Brother International PE-DESIGN Ver.6 Users Manual - English - Page 87

PeDesignV6Eng.book Page 79 Thursday, July 8, 2004 11:59 AM Design Center Stage 3 (Figure Handle Stage) Advanced Opreation Design Center b Memo: • To move the outline horizontally or vertically, hold down the Shift key while dragging it. • Pressing the arrow keys moves the selected outline 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) in the direction of the arrow on the key. Scaling outlines ■ Scaling manually 1. Select the outline that you want to resize. 2. Move the pointer over one of the handles of a selected outline or group of outlines. → The shape of the pointer changes to , , or , depending on the handle that the pointer is over. b Memo: • is for scaling the width. • is for scaling the height. • and are for scaling both dimensions at the same time. 3. Drag the handle to adjust the selected outline(s) to the desired size. ■ Scaling numerically 1. Select the outline that you want to resize. 2. Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Size. → The Size dialog box appears. 5. Type or select the desired width and height. b Memo: • Select 100% to leave the outline unchanged. • If the aspect check box is selected, changing one dimension automatically changes the other so that the proportion of the width and height remains unchanged. 6. Click OK. b Memo: • To preview the outline at the new size in the Design Page, click Preview. • To close the dialog box without applying the changes to the settings, click Cancel. a Note: • You cannot enter a size that will cause the outline to exceed the size of the Design Page. • The minimum value is 1 mm (0.04 inch). c "Changing the measurement units" on page 105 Flipping outlines horizontally or vertically 1. Select the outline that you want to flip horizontally (up/down) or vertically (left/right). 2. To flip the outline horizontally, click Edit, then Mirror, then Horizontal, or click on the Toolbar. To flip the outline vertically, click Edit, then Mirror, then Vertical, or click Toolbar. on the 3. To change the width and height proportionally, select the aspect check box. 4. Select the whether the width and height will be set as a percentage (%) or a dimension (millimeters or inches). Rotating outlines ■ Rotating manually 1. Select the outline that you want to rotate. 2. Click Edit, then Rotate, or click Toolbar. on the → The handles around the selected outline are replaced by small squares at the four corners of the selected outline. 79