What causes invalid shapes when outputting some Great Notions or Balboa Threads outline designs?
This is caused by improper placements in fill areas. To work around this bring your design up on the screen and output the design (make sure your “outlines” box is checked in “View” and show hide). It comes up with an error message saying, “The design contains one or more valid shapes that must be fixed before the stitches can be output.” Click okay and the area(s) that need to be fixed are already highlighted. First, press the “Enter” key on your keyboard. A “Shape properties” box comes up. Under the General tab you will see a size and position box. Write down the numbers in the X & Y location windows and be sute to include the minus signs if they are in there. Then click OK. Now move the area(s) that is still highlighted out from the design so it is easier to see. Now zoom in real close and look at the shape for an area(s) where the lines are crossing over each other. Now bring the punchpoints on the screen by clicking the reshape tool. Simply move or delete the punchpoint(s) so they
