Brother International PEDESIGN 7.0 Users Manual - English - Page 6

Tips and Techniques, Menus/Tools, Troubleshooting

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Table of Contents Manually Creating Custom Font (Font Creator 296 Step1 Preparing a background image ..... 296 Step2 Opening a background image ........ 296 Step3 Creating a font character pattern ... 298 Step4 Creating other font character patterns 301 Step5 Creating an embroidery pattern using the created font characters... 305 Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator 307 Step1 Opening a programmable stitch pattern 307 Step2 [Case 1] Drawing lines to edit the stitch pattern 308 Step2 [Case 2] Creating patterns (embossing/engraving) for region sewing (Fill/Stamp mode 309 Step2 [Case 3] Reshaping a single line to create custom stitch patterns (Motif mode 311 Step3 Saving the edited stitch pattern...... 312 Creating Large-Size Embroidery Designs..... 313 Step1 Specifying the Design Page size in Layout & Editing 313 Step2 Creating the embroidery design ..... 314 Step3 Checking the embroidering order... 314 Step4 Saving the design 315 Step5 Transferring the design to an original card 316 Tips and Techniques 317 Sew Types 317 Enlarging/Reducing Embroidery Patterns..... 319 Sewing Direction 319 Sewing Order 319 Sewing Wide Areas 319 Tips for Importing Images for Design Center 320 Removing Sections of Stitch Pattern (by Using the Split Stitch tool 321 Creating Beautiful Photo Embroidery 321 Fonts Suitable for Embroidering 322 Creating Outlined Characters (Using Text Converted to Outline Object) ..... 323 Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns 324 Menus/Tools 325 Layout & Editing 325 List of Tool Box Buttons 325 List of Menus 326 Design Center 335 List of Tool Box Buttons 335 List of Menus 338 Font Creator 343 List of Tool Box Buttons 343 List of Menus 343 Programmable Stitch Creator 347 List of Tool Box Buttons 347 List of Menus 348 Design Database 351 List of Menus 351 Troubleshooting 354 v

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Table of Contents
Manually Creating Custom Font
(Font Creator)
...............................................
296
Step1
Preparing a background image
.....
296
Step2
Opening a background image
........
296
Step3
Creating a font character pattern ... 298
Step4
Creating other font character
patterns
..........................................
301
Step5
Creating an embroidery pattern
using the created font characters... 305
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns
(Programmable Stitch Creator)
.....................
307
Step1
Opening a programmable stitch
pattern
...........................................
307
Step2
[Case 1] Drawing lines to edit
the stitch pattern
.............................
308
Step2
[Case 2] Creating patterns
(embossing/engraving) for region
sewing (Fill/Stamp mode)
...............
309
Step2
[Case 3] Reshaping a single line to
create custom stitch patterns
(Motif mode)
...................................
311
Step3
Saving the edited stitch pattern
......
312
Creating Large-Size Embroidery Designs
.....
313
Step1
Specifying the Design Page size
in Layout & Editing
........................
313
Step2
Creating the embroidery design
.....
314
Step3
Checking the embroidering order... 314
Step4
Saving the design
...........................
315
Step5
Transferring the design
to an original card
...........................
316
Tips and Techniques
..............................
317
Sew Types
....................................................
317
Enlarging/Reducing Embroidery Patterns
.....
319
Sewing Direction
...........................................
319
Sewing Order
................................................
319
Sewing Wide Areas
.......................................
319
Tips for Importing Images
for Design Center
..........................................
320
Removing Sections of Stitch Pattern
(by Using the Split Stitch tool)
.......................
321
Creating Beautiful Photo Embroidery
............
321
Fonts Suitable for Embroidering
...................
322
Creating Outlined Characters
(Using Text Converted to Outline Object)
.....
323
Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese,
Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns
.............
324
Menus/Tools
............................................
325
Layout & Editing
............................................
325
List of Tool Box Buttons
.............................
325
List of Menus
.............................................
326
Design Center
...............................................
335
List of Tool Box Buttons
.............................
335
List of Menus
.............................................
338
Font Creator
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343
List of Tool Box Buttons
.............................
343
List of Menus
.............................................
343
Programmable Stitch Creator
........................
347
List of Tool Box Buttons
.............................
347
List of Menus
.............................................
348
Design Database
...........................................
351
List of Menus
.............................................
351
Troubleshooting
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354