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Quick response times to inquiries are the first and maybe most important step in direction customer satisfaction, they build trust and show customers your efficiency.For this reason, a sales manager asked me:"Is it possible with the latest ProLace to develop a 3D-Image and get a stitch estimation within one hour?"My answer: "Principally YES, BUT..."Why "YES, BUT..."?"YES, BUT..."  because this ambitious goal cannot be achieved with a software update alone.The main reason for the long processing times is not the software, but it's the bottle neck "punching department", which has to be eliminated.Status QuoTo prepare a quote, a design must be evaluated. The number of stitches has to be estimated, and a good Close to Reality Simulation of the embroidery would…

In order for the Thread Cut on certain Saurer and Lässer machines to work flawlessly, it is necessary to punch the last stitches of a lock stitch before needle off in a specific direction.This fact automatically leads to problems when parts of a design containing a lock stitches are copied and then mirrored.Currently, all these lock stitches must be manually edited to guarantee a trouble-free thread cut. For large allover designs, this can be a considerable undertaking, and it cannot be ruled out that lock stitches will be overlooked during editing, which will later cause problems.AllCAD ProLace can offer you a solutionProLace uses the block-technique to handle lock stitches.Allover designs can also be managed using block-technique via Design-Blocks or via…

In ProLace, blocks are one of the most powerful tools for increasing drawing efficiency, consistency, and accuracy. By using blocks, you can create reusable components that can be inserted into your drawing multiple times without needing to redraw them. Understanding how to create and use blocks in ProLace will save you time, improve the organization and quality of a design, and reduce the design size resulting in an improved system performance.This article provides a comprehensive introduction to ProLace blocks and explaining their uses, benefits.What is a Block in ProLace?In ProLace, a block is essentially a collection of embroidery objects that are combined into a single entity. Once defined as a block, this group of objects can be reused throughout your…

Fashion trends repeat themselves, as does the demand for certain types of embroidery.For this reason, the designs that have accumulated in your archive over the years are priceless. Often, only minor changes are needed to reuse old designs, sometimes they can be reused directly. Occasionally also certain details of an old design could be useful.But do you know what treasures lie hidden in your archive?In order to benefit from your archive, the designs must be filed systematically to enable you to search for designs that meet certain criteria.This requires that internal company rules for naming and filing be established, which will later enable systematic searching. Unfortunately, this is usually not the case, and even with meaningful naming and filing, search…

Many companies have large archives of embroidery designs, that have accumulated over the years. These designs are collected in sample books or sample hangers, on punch cards gathering dust on shelves, or they are stored on old floppy disks or hard disks.If you just have the samples, you can only scan,  redesign and punch them again. In case they are punched on the old cards, you need a card reader to convert them into a digital format. You are lucky, if you still have one in working order, but it’s a time consuming undertaking to read and convert all the cards.Designs were usually punched with old UNIX or DOS based systems, that have since been retired, are defective, or no…

We at AllCAD Technologies, a leading provider of Schiffli Design & Punching Software, and SchiffliOnline.com, the top address when it comes to Schiffli Designs, announced a strategic partnership.SchiffliOnline.com has been in the Schiffli Embroidery business for over 25 years. They have been creating, collecting and producing Schiffli Embroidery Designs from all over the world and therefor they can offer designs for all applications of Schiffli Embroidery such as Garments, Home Textiles, Ethnic Wear and fashion Accessories, just to name a few.SchiffliOnline.com constantly monitors trends, and new designs are added to their collection periodically.These innovative designs, which were created exclusively by their skilled designers, have been embroidered and tested to ensure you get the best embroidery quality.Their design collection includes Allovers,…