Measurement units

You can use different measurement units within the software without having to exit and change system settings. This is useful, for example, if you receive a request from somewhere that uses a different measurement system. For instance, a US contact may request lettering in inches – say ¾" – while you are working in metric. The software allows you to enter ‘3/4"‘ without having to do any mathematical conversion to mm yourself.

Change measurement units

The first time you run the software, the measurement system will default to whatever the operating system is using. The measurement system can be changed via the droplist on the Context toolbar. Technically, when you select ‘U.S.’, you will get the imperial measurement system – inches, feet, and yards. The selected measurement system will default the next time you run the software.

Changing the measurement system will change the units used by most (but not all) controls. Stitch length and density controls will change to reflect the measurement system.

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Specify units on-the-fly

As an alternative to changing the overall measurement system used in the software, you can specify units of measurement when typing values into a measurement control. When you include the unit of measurement, the software automatically converts the entered value into the units of the control.

Say, for example, you are using the metric measurement system so your lettering heights are in mm. And say you get an order for ¾" lettering. Simply enter ‘3/4in’ or ‘3/4 in’ into the Lettering Height field and it is automatically converted to 19.1mm.

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Supported units

Supported units include:

• millimeters, mm
• inches, in
• feet, ft
• yards, yd
• centimeters, cm
• meters, m

The software also allows entering units in text form, both English and the language the software is currently running in.