Organiser tools
Stitch viewing facilities including slow redraw, and quick rendering. Import and export from/to all common disk and tape formats. Copy to clipboard for inclusion into other packages. Direct machine, MIU, and network interfacing. Sophisticated job-sheet printing. Run-time and costing features. Full access to the browser database facilities.

COLOUR VISTA:
This product has two main function areas. Colour to thread features, and embroidery stitch design storage in a database. The colours from images or stitch designs can be matched to a thread database. It can estimate the amount of stitches needed if the image was punched and stitched. Stitch designs can be colour matched and printed with fabric backgrounds.

• Fully compatible with ALL Ethos products.

• Supplied with an up to date Gunold and Stickma thread database.

• Reads stitch data from all common disk formats, and Ethos ISI format.

• Estimates run-time and thread usage.

• Allows colour matching/assignment for printouts.

• Images can be used to create estimations of thread usage.

• Scanned images can be matched to thread palettes.

• The Stitch Estimator
  This tool allows the user to scan in or import an artwork/image. This powerful feature allows the artwork colours to be reduced, edited or even merged together. Once the artwork has been translated into a sensible number of 'embroidery colours' the software will then estimate the number of stitches the design will have when digitised. The estimation procedure breaks the design down per colour. So if a design had 4 colours but one colour was not due to be embroidered then it is possible to instruct the software to ignore this particular colour.
  Once the 'Stitch Estimate' has been calculated the user can then begin costing the design.

• Embroidery Costings
  Once the stitch design has been created Colour Vista also has many unique tools allowing the calculation of production costs.
  Within the costing application, a guideline of time and expenditure of producing a design can be outputted. The user can specify a number of details relevant to their own production environment. It is possible to enter details about individual machines such as: number of machine heads, running speeds, trim speeds and jump speeds among many factors. Operating costs can also be specified, these include factors like: employees wages and any other fixed or variable costs. The number of garments or pieces to be produced can also be entered. Once the relevant information has been provided the costing application can then calculate a multitude of factors, ranging from the cost per individual garment or per complete run. This powerful tool has benefits when competing for orders and also planning production.

• Thread Usage
  In addition to the many features on the Costing Tool outlined above the thread usage of a design does not escape monitoring. The software will estimate in metres the amount of coloured thread and underthread to be used in the embroidering of an individual design or run of garments.

• Editing your Colour Palette
  Moving to the Palette Manager feature, the user is welcomed by an extensive library of different thread shades and types. The key idea is that this tool enables the customer to bring in a design and have the facility to alter the thread colour and range used. The colour reference guide is extremely simple to use. The user can create their own colour palettes or 'Colour Match' to a selection of extensive thread shades.

• Building your Database Library
  Once having the embroidery design data, the next stage is that of storage. The file(s) can be saved to an integrated database system and retained on any drive of your choice. Colour Vista also holds network capabilities which allows the user to share a database with existing ApS-Ethos products. Within the database, the user can give the design a file name, can create their own reference number and contribute the necessary design descriptions for future reference. Designs may also be placed into user defined categories. An additional bonus is that the file history is automatically recorded, date and time, an excellent device when searching for previous files. Colour Vista is capable of importing the majority of popular, standard approved industrial machine formats.

• Producing Instruction Sheets
  Once a design has been loaded, assigned colours etc, it is also possible to produce instruction sheets. Various layout options are available. The user may print one type of instruction sheet for the embroidery operator and a different one for the customer, with different sets of details on each. Providing the operator with a correct instruction sheet can be vital for minimising the risks of mistakes, as this acts as blueprint. The instruction sheet can display amongst other things the design name, customer name, date, scale, size and stitch count. As the operator progresses down the sheet a colour listings chart can be seen, which openly displays all threads specified within the design. This colour chart denotes the exact run order of the coloured thread.

• Other Features
  Before the user plans to save the design, other versatile tools can be found. The facilities on offer are the recognised zoom in and out device. Also available is the essential Slow Redraw feature, which demonstrates the stitches physically being recreated on screen exactly as they would run on the embroidery machine. This feature is vital for the customer as a reference point, when monitoring how the stitches lie and connect so that mishaps can be avoidable. A Rendered View option also exists which provides a 'true view' of what the finished piece of embroidery would actually resemble.

EMBROIDERY ORGANISER:
Our entry level of software 'Organiser' will keep your business on the right track.A fully comprehensive database to store and record every design,that is compatible with Microsoft Access.This allows comprehensive reporting and production control statistics to be produced.Catalogue and search by customer name,category,keywords,stitch count,design details,almost anything you want! A design will never again be misfiled or lost.

• Core database product.

• Allows designs to be read in from machine disk/tape, or APS files stored into a sophisticated database:-

• Palette manager with thread matching.

• Auto monogramming option to add a monogram.

• Auto scale option to scale designs.

• Runtime stitch calculation and thread usage estimation.

• Designs can also be written out to machine disk/tape, MIU, or direct to embroidery machines.

Monogram production

EMBROIDERY ORGANISER PRO:
This product is an extension to the current 'Embroidery Organiser' product.The intention with this product is to supply the customer with a pre-created database containing outline designs (not stitch based designs).The customer can then load in the required design,change its size,and then re-stitch the design.This also allows the future possibility of supplying specially ordered designs in outline form rather than stitch form.

• Rescale - simple width and height entry.

• Stitch design - automatically invoked after rescale.

• The ability to convert satin to ceeding when enlarging a design.

EMBROIDERY MINI MONOGRAMMER:
This product is an extension to the current 'Embroidery Organiser' product. The intention with this product is to supply the customer with a pre-created database containing pre-set monogramming templates.These templates would generally consist of simple 1,2 or 3 letter monogram styles.Once a template is loaded the user simply invokes the monogram generator and types in the letters required, the new lettering is stitched and then sent to machine or machine disk.

• Pre-created database containing pre-set monogramming templates.

• Templates generally consist of simple 1,2,3 letter monogram styles.

• Once a template is loaded the user simply invokes the monogram generator and types the required letters. These are then stitched and sent to a machine or machine disk.

EMBROIDERY MINI WRITER:
This product is based on a cut down version of the 'Embroidery Writer' product (with all of the features of the 'Organiser' product.The intention with this product is to allow the user access to sophisticated text tools(satin only) without any of the stitch editing tools.Designs can be imported in stitch form and text added as required.Quick and easy text generation is therefore the main benefit of this product.When the text is generated and the user is happy with it then it is stitched in,the outlines removed.Only line and arc text is available,and the module comes with five standard fonts.Name-drop and Auto-Monogramming options can be added to this module.

• Organiser level of design storage and manipulation.

• Simple satin text tool with 5 fonts, outlines stitched in once the tool is finished with.

• Simple satin effect setting, pitch, corners, underlays. Only one effect available (no effect creation).

• Block functions such as colour changes, trim/stop. Show blocks. Tidy-up.

• Jump-to-start, move origin.

Monogram productions

OPTIONS ON MINI WRITER:

• STITCH GRADUATOR:
  The Stitch Graduator tool operates on existing stitch designs it allows the orientation, scale, density, bar widths etc. of part or whole of a design to be altered. This may be achieved by setting a percentage value or by altering the actual width and height dimensions of the design. The Graduator will also allow the stitch density of a design to be altered independently to the scale. The Graduator tool works by categorising the stitched areas of the design into either Running stitch, Satin stitch or Fill stitch. Each of these different types of stitching may be reviewed and altered as required. The Graduator tool also enables a block or blocks to be rotated or mirrored..
  

• NAME DROP:
  The Name drop option allows multiple text entries to be created, rather than having to create lines of text one at a time. This is particularly useful for those companies that do a large amount of Personalisation on garments.
  Two different options exist when using the Name drop option, either
  (a) One design will be created with a jump to start and stop function applied in-between each text input.
  (b) Separate design will automatically be created for each different text input.

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