Janome Digitizer MBX Reference manual

Introduction to Digitizer MBX
Learn how easy it is to organize and convert embroidery files with
Design Gallery. Learn some basic skills; inserting an embroidery
design, adding lettering, turning tool bars on and off, writing designs
to the machine or external media and printing templates.
Open Easy Design.
On Screen Tips:
Place the cursor over an icon the name of the icon will appear. .. wait
about 1 second and a tool tip will appear as well as the keyboard
shortcut, press the F1 key on the keyboard, the instruction book
opens appropriate page. Refer to page 285 of the Instruction Manual
for the entire list of tool icons and the descriptions.
Instruction Manual:
Click Help on the task bar > Onscreen Manual > from here you can
read the chapters on line or print a hard copy.
Onscreen Workbook:
Click Help > Onscreen Workbook > these exercises build digitizing
skills.
Screen Calibration:
From the Task bar select Set Up > a pop up window will appear
>Measure the width and length of the pop up window. Then enter
the measurements in the width and length lines in the pop up window
and click OK.
Introduction to Design Gallery:
Design Gallery is the
program to locate and
organize embroidery and
graphics files on the hard
drive.
In the left hand window,
navigate to My Documents
> Embroidery Album >
Click on the + button and
there are three files inside
the album as well as these
designs. You can choose to look at All Files, All Embroidery Files, All
Image files, or look for designs in specific embroidery formats. Select
All Files.

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Click View > Design Thumbnail and Summary, this gives an image of
the design as well as all the design information; stitch count, number
of colors size and the date it was created.
To create a new folder to organize any existing designs > right click in
the location for the folder - Documents > Add Folder > a new folder
will appear, type in MBXWebinar.
Converting Designs:
Select the Embroidery Album folder. These embroidery files are in the
.jan format.
to convert several embroidery designs into a different format:
Select the designs you want to convert. (Hold down the control key
on the keyboard and click on the designs you want to convert)
Click File > Convert
A pop up window will appear
showing all the formats the design
can be converted to.
Select .jef. > Browse to the folder
you want to send them to > locate
the folder [MBXWebinar] created in
the previous step > OK
Check that the folder you want is in the destination line and
then click OK.
To create a log of the conversion date click Yes…or click No to skip.
To read more details about the Design Gallery you can refer to the
Chapter Design Management found on page 262 of the Onscreen
Manual.
Project:
Open Easy Edit > Select machine [12000] > and select the hoop
[MC12K - SQ23].
Inserting an existing .jef design
Click Embroidery > Insert Design > Lunch Box Quilts Fancy Feathers
> Jef file > Left Swirl > Open
The design will come into the hoop centered > Edit > Group

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Viewing the working area
A new function to view the design area on the screen is to use the
scroll button on the mouse to zoom in and out. To view a different
area on the screen without zooming click View > Pan or press the
letter P on the keyboard > a little hand will appear that will let you
move the screen where you want.
To turn the Pan function off, press
the letter P on the keyboard again!
A quick way to see everything in the
hoop is to press the “?” question
mark key on the keyboard.
Design Rotation
Right click 2 times on the Rotate tool to turn the design
clockwise 90 °.
Move the design do that it is just below the horizontal center line in
the hoop.
Adding Lettering
Deselect the design by clicking anywhere in the hoop off the design.
Click Lettering > Font, Arnold > type CREATE all upper case >
Center Justification > Orientation Vertical > Size 1”, if the
computer is set for metric measurement, type in 1in > OK
Click on the left end of the center horizontal center mark and the
word will appear in the hoop, if the design needs to be repositioned
drag it into position.
To change the size, type the new size into the Font size box .
If the computer says 1” – type in 30mm, Digitizer will automatically
convert the measurement into inches…if the computer shows 26
Right click 2 times on the Rotate tool to turn the design
clockwise 90 °.
Deselect the design by clicking anywhere in the hoop off the design.
Click Lettering > Font, Arnold > type CREATE all upper case >
Click Lettering > Font, Arnold > type CREATE all upper case >
Center Justification > Orientation Vertical > Size 1”, if the
Click Lettering > Font, Arnold > type CREATE all upper case >
Center Justification > Orientation Vertical > Size 1”, if the
To change the size, type the new size into the Font size box .

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mm, type in 1.15 in and Digitizer will automatically convert the
measurement to metric.
Deselect the word > Click Lettering > Font, City Script > Size.5in>
type Share using upper and lower case letters> Justification
center > Circle CW
To create a circle or arced letters, two points need to be entered:
the center of the circle and the radius. To arc over the right rounded
edge of the swirl, click in the approximate center of the green circle
> then move the mouse to the right watching the circle as it grows,
once the desired size appears, press Enter on the keyboard> if
necessary drag the word to the desired position.
Deselect the word >Click Lettering > Font, Toon > Size .75in >
type love all lower case > Justification center > Circle CCW
To create this new word click in the middle of the two green circles on
the left > move the mouse to the right watching the circle as it grows
then press enter on the keyboard when it reaches the desired size. >
if necessary drag the word to the desired position.
Deselect the word > Click Lettering > Font, City Script > Size.5in>
Deselect the word > Click Lettering > Font, City Script > Size.5in>
type Share using upper and lower case letters> Justification
Deselect the word >Click Lettering > Font, Toon > Size .75in >
Deselect the word >Click Lettering > Font, Toon > Size .75in >
type love all lower case > Justification center > Circle CCW
Deselect the word >Click Lettering > Font, Toon > Size .75in >

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Deselect the word >Click Lettering >Font, Drama > type in 22mm
or .90 in > type in the word Renew upper and lower case > Center
Justification > Orientation Any Shape
Click four times in a wavy line then press Enter on the keyboard.
To reshape > on the Edit tool bar click on the Reshape Objects tool
> use the yellow squares and blue dots on the line to redraw the line,
add nodes if necessary > Use the pink diamonds in the middle of
each letter to re-space the letters.
Always Tie Off and Trim
Digitizer MBX always decides when to trim tie off and trim objects.
There are times when the designer wants to be in charge. This is
especially true with lettering when the jump threads are shorter than
”. To activate Tie Off and Trim select the word “Create” in the hoop,
then click on the Tie Off and Trim tool This will force Digitizer to tie
off after every letter/object.
Docker Bar
To easily find the objects and colors, click on
the Resequence tool in the Docker tool bar. The
Resequence window will appear on the right hand side
of the screen. In this window all the objects that make up
this design appear.
To view the thread palette click on the spool in the
Docker tool bar and the thread palette will appear. The
default palette is Janome thread. Click on the spool to
open and close the thread palette.
The Embroidery Gallery, is a variety of decorative stitches
for easy details can be accessed from this button. This
feature will be used in future lessons.
Deselect the word >Click Lettering >Font, Drama > type in 22mm
Justification > Orientation Any Shape
To reshape > on the Edit tool bar click on the Reshape Objects tool
then click on the Tie Off and Trim tool This will force Digitizer to tie

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Using the Resequence Window
Click on the Resequence icon to open the Resequence Window.
The window will display each object in the embroidery
design.
Scroll to the bottom of the Resequence window and select
the first word (Create)
Click on a new color in the color palette. Change each of the
words to a different color.
Click on the Colors button in the top of the Resequence window and
now you can see the colors in the stitching order.
To move an object or color click on the desired object in the
Resequence window and then use the black up or down arrow at the
bottom of the window to move the object.
Design Information
At the bottom of the screen, under the edit tool bar, the information
about the design is displayed ….number of stitches, width and
height, and the color and stitch type for the selected object.
To see the design as it will look in thread click on the Visualizer –
or a new keyboard shortcut > press the letter T.
Click Edit > Select All > Group. The width of
the entire design should be approximately 6.13
inches wide and 7 .69 inches high. The design
should be offset so that the right hand side
is 5 full grids from the right hand side of the
embroidery field.
Saving the Design
Click File > Save As. DigitizerMBX will automatically save the design
in the .jan format. A .jan file saves all of the objects and retains the
information the computer needs to create the embroidery design.
Always save the Jan file so that anytime you want to go back and
make a change you can work from the original objects.
To embroider the design > when connected to the machine click
Machine > Send Design…Digitizer will automatically send the design
To see the design as it will look in thread click on the Visualizer –

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in the format the machine can read...jpx for MC12000 or .jef for the
other Janome embroidery machines.
To use a USB memory stick, choose External Media > Write Design
and once again Digitizer will automatically write the design in the
format the machine can read.
Jpx and Jef files are stitches, which is the information the machine
needs to embroider the design. Use DigitzerMBX to write a design
and the conversion to a stitch file is automatic.
Once you have perfected the design you can then Save As or use
Design Gallery to convert the jan files to any machine format you
desire. You can even save the designs in many other domestic
and commercial embroidery formats for use in multiple brands of
embroidery machines.
To send several .jpx and .jef designs to the machine or the USB
memory stick, from the Standard Tool Bar, Click Machine/External
media > Send/Write Designs, Read, and Erase.
Printing Templates
Click File > Print Preview. The print
window will appear. On the tool bar
at the top of the screen the option
button will allow you to set up the
template as desired.
To make a simple placement template
click Options > Template Mode >
Clothsetter Marking > Print Now
For more information about using the
printing function refer to Page 225 of the Instruction Manual.