Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.5 Users Manual - English - Page 140

Drawing a line

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Contents End point Start point Open line Closed line This closed broken line has no region inside. Before Using Getting Started Design Center Layout & Editing End point Start point Open curve Closed curve This closed curve has no region inside. I Drawing a line 1 Click on the Tool Box. Three buttons appear: is for drawing straight lines. (Shortcut key: Z ) is for drawing curves. (Shortcut key: X ) is for semi-automatically drawing lines. (Shortcut key: C ) 2 Click the button for the type of line that you want to draw. The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with the symbol for the selected line type. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this: You can select the path shape, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See "Path shape" on page 138, "Color" on page 144 and "Stitch" on page 146. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see "Sewing Attribute Setting" on page 204). 3 Draw the outline. Move the mouse to the start point and click. Move the mouse to the end point of the first line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the right mouse button. 4 Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click. NOTE: • While drawing the pattern, you can freely switch between the different line types either by clicking a different button or by pressing the shortcut key. • When drawing a straight line, hold down the Shift key while moving the mouse to draw verti- cally or horizontally. • A template image is needed in order to draw using the semi-automatic line drawing tool. If there is no image, this tool will draw like the normal straight line drawing tool. Programmable Stitch Creator Quick Reference Alphabetic Index 132

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Contents
Before Using
Getting Started
Design Center
Layout & Editing
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Quick Reference
Alphabetic Index
Drawing a line
1
Click
on the Tool Box.
Three buttons appear:
is for drawing straight lines. (Shortcut key:
)
is for drawing curves. (Shortcut key:
)
is for semi-automatically drawing lines. (Shortcut key:
)
2
Click the button for the type of line that you want to draw. The shape of the cursor changes to
and displays together with the symbol for the selected line type. The Sewing Attributes bar now
looks like this:
You can select the path shape, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See
Path shape
on page 138,
Color
on page 144 and
Stitch
on page 146.
You can also set the sewing attributes using the
Sew
menu (see
Sewing Attribute Setting
on
page 204).
3
Draw the outline.
Move the mouse to the start point and click.
Move the mouse to the end point of the
rst line and click again.
NOTE:
You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the right mouse button.
4
Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click.
NOTE:
While drawing the pattern, you can freely switch between the different line types either by clicking
a different button or by pressing the shortcut key.
When drawing a straight line, hold down the
key while moving the mouse to draw verti-
cally or horizontally.
A template image is needed in order to draw using the semi-automatic line drawing tool. If there
is no image, this tool will draw like the normal straight line drawing tool.
Open line
Closed line
Start point
End point
This closed broken line has no region inside.
Open curve
Closed curve
Start point
End point
This closed curve has no region inside.
Z
X
C
Shift