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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Checking the stitching The actual stitching as it will be performed by the embroidery machine can be viewed using the stitch simulator. Toolbar button: 1. Click , or click Display, then Stitch Simulator. The Stitch Simulator dialog box appears, and the embroidery design is cleared from the Design Page. 2. Click to begin the stitching simulation. b Memo: • The slider shows the current location in the simulation. In addition, the slider can be moved to change the position in the simulation. • To get a better view of the stitching, zoom in on the design before opening the Stitch Simulator dialog box. The following operations can be performed if the corresponding button is clicked. : Stops the simulation and returns to the previous display. : Temporarily stops the simulation. To restart the simulation, click . : Drag the slider to adjust the simulation stitching speed. : Returns to the beginning of the previous color. : Advances to the beginning of the next color. : Reverses the stitching by the number of stitches specified in the stitches/ step selector. : Advances the stitching by the number of stitches specified in the stitches/ step selector. *: Returns to the beginning of the design in the previous hoop section. *: Advances to the beginning of the design in the next hoop section. * Appear only for patterns created on customsized Design Pages. The numbers indicate the following. Number of the current stitch Total number of stitches Number of the color being drawn Total number of colors used Pattern section that is displayed Total number of hoop sections in the pattern This indicator appears only for patterns created on custom-sized Design Pages. 3. Click in the upper-right corner of the dialog box to close the dialog box. b Memo: If a pattern was selected when the Stitch Simulator dialog box was displayed, only the selected pattern is drawn in the simulation. Viewing design in the reference window A design in the Design Page is displayed in the Reference Window, giving you an overall view of the design while you work on a detailed area. The display area frame (red rectangle) indicates the part of the pattern displayed in the Design Page. Toolbar button: To switch between displaying and hiding the Reference window, click , click Display, then Reference Window, or press the shortcut key ( F11 ). 66

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)

Checking the stitching

The actual stitching as it will be performed by the

embroidery machine can be viewed using the stitch

simulator.

Toolbar button:

Click

, or click

Display

, then

Stitch

Simulator

The

Stitch Simulator

dialog box appears,

and the embroidery design is cleared from the

Design Page.

Click

to begin the stitching simulation.

The following operations can be performed if

the corresponding button is clicked.

: Stops the simulation and returns to the

previous display.

: Temporarily stops the simulation. To

restart the simulation, click

: Drag the slider to adjust the

simulation stitching speed.

: Returns to the beginning of the

previous color.

: Advances to the beginning of the next

color.

: Reverses the stitching by the number

of stitches specified in the

stitches/

step

selector.

: Advances the stitching by the number

of stitches specified in the

stitches/

step

selector.

*: Returns to the beginning of the design

in the previous hoop section.

*: Advances to the beginning of the

design in the next hoop section.

* Appear only for patterns created on custom-

sized Design Pages.

The numbers indicate the following.

Click

in the upper-right corner of the dialog

box to close the dialog box.

Viewing design in the

reference window

A design in the Design Page is displayed in the

Reference Window, giving you an overall view of the

design while you work on a detailed area. The

display area frame (red rectangle) indicates the part

of the pattern displayed in the Design Page.

Toolbar button:

To switch between displaying and hiding the

Reference window, click

, click

Display

, then

Reference Window

, or press the shortcut key

(

Memo:

• The slider shows the current location in the

simulation. In addition, the slider can be

moved to change the position in the

simulation.

•

To get a better view of the stitching, zoom in

on the design before opening the

Stitch

Simulator

dialog box.

Memo:

If a pattern was selected when the

Stitch

Simulator

dialog box was displayed, only the

selected pattern is drawn in the simulation.

Number of the current stitch

Number of the color being drawn

Pattern section that is displayed

Total number of stitches

Total number of colors used

Total number of hoop sections

in the pattern

This indicator appears only

for patterns created on

custom-sized Design Pages.

F11