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Writing an embroidery design to, an original card, Arranging Embroidery Designs Layout & Editing

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) ■ Writing an embroidery design to an original card You can save a displayed embroidery design onto an original card in order to transfer it to a embroidery machine. b Memo: For details on writing two or more files to an original card, refer to "Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card" on page 194 in the Instruction Manual (PDF format). a Note: Be sure that the hoop size of the design does not exceed the hoop that will be used on the embroidering machine. Toolbar button: 1. Insert an original card into the USB card writer module. c "Transferring the design to an original card" on page 17. 2. Click , or click File, then Write to Card. → The following message appears. a Note: When writing to an original card that already contains data, all data on the card will be deleted. Before writing to a card, save all necessary data to a hard disk or other media, and check that no necessary data remains on the card. c "From an embroidery card" on page 49. b Memo: Designs created on a custom-sized Design Page are written to cards split into their various sections. If the total size of the design exceeds the capacity of the original card or if your Design Page is set to a custom size of 90 × 90 cm (35.4" × 35.4"), and is split into over 80 sections, you will need to split the design into sections and write them onto several original cards. In this case, the Select Hoop Sections dialog box appears to let you select the sections that can be written in the available space on the card. The progress bar at the top of the dialog box shows the available space on the card as you select design sections to be written to the card. The space used by the selected design sections appears in blue. If you select several pattern sections which exceed the size limit, the space used appears in red. Click each design section to select it, and then click Write to write the selected design sections to the card. To deselect a design section, simply click it again. (The Write button is available only when a section is selected and the space on the card is sufficient to receive the selected design.) 139

Section	Page
PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual	1
Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN	4
What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN	6
Sew Types	8
Basic Operation Map	10
New Features of Version 8	11
Table of Contents	13
How To Use Manuals	15
Support/Service	16
Online Registration	16
Checking for the Latest Version of the Program	16
Tutorial	17
1. Importing Embroidery Patterns	17
2. Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design	21
3. Drawing Shapes to Create an Embroidery Design	31
4. Entering Text	37
5. Combining Embroidery Patterns	40
6. Print and Stitch	44
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)	49
Layout & Editing Window	49
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs	49
Checking Embroidery Patterns	53
Editing Embroidery Designs	54
Reshaping Embroidery Patterns	58
Editing a Stitch Pattern	64
Specifying the Design Page Size and Color	70
Changing Application Settings	71
Drawing Shapes	72
Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)	79
Adding Text	82
Entering Monograms	92
Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions	95
Editing Regions	116
Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock	119
Importing Image Data	122
Changing the Image Settings	125
Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)	127
Saving and Printing	140
Basic Design Center Operations	147
Creating an Embroidery Design From an Image	147
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)	155
Design Center Window	155
Original Image Stage	156
Line Image Stage	158
Figure Handle Stage	160
Sew Setting Stage	165
About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)	172
Tutorial (Advanced)	173
Entering Monograms	173
Creating Appliqués	176
Creating Split Embroidery Designs	178
Creating Design for Multi-Position Hoops	184
Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)	189
Design Database Window	189
Starting Up Design Database	189
Checking Embroidery Designs	190
Opening Embroidery Designs	191
Organizing Embroidery Designs	192
Searching for an Embroidery Design	194
Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats	195
Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card	196
Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs	198
Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations	201
Programmable Stitch Creator Window	201
Creating Fill/Stamp Stitch Pattern	201
Creating Motif Stitch Pattern	205
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)	207
Opening a Pattern File	208
Creating a New Pattern	209
Viewing the Pattern While Creating It	210
Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	210
Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode	211
Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode	213
Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode	214
Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode	215
Saving Patterns	216
Changing the Settings	217
Basic Font Creator Operations	219
Font Creator Window	219
Manually Creating Custom Font	221
Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)	227
Opening a File	227
Selecting a Character and Preparing the Template	228
Creating a Font Character Pattern	231
Editing Font Character Patterns	232
Editing the Points of a Font Character Pattern	233
Checking the Created Font Patterns	234
Saving Font Character Patterns	236
Changing the Settings	237
Tips and Techniques	239
Enlarging/Reducing Stitch Patterns	239
Sewing Direction	239
Sewing Order	239
Sewing Wide Areas	240
Jump Stitch and Jump Stitch Trimming	240
Fonts Suitable for Embroidering	241
Creating Outlined Characters (Using Text Converted to Outline Object)	242
Converting Characters (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc) to Embroidery Patterns	243
Menus/Tools	245
Layout & Editing	245
Design Center	251
Design Database	256
Programmable Stitch Creator	258
Font Creator	261
Troubleshooting	264

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

■

Writing an embroidery design to

an original card

You can save a displayed embroidery design onto

an original card in order to transfer it to a embroidery

machine.

Toolbar button:

Insert an original card into the USB card writer

module.

“Transferring the design to an original

card” on page 17.

Click

, or click

File

, then

Write to Card

→

The following message appears.

Memo:

For details on writing two or more files to an

original card, refer to “Writing Embroidery

Design Files to an Original Card” on page 194

in the Instruction Manual (PDF format).

Note:

Be sure that the hoop size of the design does

not exceed the hoop that will be used on the

embroidering machine.

Note:

When writing to an original card that already

contains data, all data on the card will be

deleted. Before writing to a card, save all

necessary data to a hard disk or other

media, and check that no necessary data

remains on the card.

“From an embroidery card” on

page 49.

Memo:

Designs created on a custom-sized Design Page

are written to cards split into their various

sections.

If the total size of the design exceeds the capacity

of the original card or if your Design Page is set to

a custom size of 90

90 cm (35.4”

35.4”), and

is split into over 80 sections, you will need to split

the design into sections and write them onto

several original cards.

In this case, the

Select Hoop Sections

dialog

box appears to let you select the sections that can

be written in the available space on the card.

The progress bar at the top of the dialog box

shows the available space on the card as you

select design sections to be written to the card.

The space used by the selected design sections

appears in blue. If you select several pattern

sections which exceed the size limit, the space

used appears in red.

Click each design section to select it, and then

click

Write

to write the selected design

sections to the card. To deselect a design

section, simply click it again. (The

Write

button is available only when a section is

selected and the space on the card is

sufficient to receive the selected design.)