Brother PE-DESIGN V7 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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Table of Contents
Editing the Points of a Font Character
Pattern ..........................................................248
Moving points ............................................248
Inserting points..........................................248
Deleting points...........................................249
Editing points.............................................249
Checking the Created Font Patterns.............250
Checking and editing the sewing order ..... 250
Previewing the embroidery pattern............250
Checking the list of created characters ..... 251
Zooming........................................................252
Zooming in.................................................252
Zooming out...............................................252
Displaying selected patterns to fill
the window.................................................252
Zooming Design Page to window..............252
Saving Font Character Patterns....................253
Overwriting ................................................ 253
Saving with a new name............................253
Changing the Settings...................................254
Changing the drawing mode......................254
Changing the display of the background
image.........................................................254
Changing the grid settings.........................255
Creating Custom Stitch Patterns
(Programmable Stitch Creator).............. 256
Opening a Pattern File..................................256
Opening an image in the background........257
Creating a New Pattern.................................258
Selecting the Type of Stitch Pattern
To Be Created...........................................258
Viewing the Stitch Pattern While
Creating It .....................................................260
Creating a Stitch Pattern for Region Sewing
(Fill/Stamp Mode)..........................................261
Editing a Stitch Pattern for Region Sewing
(Fill/Stamp Mode)..........................................262
Selecting patterns......................................262
Moving patterns.........................................262
Scaling patterns.........................................262
Deleting patterns .......................................263
Cutting out patterns...................................263
Copying patterns .......................................263
Duplicating patterns...................................263
Pasting a cut or copied pattern..................263
Flipping patterns vertically.........................264
Flipping patterns horizontally.....................264
Rotating patterns.......................................264
Reshaping a Stitch Pattern for Region
Sewing (Editing Points).................................266
Moving points ............................................266
Inserting points..........................................266
Deleting points...........................................266
Specifying Region Sewing............................268
Creating a Motif Stitch Pattern
(Motif Mode)..................................................269
Editing a Motif Stitch Pattern (Motif Mode)....270
Moving and deleting several points
at a time.....................................................270
Scaling patterns.........................................270
Flipping a pattern horizontally
or vertically.................................................271
Saving Stitch Patterns...................................272
Overwriting.................................................272
Saving with a new name............................272
Changing the Settings...................................273
Changing the display of the background
image.........................................................273
Changing the grid settings.........................273
Managing Embroidery Design Files
(Design Database) ...................................274
Starting Up Design Database........................274
Organizing Embroidery Designs ...................274
Creating new folders..................................274
Moving/copying files to a different folder ...275
Changing file names..................................275
Deleting files..............................................275
Changing how files are displayed..............276
Opening Embroidery Designs.......................277
Opening files with Layout & Editing...........277
Importing files into Layout & Editing ..........277
Checking Embroidery Designs......................278
Previewing files..........................................278
Checking file information ...........................278
Searching for an Embroidery Design............280
Converting Embroidery Design Files
to Different Formats ......................................282
Writing Embroidery Design Files
to an Original Card........................................284
Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery
Designs.........................................................287
Printing.......................................................287
Outputting as an HTML file........................287
Outputting as a CSV file ............................288
Tutorial (Advanced).................................289
Automatically Converting a Photo to an
Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function)..289
Step1 Importing photo data into
Layout & Editing ............................289
Step2 Automatically converting the image
to an embroidery pattern ................290
Step3 Setting up the Color Option............292
Step4 Displaying a preview
of the embroidery ...........................293
Step5 Saving the embroidery design........294
Step6 Transferring the design
to an original card...........................294