The Objects list

Objects on the left lists every piece on this hoop. That list is also the sew order.

The bottom of the list sews first. The top of the list is in front on the hoop and sews last, so it covers what is underneath.

Find the list

Here is a hoop with one piece. Objects is the column on the left.

The row shows the thread color and the name (Hexagon here, Oval or Star if that is what you added). A short hint under the list says you can tap a row to move or edit that piece, and that the bottom sews first.

When the hoop is empty, the same column says Nothing in the hoop yet. Add a shape, text, or a machine file.

Click a piece on the hoop and its row lights up here. If the piece is inside a collapsed group, the group opens and the list scrolls to its row.

To make the list wider, drag its edge next to the hoop. With that edge focused, the arrow keys move it too. The app remembers the width. Double-click the edge to go back to the usual width. On a phone or a small tablet, the list does not resize.

Simulator shows this same list, with pieces of one thread gathered together wherever that buries nothing. Dragging a row in Simulator moves this list.

Change the order

Add two or three shapes, give them different threads, and overlap them so you can see which sits in front.

1. Drag a row. On a touch screen, drag the dotted handle.
2. A dashed gap shows where it will land. Release to commit.
3. Drag near the top or bottom of the list to scroll. Escape cancels. Undo restores the previous order.

Keyboard: focus a handle, then Up, Down, Home, or End.

With two or more pieces, Select in the Objects header lets you tap several, or drag a box on empty hoop.

Lock and Hide

Select a piece. At the top of properties:

• Lock stops moving, rotating, and resizing. It still sews. Use it when you are happy with placement and do not want to nudge it by accident.
• Hide fades it on the hoop so you can work on other pieces. It still sews. Fading is only for editing.

The row of a hidden piece shows an eye with a line through it. A locked piece shows a padlock. Click Lock or Hide again to undo it. Each button stays highlighted while it is on.

Groups

Group keeps objects together to move and rotate. It does not reorder the list.

• A click on the hoop selects the single piece under the pointer. Dragging moves that piece alone.
• To select a whole group, click its row in Objects.
• While a group is selected, dragging any of its pieces, or anywhere inside its box, moves the whole group.

How to make a group, Ungroup, and Combine is in Groups. Moving and locking a single object is in Select, move, and lock.

Imported designs

A bought machine file sits in this list as one row, named after the design or its file. You can move it, scale it evenly, rotate it, and recolor it. You cannot edit its nodes. Recolor lives in properties when that piece is selected.

Next: Shapes is how ovals, stars, and polygons get their stitches.