Brother PE-DESIGN V7 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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Table of Contents
Converting text to outline pattern...............138
Entering Small Text................................... 139
Entering Monograms.....................................140
Editing monograms....................................141
Applying and Editing Stamps........................144
Applying a stamp.......................................144
Editing a stamp..........................................145
Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and
Regions.........................................................147
Setting the thread color and sew type.......148
Specifying sewing attributes......................151
Creating a gradation..................................162
Editing User Thread Color Lists.................162
Saving frequently used sewing attributes.. 165
Preventing overlapping stitching
(hole sewing).............................................166
Creating appliqués (Applique Wizard).......167
Zooming........................................................168
Zooming in.................................................168
Zooming out...............................................168
Displaying at actual size............................168
Displaying selected patterns to fill
the window.................................................168
Zooming Design Page to window..............168
Checking Embroidery Patterns.....................169
Measuring the distance between
two points ..................................................169
Specifying the sewing area........................169
Checking and editing the sewing
order/color ................................................. 170
Displaying a preview of the embroidery.....172
Checking the stitching ...............................173
Checking embroidery design information..174
Viewing design in the reference window ... 175
Saving and Printing.......................................177
Saving........................................................177
Printing ......................................................180
Changing Software Settings .........................183
Changing the grid settings.........................183
Changing the measurement units..............183
Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop
Users.............................................................184
Creating design for multi-position hoops... 184
Embroidering large-size embroidery
design (custom size)..................................189
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns
From Images (Design Center)................ 193
Basic Operation Flow - Design Center..........193
Original Image Stage....................................194
Importing an image using the wizard.........194
Importing image data from a TWAIN
device........................................................195
Line Image Stage..........................................196
Extracting the outlines of an image ...........196
Drawing a New line image freehand..........197
Drawing and erasing outlines....................198
Figure Handle Stage.....................................199
Changing settings for converting
to outlines ..................................................199
Changing the display of the background
image.........................................................200
Changing the size and position of the
background image.....................................200
Specifying the Design Page size...............201
Drawing a New figure handle image
freehand.....................................................202
Editing outlines ..........................................202
Reshaping outlines....................................205
Drawing a broken line................................206
Viewing outlines in the Reference
Window......................................................207
Sew Setting Stage.........................................209
Specifying the fabric color..........................209
Applying sewing attributes to lines
and regions................................................209
Using the Sewing Attributes bar ................213
Saving frequently used sewing attributes ..226
Applying and editing stamps......................228
Checking and editing the sewing order......230
Checking the stitching................................231
Displaying a preview of the embroidery.....231
Viewing embroidery patterns in
the Reference Window ..............................233
Saving embroidery patterns.......................234
Importing the embroidery pattern into
Layout & Editing.........................................235
Changing Software Settings......................236
Creating Custom Fonts
(Font Creator)...........................................237
Starting up Font Creator................................237
Opening a File...............................................237
Creating a new font....................................237
Opening a font file......................................237
Opening an image in the background........238
The Design Page guidelines......................239
Selecting the Character To Be Created ........241
Creating a Font Character Pattern................242
Editing Font Character Patterns....................244
Selecting patterns......................................244
Moving patterns.........................................244
Scaling patterns.........................................245
Deleting patterns........................................245
Cutting out patterns ...................................245
Copying patterns........................................245
Duplicating patterns...................................245
Pasting a cut or copied pattern..................245
Flipping patterns horizontally.....................246
Flipping patterns
vertically.....................................................246
Rotating patterns .......................................246