Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 184

Tutorial (Advanced) Creating Design for Multi-Position Hoops This program enables you to create multi-position design that you can stitch in any multi-position hoop attached to your embroidery machine. ABC a a b b c c Example of multi-position hoop: 100 × 172 mm hoop Although the size of the design that can be embroidered using an multi-position hoop is 130 × 180 mm (or 100 × 100 mm, depending on the sewing area of the embroidery machine), first determine which of the three installation positions (indicated as a, b, and c in the illustration above) the multi-position hoop will be installed at and determine the orientation of the design. When creating the design, each design section can only be as large as the sewing area of the embroidery machine. The sample file for this tutorial can be found at the following location. Documents(My Documents)\PE-DESIGN 8\Tutorial\Tutorial_10 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Selecting the Design Page size Creating the design Optimizing hoop changes Checking the pattern Step 1 Selecting the Design Page size 1 In Layout & Editing, click Option, then Design Page Property. → The Design Page Property dialog box appears. 2 Select Hoop Size, and then choose a Design Page size of 130 × 300 mm, or 100 × 172 mm, from the selector. b Memo: • Settings for multi-position hoops are indicated by " ". • Choose the appropriate setting after checking the size of the hoop available for your machine. a Note: Multi-position hoop settings are not available in the Design Page Property dialog box of Design Center. 182