Brother International PE-DESIGN 10 Instruction Manual - Page 67

Basic Layout & Editing Operations Reshaping Embroidery Patterns Reshaping Embroidery Patterns Patterns can be reshaped by moving, adding or deleting points. While creating shape patterns, a clicked location becomes a point. Selecting points Moving points 1 Click the [Home] tab. 2 Click [Select] in the [Select] group, and then click to select the [Select Point] tool. 1 Select the point. 2 Drag the point to the new location. Selected point Drag 3 Click the pattern. 4 To select a single point, click an empty square. b Multiple points can be selected in any of the following ways. • Drag the pointer.  All points within the box are selected. • Hold down the key while clicking the points.  To deselect a point, click the selected point. • Hold down the key while pressing an arrow key to select multiple points. • Hold down the key while pressing an arrow key to change the point that is selected. b • To move the point of a broken line, a curve, or stitch data horizontally or vertically, hold down the key while dragging it. • A selected point can also be moved with the arrow keys. • Points in patterns set for hole sewing can also be moved. However, the point cannot be moved to cross an outline. In order to move the point in this way, cancel hole sewing first. • If you start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the outline of the pattern, a new point will be inserted or the selected point(s) will be deselected. 66