[amayausers] Re: Multiple selecting elements
- From: "Jeff Banks" <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:04:23 -0700
Hi Susan,
Do you know how long the Pop Up description for the Mirror buttons has been
backwards?! I cannot believe no one has caught it until now, including all
the people at Melco who go through the software before release! Thanks for
the heads up! Not only that, we have to check them in multiple languages!
LOL
Jeff Banks
Melco Embroidery Systems
----- Original Message -----
From: <suried@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:40 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Multiple selecting elements
> Thanks Jeff,
> I knew you could do this by holding the Ctrl and shift
> keys. I didn't know about the lasoo until it was
> brought up here a couple of days ago. Thanks for
> explaining it.
>
> Also, I guessing you already know this but I didn't
> realize it until my husband was trying to play around
> with the digitizing. When you just put the mouse
> cursor over the mirror buttons, the phrases show up
> opposite. The horizontal mirror button reads vertical
> mirror and the vertical mirror reads horizontal
> mirror. I just clicked on them knowing what they were
> from the image and didn't even catch it. But as my
> husband was learning he was confused for a little
> while.
>
> Susan
> Embroidery Station
>
> --- Jeff Banks <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Terri,
>>
>> Not being able to multi-select between 2 different
>> "designs" within the
>> same OFM file is normal behavior. This is a
>> limitation of the software. You
>> should be able to select multiple Expanded elements,
>> as long as they are
>> within the same "design" in the ofm file.
>>
>> With that said, an explanation of the Lasso or
>> Custom Selection tool is in
>> order as well. I cannot find an explanation of the
>> Custom Selection or Lasso
>> tool in the DS help? I have already turned this in
>> as a problem?
>>
>> The Custom Selection tool works as follows:
>> It is intended for use to select multiple points,
>> (either wire frame or
>> expanded) within the same object. An example would
>> be to select all the
>> points on one side of a column by drawing the lasso
>> around them instead of
>> holding the CTRL or SHFT keys down and selecting
>> them. It is not intended to
>> select multiple objects, but as a tool for editing a
>> single object.
>> To use it, select it on the tool bar, then go to
>> where you want to start
>> the lasso and click once with the mouse, (you do not
>> have to click and hold
>> the mouse button), when done drawing the lasso or
>> loop around the intended
>> points, press the Enter key to finish it. Now all
>> the points, (wire frame or
>> expanded) within the lasso will be highlighted. They
>> can be moved as a
>> group, deleted etc.
>>
>> Jeff Banks
>> Melco Embroidery Systems
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lee or Terri Hoover"
>> <lhoover2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:07 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Multiple selecting
>> elements
>>
>>
>> > Yea - tried all of this. Read the help, etc.
>> Does it not work with
>> > selecting multiple EXPANDED elements in a design?
>> Also, once I converted
>> > the 2 expanded designs to wireframe (all within
>> same design file). I
>> > could
>> > multi-select within each one but not across the 2.
>> >
>> > Terri
>> > Embroidery Creations
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Susan Riedlinger
> Embroidery Station
> Columbus, OH
>
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