Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.6 Users Manual - English - Page 7

PeDesignV6Eng.book Page iii Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:59 AM Table of Contents Basic Operation Advanced Opreation Design Center Advanced Opreation Layout & Editing Advanced Opreation Programmable Stitch Creator Advanced Opreation Design Database Flipping patterns horizontally or vertically....... 133 Rotating patterns 133 Grouping embroidery patterns 134 Editing Points in Embroidery Patterns .......... 135 Selecting points 135 Moving points 135 Inserting points 136 Deleting points 137 Transforming straight lines into curves or curves into straight lines 137 Moving entry/exit points and the center point .. 138 Editing Stitch Data 140 Converting objects to stitch data 140 Editing stitch points of stitch data 140 Changing colors of stitch data 142 Converting stitch data to blocks 142 Splitting off parts of stitch data 143 Drawing Circles and Arcs 145 Drawing a circle or an oval 145 Drawing an arc 145 Drawing a fan shape 146 Drawing an arc & string 147 Specifying the geometric attribute 147 Drawing a Rectangle 148 Specifying the geometric attribute 148 Drawing Straight Lines and Curves 149 Specifying the geometric attribute 150 Creating Manual Punching Data 151 Entering Text 153 Specifying text attributes 154 Editing entered text 156 Selecting characters 157 Specifying text attributes 157 Specifying text arrangement 158 Transforming text 160 Specifying TrueType text attributes 161 Converting text to outline data 161 Entering Monograms 162 Specifying monogram attributes 163 Editing monograms 163 Editing monogram characters and the decorative pattern 164 Applying and Editing Stamps 165 Applying a stamp 165 Editing a stamp 166 Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions 167 Setting the thread color and sew type 168 Specifying sewing attributes 171 Creating a gradation 179 Specifying hole sewing 180 Using the Applique Wizard 181 Checking Embroidery Patterns 182 Measuring the Distance Between Two Points 182 Specifying the Sewing Area 183 Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Color 184 Zooming 186 Zooming in 186 Zooming out 186 Zooming to actual size 186 Zooming on selected objects 186 Zooming Design Page to window 186 Previewing the Sewing Image 187 Changing realistic preview settings 187 Checking the Stitching 188 Checking Embroidery Pattern Information .... 189 Editing User Thread Color Lists 190 Viewing Patterns in the Reference Window .. 193 Zooming 193 Moving the display area frame 193 Redrawing the display area frame 193 Scaling the display area frame 193 Saving and Printing 194 Saving 194 Overwriting 194 Saving with a new name 194 Outputting data in a different format 195 Writing an embroidery pattern to an original card 195 Writing multiple embroidery files to an original card 196 Adding comments to saved .pes files 199 Printing 200 Specifying print settings 200 Checking the print image 201 Printing 201 Changing Software Settings 202 Changing the Settings 202 Changing the grid settings 202 Changing the measurement units 202 Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users 203 Creating Patterns for Multi-Position Hoops ... 203 Selecting the Design Page size 203 Creating the pattern 204 Optimizing hoop changes 204 Checking the pattern 205 Saving the pattern 206 Writing the pattern to an original card 206 Printing a Design Page for a multi-position hoop 207 Programmable Stitch Creator 208 Main Window 208 Opening a Pattern File 209 Creating a new pattern 209 Opening a pattern file 209 Opening an image in the background 210 iii Reference Design Center Reference Layout & Editing Reference Programmable Stitch Creator Reference Design Database