Direct-to-Sew™ to get Satin-Stitch Engine

(Original article date: July, 2006) Direct-to-Sew is well into its next phase of development in which we are enhancing the system to create true satin-stitch lettering for sewing on straight-stitch machines. As with our current monogram-font-style lettering for straight-stitch machines, the satin-stitch lettering is created on-the-fly with no user intervention, driven directly by the order entry system. When this phase of the product is complete, Direct-to-Sew coupled with the Delta embroidery machine network will be the only system in the industry to provide automated lettering any way you want it to any machine on your production floor.

The key to this new support for satin-stitch lettering is the integration into Direct-to-Sew of support for Melco DesignShop lettering style template files. The basic workflow is represented below.

Melco DesignShop is used to create the basic lettering styles for your sewn lettering work and to save your chosen parameters in style files. DesignShop is a comprehensive editing environment that provides access to all of the familiar satin-stitch lettering parameters including underlay types, compensation, density, stitch length and more. Any alphabet/font style you currently use can easily be recreated in DesignShop for use in Direct-to-Sew templates. Style files created in DesignShop are then imported into Direct-to-Sew where they can be selected for use in Direct-to-Sew satin-stitch lettering templates. The result is high-quality satin-stitch lettering created on-the-fly with no user intervention and available for download to any straight-stitch embroidery machine connected to the Delta Industrial Sewing Network.

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For more information about Direct-to-Sew, visit the Direct-to-Sew home page, contact VeriStitch or talk to our sales associate.