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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center) Drawing a broken line The line drawing mode allows you to add broken lines to your pattern. A broken line is made of one or more adjacent straight lines, in other words, the end point of one straight line is the start point of the next one. If the broken line that you drew did not create enclosed regions, it remains a simple outline, and you can only set sewing attributes for the line itself in the Sew Setting Stage. If the broken line created enclosed regions, you can assign sew types and colors to both the outline and the regions in the Sew Setting Stage. If you draw a line through an existing region, creating two separate regions, you will be able to set sewing attributes for both regions separately, as well as for the separating line. End point Start point Broken line without a region Broken line with region Broken lines with two regions For details on drawing lines, refer to "Adding lines to the figure handle image" on page 148. Changing application settings ■ Changing the grid settings A grid of dotted lines or solid lines can be displayed or hidden, and the spacing for the grid can be adjusted. (This function is available only in the Figure Handle Stage.) 1. Click Display, then Grid Setup. 2. To display the grid, select the Show Grid check box. To hide the grid, clear the Show Grid check box. 3. To set the grid spacing, type or select a value in the Grid interval box. 4. To display the grid as solid lines, select the with Axes check box. To display the grid as dots (intersecting points of the grid) , clear the with Axes check box. 5. Click OK to apply the changes and to close the dialog box. ■ Changing the measurement units The measurements for values displayed in the application can be in either millimeters or inches. 1. Click Option, then Select System Unit, and then select the desired measurement units (mm or inch). Viewing outlines in the Reference Window All outlines in the Design Page are displayed in the Reference Window, giving you an overall view of the outline while you work on a detailed area. The display area frame (red rectangle) indicates the part of the outline displayed in the Design Page. In addition, the image being used to create the embroidery pattern or the embroidery pattern being created and a different image can be displayed in the Reference Window in the Figure Handle Stage and the Sew Setting Stage. To switch between displaying and hiding the Reference window, click Display, then Reference Window, or click , or press the shortcut key ( F11 ). Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center) 161

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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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)

Drawing a broken line

The line drawing mode allows you to add broken

lines to your pattern. A broken line is made of one or

more adjacent straight lines, in other words, the end

point of one straight line is the start point of the next

one.

If the broken line that you drew did not create

enclosed regions, it remains a simple outline, and

you can only set sewing attributes for the line itself

in the Sew Setting Stage.

If the broken line created enclosed regions, you can

assign sew types and colors to both the outline and

the regions in the Sew Setting Stage.

If you draw a line through an existing region,

creating two separate regions, you will be able to set

sewing attributes for both regions separately, as

well as for the separating line.

For details on drawing lines, refer to “Adding lines to

the figure handle image” on page 148.

Changing application

settings

■

Changing the grid settings

A grid of dotted lines or solid lines can be displayed

or hidden, and the spacing for the grid can be

adjusted. (This function is available only in the

Figure Handle Stage.)

Click

Display

, then

Grid Setup

To display the grid, select the

Show Grid

check box.

To hide the grid, clear the

Show Grid

check

box.

To set the grid spacing, type or select a value

in the

Grid interval

box.

To display the grid as solid lines, select the

with Axes

check box.

To display the grid as dots (intersecting points

of the grid) , clear the

with Axes

check box.

Click

to apply the changes and to close the

dialog box.

■

Changing the measurement units

The measurements for values displayed in the

application can be in either millimeters or inches.

Click

Option

, then

Select System Unit

, and

then select the desired measurement units

(

inch

Viewing outlines in the

Reference Window

All outlines in the Design Page are displayed in the

Reference Window, giving you an overall view of the

outline while you work on a detailed area. The

display area frame (red rectangle) indicates the part

of the outline displayed in the Design Page.

In addition, the image being used to create the

embroidery pattern or the embroidery pattern being

created and a different image can be displayed in

the Reference Window in the Figure Handle Stage

and the Sew Setting Stage.

To switch between displaying and hiding the

Reference window, click

Display

, then

Reference

Window

, or click

, or press the shortcut key

(

Broken lines with two regions

Broken line without a region

Broken line with region

End point

Start point

F11