Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Users Manual - English - Page 4

Table of Contents Converting text to outline pattern 138 Entering Small Text 139 Entering Monograms 140 Editing monograms 141 Applying and Editing Stamps 144 Applying a stamp 144 Editing a stamp 145 Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions 147 Setting the thread color and sew type ....... 148 Specifying sewing attributes 151 Creating a gradation 162 Editing User Thread Color Lists 162 Saving frequently used sewing attributes .. 165 Preventing overlapping stitching (hole sewing 166 Creating appliqués (Applique Wizard) ....... 167 Zooming 168 Zooming in 168 Zooming out 168 Displaying at actual size 168 Displaying selected patterns to fill the window 168 Zooming Design Page to window 168 Checking Embroidery Patterns 169 Measuring the distance between two points 169 Specifying the sewing area 169 Checking and editing the sewing order/color 170 Displaying a preview of the embroidery..... 172 Checking the stitching 173 Checking embroidery design information .. 174 Viewing design in the reference window ... 175 Saving and Printing 177 Saving 177 Printing 180 Changing Software Settings 183 Changing the grid settings 183 Changing the measurement units 183 Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users 184 Creating design for multi-position hoops ... 184 Embroidering large-size embroidery design (custom size 189 Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center 193 Basic Operation Flow - Design Center.......... 193 Original Image Stage 194 Importing an image using the wizard......... 194 Importing image data from a TWAIN device 195 Line Image Stage 196 Extracting the outlines of an image 196 Drawing a New line image freehand.......... 197 Drawing and erasing outlines 198 Figure Handle Stage 199 Changing settings for converting to outlines 199 Changing the display of the background image 200 Changing the size and position of the background image 200 Specifying the Design Page size 201 Drawing a New figure handle image freehand 202 Editing outlines 202 Reshaping outlines 205 Drawing a broken line 206 Viewing outlines in the Reference Window 207 Sew Setting Stage 209 Specifying the fabric color 209 Applying sewing attributes to lines and regions 209 Using the Sewing Attributes bar 213 Saving frequently used sewing attributes .. 226 Applying and editing stamps 228 Checking and editing the sewing order...... 230 Checking the stitching 231 Displaying a preview of the embroidery..... 231 Viewing embroidery patterns in the Reference Window 233 Saving embroidery patterns 234 Importing the embroidery pattern into Layout & Editing 235 Changing Software Settings 236 Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator 237 Starting up Font Creator 237 Opening a File 237 Creating a new font 237 Opening a font file 237 Opening an image in the background........ 238 The Design Page guidelines 239 Selecting the Character To Be Created ........ 241 Creating a Font Character Pattern 242 Editing Font Character Patterns 244 Selecting patterns 244 Moving patterns 244 Scaling patterns 245 Deleting patterns 245 Cutting out patterns 245 Copying patterns 245 Duplicating patterns 245 Pasting a cut or copied pattern 245 Flipping patterns horizontally 246 Flipping patterns vertically 246 Rotating patterns 246 iii