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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database) Organizing Embroidery Designs You can move your embroidery designs to different folders in order to organize them. In addition, you can choose to display the embroidery designs by thumbnails or by the pattern details. Creating new folders 3. Drag the embroidery design in the contents pane to the folder you previously located in the folder pane. New folders can be created in order to better organize the embroidery patterns. 1. In the folder pane, on the left, select the folder. 2. Click File, then Create New Folder. → A New Folder appears as a sub-folder of the one that was selected. 3. Type in the name of the new folder, and then press the Enter key. → The name of the folder changes to the one that was typed in. Moving/copying files to a different folder From Design Database, embroidery design can easily be moved from one folder to another. 1. In the folder pane, locate the folder where you want to move the embroidery design. 2. In the folder pane, click the folder that contains the embroidery design. 190 → If the two folders are on the same drive, the selected embroidery design is moved to the other folder. → If the two folders are on separate drives, the selected embroidery design is copied into the other folder. b Memo: • To copy the file from one folder to another on the same drive, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging the embroidery design. • To move the file from one folder to another on different drives, hold down the Shift key while dragging the embroidery design. • The file can also be removed from the current folder (or copied) by selecting the menu command Edit - Cut (or Edit - Copy). Then, the file can be added to the new folder by selecting it in the folder pane, then selecting the menu command Edit - Paste. Changing file names In the Design Database, the names of embroidery designs can easily be changed. a Note: The names of embroidery designs can be changed from Design Database only when the sewing information (menu command Display - Details) is displayed. c "Changing how files are displayed" on page 191 .

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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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)

Organizing Embroidery Designs

You can move your embroidery designs to different folders in order to organize them. In addition, you can

choose to display the embroidery designs by thumbnails or by the pattern details.

Creating new folders

New folders can be created in order to better

organize the embroidery patterns.

In the folder pane, on the left, select the folder.

Click

File

, then

Create New Folder

→

New Folder

appears as a sub-folder of

the one that was selected.

Type in the name of the new folder, and then

press the

key.

→

The name of the folder changes to the one

that was typed in.

Moving/copying files to a

different folder

From Design Database, embroidery design can

easily be moved from one folder to another.

In the folder pane, locate the folder where you

want to move the embroidery design.

In the folder pane, click the folder that contains

the embroidery design.

Drag the embroidery design in the contents

pane to the folder you previously located in the

folder pane.

→

If the two folders are on the same drive,

the selected embroidery design is

moved

to the other folder.

→

If the two folders are on separate drives,

the selected embroidery design is

copied

into the other folder.

Changing file names

In the Design Database, the names of embroidery

designs can easily be changed.

Enter

Memo:

• To copy the file from one folder to another

on the same drive, hold down the

key

while dragging the embroidery design.

• To move the file from one folder to another

on different drives, hold down the

key while dragging the embroidery design.

• The file can also be removed from the

current folder (or copied) by selecting the

menu command

Edit

Cut

(or

Edit

Copy

Then, the file can be added to the new

folder by selecting it in the folder pane, then

selecting the menu command

Edit

Paste

Note:

The names of embroidery designs can be

changed from Design Database only when

the sewing information (menu command

Display

–

Details

) is displayed.

“Changing how files are

displayed” on page 191 .

Ctrl

Shift