Don I agree with everything that both you and Herb have stated. With the software available today, it is very easy to change design size [complete with reduced or expanded stitch counts] to almost any size. Physically changing the size is not the problem .... but retaining design quality is. The retention of quality is what determines how much a design can be changed and because of this, there are limits to how much a design size should be altered. It will vary with the design itself but the maximum 20% size change is a good general rule to follow for many designs [now having said that, with some designs you may be able to exceed this 20% a bit but other designs may require that you stay below the 20%]. Bob Don Hanson wrote: >You are on target, Herb. Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you >should, at least not without editing. How much editing depends upon the >original design and the desired size. It is often quicker to re-digitize >than edit and then repath for efficiency. > >Don >Terradon Embroidery > >-----Original Message----- >From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of HK Acree >Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:55 PM >To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [amayausers] Re: Resizing a design > >IMHO, after scaling to that extent the issues of stitch length and type of >element do come into play. Lets say you have a 14 point wide column and you >reduce it 55%, it becomes a 6 point column that most likely won't sew very >well. It may need to be replaced with a walk/walk bean. A large complex fill > >works best with a stitch length around 60-65. Smaller size fills work better > >in the 45-50 range. Again, this is just my opinion and I am open to >constructive criticism. > >Herb >Royal Embroidery > >=========================================================== > >The AmayaUsers Mailing List >Website: http://www.amayausers.com >Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > >=========================================================== > > > > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================