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❒However, areas containing areas (see below) are permitted. Designate start-
ing with the outermost area.
❒These operations are available, however, under the following conditions:
•When designating areas with Closed Loop mode, Multi-closed Loop or
Frame/Line mode.
❒If you mark a line and it overlaps another line you have previously marked,
the last point you marked will be canceled automatically.
❒If you designate an area in Right Angle Polygon mode, make sure to mark
points that make right angles. If you mark a point which does not match, the
editor will automatically correct it to make a right angle.
❒If you want to designate a triangular area, use Polygon mode.
❒In Closed Loop mode or Multi-Closed Loop mode, the machine might not de-
tect a closed loop area or multi-closed loop area completely under the follow-
ing conditions:
•The outline is not completely closed, it is too light to detect, or the thickness
is uneven.
•The outline is thinner than 0.3mm.
•The outline is not black.
•The space between two closed loop outlines is less than 1mm.
•The closed loop can be up to 2 meters long.
•The area enclosed by the outline is not white.
❒The more areas you designate, the more time copying will take.
❒If you erase an area, group, or job setting, it is cleared from the display. How-
ever, the points are still stored in memory and are not cleared until you exit
Area Editing. This affects the maximum number of areas you can designate.
❒Closed Loop mode Multi-Closed Loop mode and Frame/Line mode cannot
be used with Rectangle mode, Right Angle Polygon mode, and Polygon mode
for one group at a time.
❒If you need to align areas precisely, you can have a grid shown on the en-
larged display. The grid spacing matches the scale of the display.
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