Zigzag stroke parameters

Zigzag stroke: stitches across the path from side to side, as wide as the stroke.

Applies to Zigzag stitch.

Zigzag stroke

zigzag_spacing_mm

Zigzag spacing. How far it is along the path from one stitch to the next that crosses the same way, a zig and a zag together. Ink/Stitch takes several spacings separated by spaces, and sews the first.

• Accepts: 1 to 16 lengths from 0.01 to 100 mm, separated by spaces
• Default: 0.4
• Ink/Stitch: same key, meaning and default

stroke_pull_compensation_mm

Pull compensation. How much further out than half the stroke’s width the needle goes on each side, to make up for the thread pulling the fabric in. 2 values set the 2 sides: the left of the way the path goes, then the right. Negative values make the zigzag narrower.

• Accepts: a length from -10 to 10 mm, or 2 separated by a space
• Default: 0
• Ink/Stitch: same key, meaning and default

zigzag_angle

Zigzag angle. Turns every stitch away from square to the path, in degrees: positive turns clockwise as the drawing shows it. On a curve the turned stitches point like the spokes of a wheel.

• Accepts: an angle from -89 to 89 degrees
• Default: 0
• Ink/Stitch: same key, meaning and default