Description
Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Premium Integrated Computerized Quilting
FOR HQ LONG ARM
The HQ Pro-Stitcher quilting system integrates Handi Quilter's world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology. The software is managed from a small touch screen tablet conveniently mounted on top of the machine.
The HQ Pro-Stitcher quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class quilting machine with the latest computer technology. The software is managed from a small, touch screen tablet conveniently mounted on top of the machine. This rich and full featured software is easy to learn and makes precise quilting simple and fun!
The HQ Pro-Stitcher Premium computerized quilting system designed for all HQ Long Arm Quilter. A new, intuitive user interface is just the beginning. Users can easily stretch and resize a design using on-screen handles, save and move an area, quickly clear the screen with a convenient Clear All button, and more.
We’re adding 300 more digital designs to the 500 already included with Pro-Stitcher.
The Pro-Stitcher quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. Pro-Stitcher guides the machine to quilt any design you want to use, create, or customize. It works with all Handi Quilter stitch-regulated quilting machines: HQ Sixteen, HQ Simply Sixteen, HQ Avanté, HQ Forte, HQ Fusion, and HQ Infinity. Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerized system and have fun finishing more quilts!
Pro-Stitcher includes two activations for Pro-Stitcher Designer software, a fully functional digital design program. You can choose to activate Pro-Stitcher Designer on your Pro-Stitcher tablet to quickly import/export designs between Pro-Stitcher and Pro-Stitcher Designer or choose to install solely on your PC or laptop. For the software to have full functionality, it must be registered with Pro-Stitcher Designer.
Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.
- NEW Opti-Stitch™ is a feature which automatically calculates speed and acceleration to match the quilter’s chosen design and responds with optimal stitch performance. Pro-Stitcher Premium will smoothly slow down and speed up in and out of corners. Designs will be executed with improved accuracy, even with the most intricate patterns.
- NEW Manual control of speed and acceleration are available within the program so quilters can modify performance if necessary
- NEW Baste stitch button
- NEW Motors not locked at end of pattern (can change in settings)
- NEW Design Points view
- NEW Improved integration of Infinity thread cutter use at the end of a row or pattern
- NEW Simulation license is no longer required
- NEW Some user interface icons have been updated
- NEW Functional tack stitch
- More than 300 new digital designs
- New intuitive user interface w/ customizable toolbar
- Move and save areas
- Save workspace
- Easily transform design with onscreen handles
- Quickly clear all with a touch of a button
- Diagonal nudge
- Bound box view on/off capability
- View design at its actual size
- Easy-to-use scroll bars for panning and zooming
- More precise motor control than ever before
KEY FEATURES OF HQ PRO-STITCHER
- 10-inch color touch-screen computer mounted on the HQ stitch-regulated quilting machine
- View and manipulate designs right on the screen
- Operate entire system from one screen
- Resize, rotate, and repeat (horizontally and vertically) designs to fit specific areas
- Crop inside or outside designs
- Move designs into position by simply dragging your finger across the screen
- Define and quilt within areas of any shape (e.g. rectangle, triangle, star, etc)
- Place designs into borders and other odd-shaped spaces
- Precisely position designs to any point within an area
- Establish new start or stop point if thread breaks
- Set quilting speed and stitches per inch
- Help menus always accessible
EASY-TO-USE QUILTING OPTIONS FOR ACHIEVING A CUSTOM LOOK
- Quilt edge-to-edge or block patterns with confidence in a few simple steps
- Simple and accurate stitch-in-the-ditch
- Record the motion of the machine to record unique digital designs
- Built-in ruler tool for measuring in any direction
- Switch from computerized quilting to free-motion quilting in seconds
- Use nearly any digital pattern (.hqf, .txt and .qli formats)
- Includes more than 500 designs
EZ CARRIAGE / EZ RECORD FEATURES
- Switch between computer-guided and free-motion quilting at the touch of a button
- Easily and smoothly record freehand quilting designs for future use; newly created designs can be saved on a USB or hard drive of the Pro-Stitcher to be resized, repositioned or edited with Art & Stitch(EZ Record not available on the HQ Sixteen machines)
- Save time when finishing quilts that combine both free-motion and digital motifs
EXCLUSIVE, SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH ART & STITCH DIGITAL DESIGN SOFTWARE
- Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch
- Fill shapes with cross hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more
- Use fills around a design
- Use artwork from Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Pre-Design Studio III
- AutoSketch, and ElectricQuilt
- Turn shapes into appliqué designs with a mouse click
ADVANCED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR EASE OF USE
- Silent, integrated motor-control systems with fluid motion control
- No additional computer needed to run the HQ Pro-Stitcher
- Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates
- USB port to easily upload digital patterns to HQ Pro-Stitcher
- Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch
- Fill shapes with cross-hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more
- Use fills around a design
- Turn shapes into appliqué designs with a mouse click
SILENT, INTEGRATED MOTOR SYSTEMS WITH FLUID MOTION CONTROL
- No additional computer needed to run the HQ Pro-Stitcher
- Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates
- USB port to easily upload digital patterns to HQ Pro-Stitcher
FULL-FEATURED DESIGN SOFTWARE FOR CREATING PAPER OR DIGITIZED QUILTING MOTIFS
Pro-Stitcher Designer gives you the ability to quickly design, edit, customize, export, and import any quilting motif you can imagine.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Full-featured, vector-based drawing software to create your own digital quilting files
- Easy-to-learn user interface and features
- Free lifetime program updates
- Full user support with manual, tutorials, and videos
- Design and stitch motif library
- Print design catalog
- Compatible with all major longarm quilting file formats
- Import and export vector formats
- Batch save in all quilting formats
- Draw original designs with Pencil, Line, Curve, 3-Point Arc, and Bezier tools
- Customize, edit, and merge existing designs
- Use design points and anchors for fine-tuned customization
- Create quilt designs from artwork using Trace tools
- Audition quilt patterns and preview with Slow Redraw
- Use Auto-shapes to quickly draw original quilt patterns
- Create repeated motifs with the Carousel and Reflect features
- Convert True Type fonts to artwork
- Add seam allowances to applique and EPP artwork
- Customizable grids, including diagonal grid
- Automatic fills including stipple and crosshatch
- Print pantographs and tear-away stencils for use with home sewing machines and non-robotic longarm quilting machines
- Quickly preview how designs repeat while drawing
- Repeat designs to create edge-to-edge layouts
FILE FORMATS
Opens: HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSD, TXT, IQP, QCC, PAT, BQM, ANS, common embroidery files
Imports: SVG, AI, EPS, EMF, WMF, DXF, PLT, FCM, TT (true type fonts), BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF • SAVE AS AND EXPORTS: SVG, PNG, JPG, HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSP, TXT, IQP, PAT, BQM
Exports: SVG, AI, PLT, DXF, FCM
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows: Windows 8 – 8.1; 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2; 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) RAM; 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) hard disk space; Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM drive; USB Port; 800 x 600 Display; Mouse; Internet Access.
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Please contact us for additional information. 1-800-487-7397
Introducing the NEW Pro-Stitcher Designer Software - Included With Your Purchase!
Free Hands on Training.
*Special Financing Available
*Free Shipping
Please contact us for additional information. 1-800-487-7397