Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 74

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Fan Click at start point. Move to end point. Click at end point. Drawing various shape The Shape tools allow you to draw 24 types of shapes, such as hearts, stars or polygons. These shapes will have an outline and an inside region that can independently be assigned different sewing attributes. 1. Click on the Tool Box. → The buttons for the 24 types of shapes appear. 2. Click the button for the shape to be drawn. 3. Drag the pointer in the Design Page. The point where you start dragging is considered a corner of an imaginary rectangle around the shape. The point where you release the mouse button is the diagonally opposite point of the shape. The shape will fit inside this imaginary rectangle. b Memo: To draw the shape while maintaining the original height-to-width proportion, hold down the Shift key while dragging the pointer. About straight line and curve The Outline tools allow you to add straight lines and curves to your pattern. • Using the tools available with these buttons draws a closed path. Since this type of pattern has an outline and an inside region, each part can be assigned different sew types and colors. b Memo: If the line of the pattern crosses itself, the inside region cannot be filled, and the line must be uncrossed so that the fill can be applied. • Using the tools available with these buttons draws an open path. Since this type of pattern is a simple outline and does not have an inside region, line sew type and color settings can only be applied to the line itself. Furthermore, if an image is used as a template, and can be used to semi-automatically extract the image boundary. 72