Giant-L Hoop-It-All for Singer XL 1000 added.

Tina, tausend Dank für Deinen Tipp. Ich bin ja ganz happy!!! Jetzt kann man die Muster als Dia-Show anschauen, super! Alle meine Pfaff-Karten öffnen sich in den Mini-Icons nacheinander, ich muss nicht mehr Karte für Karte anklicken. Der Hintergrund ist jetzt stoffähnlich und darauf sehen die Muster sehr gut aus. Ich glaube heute Nacht sieht mein Bett mich nicht sehr lange. Auch das Digitizin hat sich super verbessert, ebenso Cross-Stitch. Ich bin schon immer von Embird begeistert, aber jetzt hüpfe ich glattweg aus den Socken. Nochmals vielen Dank für Deinen Hinweis. Tausend Grüßchen von Brigitte

upppps,

 

 

das trau ich mich nicht, meins zu deinstallieren, da bin ich kein held und nachher ist´s weg.

 

 

das bleib ich lieber bei der jetzigen version, die tuts auch.

Martina, keine Angst, es "is nich wech", es kommt wieder aber viiiiiiiiel schöner! Bei jedem up date wird die alte Version deinstalliert, mein Embird wäre dann ja schon mindestens 5 mal "weggeflogen". Bei den anderen Embird-Fans klappt es doch auch. Du versäumst wirklich ganz viel, denn das ist das tollste Embird, das es je gab. Grüßchen von Brigitte

Hier die Neuerungen erstmal auf Englisch: (Achtung, sehr lange Liste!!)

 

Weißt Du vielleicht wann dies in Deutsch sein wird, wenn übrehaupt? Mein Englisch reicht leider nicht, um alles zu verstehen.

 

Viele Grüße

Ilona

Hallo Martina,

 

Du kannst Dich ruhig trauen. Das Einzige was wichtig ist, das Du das Passwort sicherst (speicherst).

 

Es wäre wirklich schade, wenn Du Dir das neue Update 6.0 nicht aufspielen würdest, alleine die 3 D Ansicht ist super. Und der Nähsimulator hat sich auch stark verbessert, während Du den laufen läßt, kannst Du entweder Lauf- Sprung- Stopp- oder Schneidebefehle eingeben. Das finde ich ganz toll. Habe jetzt auch noch nicht alle Neuerungen nachvollzogen. Ist wirklich blöde, wenn man kein Englisch kann, habe vorhin mal versucht, über ein Übersetzuungsprogramm die Neuerungenliste übersetzten zu lassen, aber da kommt viel Kaudwerwelsch bei raus.

Wat is das???????

Downloadrate 1,9 Mb pro Minute- Downloadmenge 150MB

Wieso so lange, ging doch früher schneller

Da brauch ich über 2 Stunden , und ich hab DSL

 

 

LG Katrin

Hallo Katrin,

 

das verstehe ich nicht, bei mir hat es so ca. 5 - 7 Minuten gedauert.

@Ilona

 

Also das Update entspricht der Demo Version, die man herunterladen kann, von daher denke ich, daß es dann auch komplett in Deutsch ist. Kann man ja auch in der Demo Version gleich einstellen - war zumindest bei der alten so.

Klar kann man die Sprache einstellen und alles ist in bestem Deutsch zu lesen. Grüßchen von Brigitte

hallo ,

 

 

ich hab es gewagt!!!

 

es hat auc hsuper geklappt.

 

ich hab nur auf die schnelle mal die stickmusteransicht angekuckt.

 

ist ja echt super.

 

ich hoffe, ich hab mal die zeit mich näher damit zu beschäftigen.

 

nur eins noch, ich hab zwar das passwort gespeichert, aber gebraucht zum aufspielen hab ich es nicht.

Der kluge Computer findet's alleine - toll, gell? Gratulation, dass Du es so blitzschnell geschafft hast. Viel Spaß damit. Grüßchen von Brigitte

@Ilona

 

Also das Update entspricht der Demo Version, die man herunterladen kann, von daher denke ich, daß es dann auch komplett in Deutsch ist. Kann man ja auch in der Demo Version gleich einstellen - war zumindest bei der alten so.

 

Hallo Sylvie,

 

meinst Du jetzt die Liste oder die Version? Das die Version in Deutsch gibt, ist schon klar, habe ich auch. Ich dachte, daß diese Liste, die Tina hier eingefügt hat, auch in Deutsch zu lesen ist. Darum ging meine Frage.

 

Viele Grüße

Ilona

Hallo Martina,

 

herzlichen Glückwunsch, daß Du Dich getraut hast.

 

Nachdem ich das 6.0 aufgespielt hatte, ging bei mir eine Maske auf, in der mußte ich mein Passwort und meine gesamte Anschrift eintragen.

Hallo Thibia,

 

ich meine es müßte für Dich auch kostenlos sein, schau mal

 

hier http://www.embird.biz/sw/embird/index.htm

Thibia, es geht, ich habe auch gerade "geupdatet" von 2003, Build 4...

Völlig problemlos!

hm hm hm....

 

hab embird auf laufwerk D installiert, aber vor kurzem mein "c" neu formatiert. seitdem zeigst mir embird nicht mehr unter software an, wo ich es deinst. könnte an (wie alle anderen programme auf D) . weiß wer wie ich es dann deinstallieren kann?

Das kleine Klo im Embird-Ordner doppelklicken

super danke lenalotte

 

werd ich nun gleich ausprobieren

@Ilona

 

Die Liste mit den Neuerungen gibt's leider nur auf Englisch.

Aber wozu gibt's Wörterbücher

 

Die 3D-Ansicht finde ich jedenfalls schonmal ganz toll...