Contents
Before Using
Getting Started
Design Center
Layout & Editing
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Quick Reference
Alphabetic Index
• Moving patterns
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66
• Scaling patterns
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66
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically
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67
• Rotating a pattern
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67
Point Edit Mode
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68
• Moving points
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68
• Inserting points
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68
• Deleting points
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68
Line Drawing Mode
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69
• Drawing a broken line
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69
Zoom-in Mode
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69
Fit Design Page to Window
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70
Zoom-out Mode
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70
Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size
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70
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Using the Stage 4 Tool Box
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71
Region Setting Mode
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71
• Applying the sewing attributes to a region
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71
• Checking the sewing attributes of a region
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72
Line (all) Setting Mode
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73
• Applying the sewing attributes to an outline
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73
• Checking the sewing attributes of an outline
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73
Line (part) Setting Mode
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74
• Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of the
outline
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74
• Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an
outline
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75
Hole Sewing Mode
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76
Zoom-in Mode
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76
Fit Design Page to Window
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76
Zoom-out Mode
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76
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar
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77
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch
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77
• Region sew
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77
• Line sew
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78
• Color
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79
• Stitch
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80
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar
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81
File Menu
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81
• New Line Image
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82
• New Figure Data
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82
• Wizard
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83
• Open
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85
• Select TWAIN device
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86
• Input from TWAIN device
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86
• Input from Clipboard
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87
• Output to Clipboard
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88
• Import Figure
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88
• Save
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89
• Save As
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89
• Exit
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90
Edit Menu
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91
• Undo
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91
• Redo
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91
• Cut
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91
• Copy
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92
• Duplicate
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92
• Paste
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92
• Delete
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92
• Mirror – Horizontal
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93
• Mirror – Vertical
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93
• Rotate
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94
• Numerical Setting-Size
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94
• Numerical Setting-Rotate
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95
• Select All
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95
Sew Menu
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96
• Sewing Attributes
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96
• Sewing Order
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100
Display Menu
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103
• Grid Setup
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103
• Preview
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104
• Refresh Window
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104
• Realistic Preview
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104
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting
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104
• Toolbar
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105
• Status Bar
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105
Option Menu
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106
• Layout & Editing
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106
• Programmable Stitch Creator
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106
• Design Page Property
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106
• Select System Unit
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107
Stage Menu
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108
• To Original Image
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108
• To Line Image
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108
• To Figure Handle
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110
• To Sew Setting
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112
Help Menu
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113
• Contents
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113
• Customer support
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113
• About Design Center
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113
Layout & Editing
■
The Screen
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115
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Using the Tool Box
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116
Selection Mode
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117
• Selecting patterns
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117
• Selecting patterns 2
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117
• Moving patterns
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117
• Scaling patterns
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118
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically
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118
• Rotating a pattern
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119
Point Edit Mode
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120
• Moving points
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120
• Reorienting a tangent to a point
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121
• Inserting points
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121
• Deleting points
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122
• Realigning
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122
• Selecting characters on a text pattern
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123