Brother International PEDESIGN 8.0 Users Manual - English - Page 77
Preventing overlapping, stitching hole sewing, Changing shapes of, overlapped patterns
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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing) Preventing overlapping stitching (hole sewing) By specifying hole sewing, the stitching in overlapping regions will not be sewn twice. Hole sewing can be set only when one region completely encloses another. 1. Select a pair of patterns, for example, a circle included in an oval. b Memo: • Once a pair of patterns has been set for hole sewing, they will move together if you try to move one of the patterns. • When setting hole sewing to three or more objects, first set hole sewing to two objects. After this, select the first two grouped objects and the next one object and repeat the hole sewing setting. • The outline of patterns created with the Outline, Fan Shape and Arc & String tools can be edited with the Point Edit tool. Valid b Memo: For a pair to be valid, one of the patterns must be completely enclosed within the other pattern, and not contain text, manual punching patterns or stitch data. Invalid 2. Click Sew, then Set hole sewing. → If the selected pair can be set for hole sewing, the following message appears. → If the selected pair cannot be set for hole sewing, the error message appears. Sewn twice Sewn once Hole sewing not set Hole sewing set 3. Click OK to remove the message. a Note: To see better what the hole sewing setting does, previewing the patterns before and after setting hole sewing. c "Displaying a preview of the embroidery" on page 65. ■ Canceling hole sewing 1. Select a pattern that has been set for hole sewing. 2. Click Sew, then Cancel hole sewing. The pair of patterns can now be moved independently. Changing shapes of overlapped patterns Embroidery patterns created with the Rectangle, Circle or Arc tools, Shape tools or the Outline tools can be selected to remove overlapping regions or to be merged. ■ Removing overlapping Overlapped patterns can be set so that the overlapping region is removed. When this is applied to multiple patterns, the region overlapped by other patterns is cut out. 1. Select two or more overlapped patterns. 2. Click Sew, then Remove Overlaps. → The region overlapped by other patterns is removed. → If this cannot be applied to the selected patterns, an error message appears. 75