HQ Pro-Stitcher User Manual - Handi Quilter

Clean System
The “Clean System” function deletes old temporary
files to free up space on the hard disk. This process
is performed automatically under normal boot-up
conditions, but may be performed manually if it is
suspected that a recently-used large pattern file may
be slowing down the system. The process should take
just a few seconds and will re-boot the system when it
is finished.
Figure 52
Close File
Although closing a pattern file is not necessary, some
users may want to clear out the pattern window.
Pressing the “Close File” button will close the pattern
file and clear the pattern window.
Copyright
Many pattern designers include copyright information
as well as instructions on how to use their
patterns within the pattern file itself. To view this
information, load the pattern file and press the
“Copyright” button. A pop-up screen will display
information contained within the pattern related to
copyrights and user instructions. Scroll arrows may
be used to scroll up and down as needed to view all
the information available (Figure 52).
Optimize
This function is useful for patterns that are stitching
too slowly due to the way the pattern is created
or re-sized. A pattern will stitch more slowly when
the file is made up of many very small line segments
(which can happen by shrinking a pattern or it may
be the way the pattern was created). “Optimize” preprocesses
the file and looks for line segments that
are shorter than a given length and combines those
segments into one longer segment. It also checks to
make sure that angles greater than a given amount
are not altered during the optimize routine.
Press the “Done” button to close the “Copyright”
window and return to the “Library” screen.
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