Sandra, It's probably actually changing it, just that you can't tell. Once you hit apply (like a save) the changes are made and now everything is "fresh", i.e. at 100%. If you look at the stitch count before and after on the Status you will see the change (you do not need to close the properties window). Also, it appears to me the decreasing the percentage causes the density to increase as the stitch count increased when go to 95%. When I want to decrease the density, I select the fill stitches that I want to decrease the density, then increase the value of the density. Dakota does seem to have a lot more than needed. Terri -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandra Walker Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 3:57 PM To: Amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] puckering & decreasing design density Hello everyone, I am sewing a Dakota design (file WL0455, Squirrel with nut) and my garment puckers all around the design. This is on a thin poplin fabric & I'm using auto-actifeed and cutaway backing. I've gone to the scale tab and tried reducing the fill density from 100 to 95%, but when I hit "apply", the density automatically changes back to 100%. I'm following the instructions from some earlier posts, but must not be doing something right. I like a lot of the Dakota designs, but most of them seem to pucker. Any ideas? Thanks! Sandra Walker A&E Custom Embroidery 936.588.1015 800.291.6953 We make your life more colorful...and your business more visible! =========================================================== 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 ===========================================================