Brother International PE-DESIGN PLUS2 Instruction Manual - Page 53

Deleting points, Transforming straight lines into, curves or curves into straight, lines

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Drawing Shapes and Reshaping ■ Deleting points 1 Select the point. 2 Click the [Shapes] tab. 3 Click [Delete Point] in the [Edit Point] group. Otherwise, press the key to remove the point. ■ Changing the curve type 1 Select a point on a curve. 2 Click the [Shapes] tab. 3 Click [Edit Point] in the [Edit Point] group, and then click [To Smooth], [To Symmetry] or [To Cusp]. Delete Selected point ■ Transforming straight lines into curves or curves into straight lines 1 Select the point. 2 Click the [Shapes] tab. 3 Click [Edit Point] in the [Edit Point] group, and then click [To Straight] or [To Curve]. To Smooth To Symmetry To Cusp To Curve To Straight 4 Drag the solid black handle to adjust the shape of the line. b The shape can be changed by dragging the solid black handle on either side of the point. 52

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Drawing Shapes and Reshaping
Deleting points
1
Select the point.
2
Click the
[Shapes]
tab.
3
Click
[Delete Point]
in the
[Edit Point]
group.
Otherwise, press the
<Delete>
key to remove
the point.
Transforming straight lines into
curves or curves into straight
lines
1
Select the point.
2
Click the
[Shapes]
tab.
3
Click
[Edit Point]
in the
[Edit Point]
group,
and then click
[To Straight]
or
[To Curve]
.
Changing the curve type
1
Select a point on a curve.
2
Click the
[Shapes]
tab.
3
Click
[Edit Point]
in the
[Edit Point]
group,
and then click
[To Smooth]
,
[To Symmetry]
or
[To Cusp]
.
4
Drag the solid black handle to adjust the
shape of the line.
Selected point
Delete
To Curve
To Straight
To Smooth
To Symmetry
To Cusp
b
The shape can be changed by dragging the solid
black handle on either side of the point.