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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Splitting off parts of a stitch pattern 1. Click on the Tool Box. b Memo: This tool is available only for stitch data. a Note: Patterns created with the drawing or Text tools of Layout & Editing need to be converted into stitches before they can be cut with the Split stitch tool. c "Converting objects to a stitch pattern" on page 62. 2. Click the stitch data. → All other stitch data disappear from the display. 3. Click in the Design Page at the point where you want to start drawing the enclosing lines. 4. Continue clicking in the Design Page to specify each corner of the enclosure around the area to be cut off. → The dotted line that is drawn when you move the pointer changes to a solid line when the next point is specified. b Memo: • To remove the last point that was entered, click the right mouse button. Each successive right-click removes points, one by one, in the opposite order that they were entered. Once all points are deleted, the Tool Box buttons are available again, however, the application remains in Split stitch mode. • An enclosure is valid only if it contains stitch data. If it contains no stitch data, an error message appears, and the enclosure is erased, but the application remains in Split stitch mode. 64 5. Double-click in the Design Page to specify the section to be split off. 6. Edit the cutoff section as desired. a Note: • Only one cutoff section can be specified from the pattern at one time. Repeat the procedure for each piece of the pattern that you want to cut off. • The cutoff piece moves to the end of the sewing order and the thread color order appears in the order selected for the original pattern. Dividing stitch data by color ■ Dividing stitch data by color Stitch data can be divided according to the various colors. Before dividing After dividing 1. Select the one or more stitch data. 2. Click Sew, then Divide Stitches by Color. → Dotted lines appear around each part of the stitch data. b Memo: This function is not available if data other than stitch data is selected or if grouped embroidery data containing data other than stitch data is selected.

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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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

Splitting off parts of a stitch

pattern

Click

on the Tool Box.

Click the stitch data.

→

All other stitch data disappear from the

display.

Click in the Design Page at the point where

you want to start drawing the enclosing lines.

Continue clicking in the Design Page to

specify each corner of the enclosure around

the area to be cut off.

→

The dotted line that is drawn when you

move the pointer changes to a solid line

when the next point is specified.

Double-click in the Design Page to specify the

section to be split off.

Edit the cutoff section as desired.

Dividing stitch data by

color

■

Dividing stitch data by color

Stitch data can be divided according to the various

colors.

Select the one or more stitch data.

Click

Sew

, then

Divide Stitches by Color

→

Dotted lines appear around each part of

the stitch data.

Memo:

This tool is available only for stitch data.

Note:

Patterns created with the drawing or Text

tools of Layout & Editing need to be

converted into stitches before they can be

cut with the Split stitch tool.

“Converting objects to a stitch

pattern” on page 62.

Memo:

• To remove the last point that was entered,

click the right mouse button. Each

successive right-click removes points, one

by one, in the opposite order that they were

entered. Once all points are deleted, the

Tool Box buttons are available again,

however, the application remains in Split

stitch mode.

•

An enclosure is valid only if it contains stitch

data. If it contains no stitch data, an error

message appears, and the enclosure is

erased, but the application remains in Split

stitch mode.

Note:

• Only one cutoff section can be specified

from the pattern at one time. Repeat the

procedure for each piece of the pattern

that you want to cut off.

• The cutoff piece moves to the end of the

sewing order and the thread color order

appears in the order selected for the

original pattern.

Memo:

This function is not available if data other than

stitch data is selected or if grouped

embroidery data containing data other than

stitch data is selected.

Before dividing

After dividing