

If you manually want to change the start and end points you need to select the object and click 'Reshape'. In the image below you can see that the end point (indicated with the red cross) of the upper object is in the same position as the start point (indicated with the green square) of the lower object. They need to be as close together as possible. If the same color objects touch each other, all you need need to look out for is the start and end points. In this case you can add run (also called 'walk') stitches.

But sometimes we do not want our machine to trim so often or maybe we have a machine that does not have auto trims. If your machine has auto trims, this is generally not a problem. While this will minimize your jumps, it will not completely eliminate them.
#Wilcom embroidery studio e2 minimize jumps software
Hatch Embroidery software has an 'Apply Closest Join' feature which will help set the end and start points of the same color objects as close together as possible. How Can I Minimize the Number of Jump Stitches? You can see on the right side of this image how the same color objects of this design are grouped together. You can either digitize the back ones first and the top ones last, or using the Resequence tool, you can easily change the stitch order when you are done. You need to decide which objects are going to be in the front and which in the back. To achieve the fewest thread-changes, it is really important to plan your digitizing carefully. The down-side is that you end up with jump stitches when the needle moves from one object to the next and you will need to spend time clipping all the loose thread off your embroidery.

So the way to avoid this is by grouping all the objects with the same color together. This is required whenever your single-head machine has a color-change. When stitching out your design you want to avoid re-threading where possible as it takes a lot of extra time.
