jemma

i was ready to give up at the start of my journey with 4d--but slowly slowly i learnt enough to have so much fun take note of linda 8450 you need a sorting system so you can find what you want [i spend so much time looking through hundereds of designs for what i want]----enjoy

Jean S

I can really see how a sorting system will help. I only have 82 designs but I did get them sorted into folders named flowers, hearts, animals, borders, etc.

Now that I have designs in specific folders, how do I delete them from the sort folder? I had clicked and dragged the designs to the named folders. Looks like instead of "moving" the designs, the clicking and dragging merely "copied" them. Thanks!

romanojg

First of all; what version of 5D so you have. There is a version that comes free with you machine; its just an organizer basically.
Then there is 5D that has the other features that allows you to digitize, resize, etc. It goes all the way up to 5D Pro, which is what I have. It comes with small books for each version that gives you a basic plus some tutorials to work on. If you go on your pc under programs then 5D embroidery and you'll see modules, under there it has the same info as those small books plus so much more. I ended up printing them all out and it took 3 big binders to hold them all. There are many ways that people download, store and organize their designs. Mine first go into a folder called orders and each company has it's own sub-folder in it with thier names attached; like order_emblibrary.com. I keep the orginal file zipped in that folder at all times. When you look at the folders in the organizer you can see what is in each one and then save the file to another folder in the organizer with a name that tells you what category its in and a name that tells you more of what it is. I do it this way, keeping the orginal file in a folder with co name because if you ever need to re-download the design you need to have that info, especially for companies that archive files after a certain time.
You would also have gotten a USB stick for your machine and that's where you save your designs to when you want to use them on your machine. Just do a save as on the pc and then chose the drive for your USB stick is in. Check around for classes for 5D; if there aren't any for Phaff then check for Viking; the software is the same. You normally start off learning and designing in the software and then stitching out the design later. A good LQS won't care what machine you have in order for you to take part in the classes, and they normally aren't too expensive. I start 5D Extra classes this month and will end up doing all that 5D has to offer. Good luck.

romanojg

Dragging them does basically just copy them. You can either cut and paste them into the new folder which will delete them in the first folder or go back and highlight the design and right click and delete. Like I said in my earlier post, I keep the original with companies name in case I need to know who to reorder from. Right now I'm in the process of making jpegs of all of my designs and making copies in the picture folder so that I can print out thumbprints of all of my designs. I have over a 1000 so there is no way I'll remember what I have so this way I can either print out a sm pic of them or just leave them in the picture folder so that I can see what all disigns I have. I also have an album with pictures of projects that I want to do with some of the designs; again so that I won't forget. Good luck

Jean S

Thank you everyone. It is so good to read how everyone else does things.

romanojg

In 4D and 5D you can high light the design and then under file have it covert a copy of it as a picture in the pic folder. I'm in the process of doing that now because I know there is no way I'll remember what all I have. I couldn't tell you what designs I ordered last night. I'm going to print thumbnail pics so that I have a way to check them out. I already have an album going for the projects that I've seen at shows or on line so that I won't forget some of the ideas others have come up with. It's a long process but I need to have a way to remember what all I have. It's too time consuming to go thru each folder when you have tons of designs.