Patent ID: 8851001

Claim:
A method for creating an altered embroidery design, the method comprising: altering an embroidery design to create the altered embroidery design, the altered embroidery design comprising an at least one design element, the at least one design element representing a discrete portion of the altered embroidery design; determining a size of the at least one design element by assigning a temporary stitch type to the at least one design element, generating temporary stitches for the at least one design element, and determining the size of the at least one design element based on a stitch-width of the temporary stitches; selecting a stitch type for the at least one design element by comparing the size of the at least one design element to a set of values, wherein the stitch type is selected from the set of values based on the size of the at least one design element; and generating a stitch pattern for the at least one design element.