Make a home for practice
Create one clearly named folder for test artwork, working files and stitched samples. A consistent location makes it easier to return to an experiment.
DIGITEMB UNIVERSITY · PRACTICE COMPANION
Hatch 4: Set up
and get oriented.
Start with a workspace you can return to. This independent DigitEMB companion helps you organise a first software practice session before following the official Hatch Academy lesson.
Course curriculum, account access and software requirements are managed by Hatch Academy / Wilcom.
What this page is: a DigitEMB-authored practice guide. Use the official course for its complete instructions, current requirements and enrollment.
A CALM FIRST SESSION
Set yourself up to learn.
Work through these four small decisions before you begin the provider’s lesson.
Open a sample, then save a copy
Use a non-critical design to explore the workspace. Save an editable version before changing anything, so you can compare decisions later.
Map the workspace
Take a few minutes to notice where designs, object controls, colour tools and file commands live. You do not need to memorise every control on day one.
Record the context
Label each experiment with its intended size and material. That note gives the preview and the sewn sample something useful to be compared against.
A SIMPLE LEARNING LOOP
Look. Try. Save.
Compare.
- Look at one area.Choose one part of the interface to understand, not everything at once.
- Try it on a copy.Keep an editable working file while you explore a simple sample.
- Save the evidence.Keep the file, the settings note and the sample together for the next session.
WHAT TO NOTICE
Confidence comes from finding your way back.
A tidy first setup is not about getting every setting right. It gives you a way to retrace a choice, revisit a file and make the next practice session more deliberate.
Next: Hatch 4 digitizing basicsREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Your first-session checklist.
Keep this beside your official Hatch Academy lesson.
- A named folder for this practice session
- One sample file saved as an editable working copy
- The intended size and material noted beside the file
- A short note about one control or view you found useful