Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.4 3 2 Instructin Manual for PE-DESIGN Ver. - Page 145

Contents 3 If you are not running Design Center or if it does not contain a pem file, the first or the second mes- sage will appear. x Click OK to exit. Before Using Getting Started Design Center Layout & Editing File Utility See also: "Design Center" on page 55 s Template Open Purpose: Opens a background bitmap image that can be used as a guide to draw a new embroidery pattern. Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function Toolbar: No button for this function Operation: 1 Click File, then Template Open. A Open template file dialog similar to this will display. x Select the drive, the folder and the file name. • If the Preview check box is checked, the contents of the selected file displays in the Preview window. x Click Open to open the file. • Double-clicking the file name will also open the file and close the dialog. x Click Cancel if you want to exit the function. • This application can handle only uncompressed bitmap files. • The file name extension must be "bmp". 2 Your Design Page will display the bitmap image: • The bitmap image cannot be directly embroi- dered. You can only use it as a guide to draw an embroidery pattern (using broken lines, curves or manual punching). • Design Center allows you to make an embroi- dery pattern from a bitmap image with more precision. See also: "Template-On, Faded, Off" on page 171 136 Programmable Stich Creator Quik Reference Alphabetic Index