Circular Fill

What it is

Circular fill fills a shape with an embroidered spiral. The center of the spiral is positioned at the center of the shape. A target point can be used to define a custom spiral center.

Circular fill stitch detail

How to Create

Create a closed path with a fill color. The shape may have holes.
Open the params dialog (Extensions > Ink/Stitch > Params) and select Circular Fill as the fill method. Set the params as you wish and Apply.

Set spiral center

Select the circular fill shape and attach the Target point command to the shape. Read how to attach commands to objects.

Set Start and End Point

Set start and end points for autofill objects with Visual commands.

Params

Run Extensions > Ink/Stitch > Params to tweak the settings to your needs.

Settings		Description
Automatically routed fill stitching	☑	Must be enabled for these settings to take effect.
Fill method	Circular Fill	Circular Fill must be selected.
Expand		Expand the shape before stitching, to compensate for gaps between shapes.
Spacing between rows		Distance between rows of stitches
End row spacing		If set, increases or decreases the row spacing towards the end
Underpath		Must be enabled to let running stitches travel inside shape instead of around the border when moving from section to section
Running stitch length		For circular fill this is the overall stitch length.
Running stitch tolerance		All stitches must be within this distance from a path. A lower tolerance means stitches will be closer together. A higher tolerance means sharp corner may be rounded.
Randomize stitches	☑	Randomize stitch length and phase instead of dividing evenly or staggering. This is recommended for closely-spaced curved fills to avoid Moiré artefacts.
Random stitch length jitter		Amount to vary the length of each stitch by when randomizing.
Random Seed		Rolling the dice or setting a new value will change the random stitches
Minimum stitch length		Overwrite global minimum stitch length setting. Shorter stitches than that will be removed.
Minimum jump stitch length		Overwrite global minimum jump stitch length setting. Shorter distances to the next object will have no lock stitches.
Repeats		◦ Defines how many times to run down and back along the path ◦ Default: 1 (traveling once from the start to the end of the path) ◦ Odd number: stitches will end at the end of the path ◦ Even number: stitching will return to the start of the path
Bean stitch number of repeats		◦ Enable Bean Stitch Mode ◦ Backtrack each stitch this many times. ◦ A value of 1 would triple each stitch (forward, back, forward). ◦ A value of 2 would quintuple each stitch, etc. ◦ It is possible to define a repeat pattern by entering multiple values separated by a space.
Allow lock stitches		Enables lock stitches in only desired positions
Force lock stitches	☑	Sew lock stitches after sewing this element, even if the distance to the next object is shorter than defined by the collapse length value in the Ink/Stitch preferences.
Tack stitch		Chose your favorite style
Scale Tack stitch
Lock stitch		Chose your favorite style
Scale Lock stitch
Trim After	☑	Trim the thread after sewing this object.
Stop After	☑	Stop the machine after sewing this object. Before stopping it will jump to the stop position (frame out) if defined.