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Congratulations on choosing our product! Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and to ensure safe and correct operation, please read this Instruction Manual carefully, and then keep it in a safe place together with your warranty. Please read before using this product For designing beautiful embroidery patterns • This system allows you to create a wide variety of embroidery patterns and supports a wider range of sewing attribute settings (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the final result will depend on your particular sewing machine model. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sample with your sewing data before sewing on the final material. For safe operation • Avoid dropping a needle, a piece of wire or other metallic objects into the unit or into the card slot. • Do not store anything on the unit. For a longer service life • When storing the unit, avoid direct sunlight and high humidity locations. Do not store the unit close to a heater, iron or other hot objects. • Do not spill water or other liquids on the unit or cards. • Do not drop or hit the unit. For repairs or adjustments • In the event that a malfunction occurs or adjustment is required, please consult your nearest service center. Notice Neither this Instruction Manual nor the Installation Guide explains how to use your computer under Windows®. Please refer to the Windows® manuals. Copyright acknowledgment Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product names mentioned in the Instruction Manual and Installation Guide may be trademarks of registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. Important Using this unit for unauthorized copying of material from embroidery cards, newspapers and magazines for commercial purpose is an infringement of copyrights which is punishable by law. Caution The software included with this product is protected by copyright laws. This software can be used or copied only in accordance with the copyright laws. SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS This product is intended for household use. For additional product information and updates, visit our web site at: http://www.brother.com/ or http://solutions.brother.com/ 1

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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Congratulations on choosing our product!

Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and

to ensure safe and correct operation, please read this Instruction Manual carefully, and then keep

it in a safe place together with your warranty.

Please read before using this product

For designing beautiful embroidery patterns

•

This system allows you to create a wide variety of embroidery patterns and supports a wider

range of sewing attribute settings (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the final result

will depend on your particular sewing machine model. We recommend that you make a trial

sewing sample with your sewing data before sewing on the final material.

For safe operation

•

Avoid dropping a needle, a piece of wire or other metallic objects into the unit or into the card

slot.

•

Do not store anything on the unit.

For a longer service life

•

When storing the unit, avoid direct sunlight and high humidity locations. Do not store the unit

close to a heater, iron or other hot objects.

•

Do not spill water or other liquids on the unit or cards.

•

Do not drop or hit the unit.

For repairs or adjustments

•

In the event that a malfunction occurs or adjustment is required, please consult your nearest

service center.

Notice

Neither this Instruction Manual nor the Installation Guide explains how to use your computer under

Windows

. Please refer to the Windows

manuals.

Windows

is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other product names mentioned in

the Instruction Manual and Installation Guide may be trademarks of registered trademarks of their

respective companies and are hereby acknowledged.

Important

Using this unit for unauthorized copying of material from embroidery cards, newspapers and

magazines for commercial purpose is an infringement of copyrights which is punishable by law.

Caution

The software included with this product is protected by copyright laws. This software can be used

or copied only in accordance with the copyright laws.

For additional product information and updates, visit our web site at:

http://www.brother.com/ or http://solutions.brother.com/

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

This product is intended for household use.