Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 59

Moving points, Snap to Grid

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Moving points 1. Select the point. c "Selecting points" on page 56. 2. Drag the point to the new location. Selected point Drag b Memo: • All of the selected points move in the same direction. • To move the point of a broken line, a curve, a manual punching pattern, or stitch data horizontally or vertically, hold down the Shift key while dragging it. • Pressing the arrow keys moves the selected point 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) in the direction of the arrow on the key. Holding down the arrow key for the desired direction continues moving the outline in that direction. • If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the point one grid mark in the direction of the arrow on the key. • The arrow keys cannot be used to move the end points of an Arc, Arc & String, and Fan. • Points in patterns set for hole sewing can also be moved. However, the point cannot be moved to cross an outline. In order to move the point in this way, cancel hole sewing first. a Note: You must drag a point that is selected. If you start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the outline of the pattern, a new point will be inserted or the selected point(s) will be deselected. Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) 57

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Moving points
1.
Select the point.
c
“Selecting points” on page 56.
2.
Drag the point to the new location.
a
Note:
You must drag a point that is selected. If you
start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the
outline of the pattern, a new point will be
inserted or the selected point(s) will be
deselected.
Selected point
Drag
b
Memo:
• All of the selected points move in the same
direction.
• To move the point of a broken line, a curve,
a manual punching pattern, or stitch data
horizontally or vertically, hold down the
key while dragging it.
• Pressing the arrow keys moves the
selected point 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) in
the direction of the arrow on the key.
Holding down the arrow key for the desired
direction continues moving the outline in
that direction.
• If
Snap to Grid
is selected, each press of
an arrow key moves the point one grid mark
in the direction of the arrow on the key.
The arrow keys cannot be used to move the
end points of an Arc, Arc & String, and Fan.
• Points in patterns set for hole sewing can
also be moved. However, the point cannot
be moved to cross an outline. In order to
move the point in this way, cancel hole
sewing first.
Shift