Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.4 3 2 Owner's Manual - English - Page 113

Drawing an arc, Drawing a fan shape, and Stitch

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Contents Before Using Getting Started Design Center Layout & Editing You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need. 2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Circle. 3 Move the mouse to a point, click and drag the mouse. The point where you start dragging is considered a corner of an imaginary rectangle. The point where you release the mouse will be the diagonally opposed point of the rectangle. The ellipse will fit inside the imaginary rectangle (its great axis equal to the larger edge of the rectangle, and it small axis equal to the smaller edge). Note that you can draw a perfect circle by holding the Shift key down while dragging the mouse. s Drawing an arc 1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to Attributes bar now looks like this: and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See "Color" on page 117 and "Stitch" on page 119. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see "Sewing Attribute Setting" on page 144). You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need. 2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Arc. 3 Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an ellipse. When you release the mouse, a radial line appears on the ellipse. 4 Move the cursor (without dragging) to the start point of the arc and click. The radial line disappears. 5 Move the cursor (without dragging) to the end point of the arc and click. Click at end point File Utility Programmable Stich Creator Quick Reference Alphabetic Index Click at start point Move to end point s Drawing a fan shape 1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to Attributes bar now looks like this: and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See "Color" on page 117 and "Stitch" on page 119. 103

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Contents
Before Using
Getting Started
Design Center
Layout & Editing
File Utility
Programmable
Stich Creator
Quick Reference
Alphabetic Index
You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need.
2
Click the
Arc shape
selector, then click
Circle
.
3
Move the mouse to a point, click and drag the mouse.
The point where you start dragging is considered a corner of an imaginary rectangle. The point
where you release the mouse will be the diagonally opposed point of the rectangle. The ellipse will
fit inside the imaginary rectangle (its great axis equal to the larger edge of the rectangle, and it
small axis equal to the smaller edge).
Note that you can draw a perfect circle by holding the
key down while dragging the
mouse.
Drawing an arc
1
Click
on the Tool Box.
The shape of the cursor changes to
and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing
Attributes bar now looks like this:
You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See “Color” on
page 117 and “Stitch” on page 119.
You can also set the sewing attributes using the
Sew
menu (see “Sewing Attribute Setting” on page
144).
You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need.
2
Click the
Arc shape
selector, then click
Arc
.
3
Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an ellipse.
When you release the mouse, a radial line appears on the ellipse.
4
Move the cursor (without dragging) to the start point of the arc and click.
The radial line disappears.
5
Move the cursor (without dragging) to the end point of the arc and click.
Drawing a fan shape
1
Click
on the Tool Box.
The shape of the cursor changes to
and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing
Attributes bar now looks like this:
You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See “Color” on
page 117 and “Stitch” on page 119.
Shift
Click at start point
Move to end point
Click at end point