Brother International PEDESIGN 6.0 Users Manual - English - Page 142

PeDesignV6Eng.book Page 134 Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:59 AM Layout & Editing Editing Embroidery Patterns b Memo: To rotate the pattern in 15° increments, hold down the Shift key while dragging the rotation handle. ■ Rotating numerically 1. Select the pattern that you want to rotate. 2. Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Rotate. → The Rotate dialog box appears. 3. Type or select the desired rotation angle. b Memo: • The angle can also be specified by moving the pointer over the red arrow inside of the circle, then dragging the red arrow to the desired angle. When the pointer is moved over the red arrow, its shape changes to . • Select 0 degree to leave the pattern unchanged. 4. Click OK. b Memo: • To view the pattern rotated the specified angle in the Design Page, click Preview. • To close the dialog box without applying the changes to the settings, click Cancel. a Note: The range of values that can be entered is between 0 and 359 degrees, in 1-degree increments. Grouping embroidery patterns Several individual objects can be grouped so that the same changes apply to all of the patterns within the group. Grouped objects can however still be edited independently. 1. Select several objects. 2. Click Edit, then Group. → The selected objects are grouped. b Memo: • If you select only the text fit to a path or only the path, both the path and text will be included in the group. • When selecting an object set as part of a hole sewing pattern, the entire hole sewing pattern will be included in the group. • To ungroup the objects, select the group, and then click Edit, then Ungroup. ■ Editing grouped objects individually Even after patterns are grouped, they can be edited individually. 1. To select a single object within a group, hold down the Alt key while clicking the object. To select multiple objects within a group, or to select grouped and ungrouped objects, hold down the Alt and Ctrl keys while clicking the objects. b Memo: A light blue frame appears around the grouped objects whenever the group or an individual object is selected. 2. Edit the object as desired. b Memo: Grouping is cancelled if objects are deleted to leave only one. 134