Good Morning Jim Diane,

I saved some files to Dropbox yesterday to open in AcuDesign.  I think the problem is that I sent the to a USB from Digitizer V5 and they saved as JPX JBX files - am I correct in my assumption.

Next question:  How do we get Janome, Artistic, and other software companies to get their act together and make the design files compatible? - Like WHO do we ask?  It isn't a problem saving as a JEF for example, but I do have a problem with Janome in not making that the file that is automatically saved, so that it can be used elsewhere.  Our sewing machines make the change when we connect the USB.  It would make life much simpler for the end user, especially those who have absolutely no computer training of any sort.  I have a bit of training although it is getting older as each year goes by - so I can sometimes establish what is wrong before asking HOW to fix it.

Thank you.

Cheryl - Saskatoon

[Technology marches on (us) with heavy boots!]

The problem is that as machines get more and more capable Janome needs more data in the design file. Consider the original SEW format, which was severely constrained by colors, size and stitch count. JEF fixed that, but they the 11000 needed more data so that spawned JEF+. Then came the 12000 which added JPX. (Aside - JBX is actually just a thumbnail image used by the machine itself, so it can be ignored.)

Brother has the same problem, which they solved with PES by making different versions. That creates a different problem for people who have what appears to be a valid PES file, but it won't open in their software that doesn't support that version.

Adding JPX to AcuDesign would be done by Wings Software, who modified their DRAWings SNAP app for Janome. However they won't do it without being paid, so it falls on Janome to make the call. I don't really know whether Janome has a lot of AcuDesign users, so I don't know whether a lot of user feedback would accomplish anything. I truly hope that lots of people are using iPads because we have invested a LOT (Huuuuuuuuuuugggggge in Trump-speak) amount of time on a new iPad app! For now I would address this with Liz of the Janome Life blog. She's highly regarded by Janome and could have some influence.

 

If you have "resume" set in your setting, the machine will back up a bit before the thread break so you won't have a gap in the stitches.  This feature started with the 11000SE (including upgraded 11K machines).

I don't have the 12K but feel sure that option is available under the embroidery settings.  And, yes, the resume function is on the 15K also.  HTH  Dottie in Texas

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Did I dream this or did someone post something regarding a thread break on the 15000 automatically takes you back to correct position??

On Aug 31, 2016, at 9:02 AM, cnystul@... [janome12000] <janome12000@...> wrote:

Linda there on the screen where you have your design is a -- and + in between the number of stitches on the design. The minus jogs back to where you want to start again. I usually jog back to just a couple of stitches already stitched and go from there. The + sign is to just ahead.

 

Cathy Nystul

Hello Connie

Sorry to hear of your frustrations.  Have you tried using a doubled oddment of fabric - start stitching on that and then feed your actual project under the foot and continue to sew as desired until you reach the end of that seam, and then feed another doubled oddment under the foot, so that there is always something feeding through.  Then just trim off the oddments at the end.  Not a very good explanation I know, but hope it helps.

Jane, Worcestershire, UK

 

Re: resuming an embroidery design. The other thing that oftentimes isn't mentioned when having to back up and resume stitching because of a thread break etc. is that you must pull up your bobbin thread to the top, get a good size tail of both bobbin and upper threads and STITCH OVER those ends, otherwise the embroidery can possibly come un-stitched. The reason is that the machine doesn't make a new tie in (knot) the threads. This is another good reason to sit by the machine and watch it stitch, that way you know which direction the machine is going in so that you can hold the thread tails so that they get covered up.

 

More from the “Help Again” that Linda started. I know the frustration anyone has in upgrading or in fact just installing Digitizer V5. I purchased a new program so that I could also have my V4.5 as well - I’m being eccentric here but … Anyway, long story hopefully shorter, I needed to take the computer to a local shop for some help. The young fellow removed ALL of both Digitizer programs and re-installed the V5 and I’ve had no issues since, but I haven’t re-installed V4.5. I kind of like that I don’t need to put in a dongle when I go to open the program. In this process I also found out that if you uninstall the program, that particular use goes back onto the shelf and gives back an installation to you for another time. We can have 3 installations at one time - I personally only use one on my MacBook Pro. Now for my question or pondering. Why can Janome not have Wilcom develop Digitizer in such a way that Corel doesn’t bugger up the works on upgrades. I think that the whole process could be much simpler or it shouldn’t be sold as something that ANYONE can do: Jim am I wrong in thinking this way? It is extremely frustrating when a dealer tells you that you can just take a picture and this program will do wonders with it - they failed to tell me how much work and effort it would take. I didn’t have a clue and I’d worked with computers for over 20 years by this time. I did know it wouldn’t be a simple as I was told, but I certainly didn’t think it would be as hard as I found it to be. I was really befuddled at the time - thankfully, I found Trevor Conquergood and he was HERE in my city. I learned fairly quickly after spending one day in a class with him. By this time I had read the manual cover to cover, with a lot of dozing in the process on a trip to Red Deer, Alberta to visit our daughter. It was 10 hours of entertainment and confusion with it. I still see that little ship, used as one of the things to make, when I close my eyes. Cheryl - Saskatoon

[The curse of the 21st century descends upon us!]

I don't know for sure how long Wilcom has been developing digitizing software, but I'm fairly confident that it's in excess of 25 years. As we all know, the pace of technology advance is now at blinding speed, and Wilcom must do their best to keep up with that. One problem that Microsoft, Wilcom and many other software companies have is coming up with new things to sell. We're just about at the point of "peak everything" where everyone has almost all of what they will want. Hard goods manufacturers of things like cars, washers, refrigerators, etc. solved this problem by making their products wear out prematurely. Software doesn't actually "wear out", but the operating system that it runs on is continually being updated. At some point the old (Windows XP) is discarded and everything must be updated or die.

I wrote our first iOS app in 2011. Until this year I used only a tiny subset of the tools, but we are now working on a very large app that required me to learn a LOT of additional things. It will be released for iOS 9, even though iOS 10 will debut as early as Tuesday. Apple moves at light speed, and it's a huge problem for developers to stay current. The app I'm working on has some insanely complex code built in as a means of making it really easy to use. This is an iceberg sort of tradeoff - the easier it is to use for the user, the more effort has to go in behind the scenes.

In the case of MBX, Wilcom has a lot of developer talent and effort devoted to digitizing. Graphics, not so much. So rather than recreate that particular wheel, they hooked up with Corel. That was an unfortunate choice, as Corel was never the pinnacle of graphic development and a lot of other products are much better. Because of this, it's cheap and they desperately needed somebody to pick them up or they would die. That's why it's not fully integrated into MBX, and why things get so horribly mangled from time to time.

One of my favorite things about developing for iPhone/iPad is that there is ONE set of software that I have to use. Yes, it updates often, but I don't have to worry about some other product causing trouble for my software. As the tired old phrase says, "It just works." Granted since Steve Jobs' passing there have been some rough edges, but for me it's still easier, more reliable, and a lot more fun to use than Windows.

I share your frustration!

On Sep 1, 2016, at 5:50 AM, Judy Jackson judy.j282@... [janome12000] <janome12000@...> wrote:

Hi Brenda,

Are you wanting a sewing only machine? If so the Atelier 7 (or Skyline 7 if you are in the US ). This is very near the standard of the 12/15000 machines. I love mine and use it to take to patchwork and quilting groups. 

There is also a Skyline 9 coming out very soon which is a combined embroidery and sewing machine. I don't know much about this one yet as its not available in the UK.

Judy, Cornwall 

On 1 Sep 2016, at 06:18, Brenda W wise111451@... [janome12000] <janome12000@...> wrote:

 

Could someone tell me which sewing machine is more like the 12000 ? I love the straight stitch on the 12000 and was wondering if there was just a sewing only machine that was really almost the same thing .

Thanks so very much

Brenda  W

The 9400 is probably what you are looking for, although the 8900 and 8200 are also 9mm sewing only models.