Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 - Manual (Page 8)

Bef
ore Using
Design Center
La
y
out & Editing
File Utility
Programmable
Stich Creator
Contents
Quik Ref
erence
Alphabetic Inde
x
Getting Star
ted
• Deleting points..................................................... 64
Line Drawing Mode ................................................... 65
• Drawing a broken line ......................................... 65
Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 65
Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 66
Zoom-out Mode......................................................... 66
Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size ...... 66
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Using the Stage 4 Tool Box ................................... 67
Region Setting Mode ................................................ 67
• Applying the sewing attributes to a region ......... 67
• Checking the sewing attributes of a region ........ 68
Line (all) Setting Mode .............................................. 69
• Applying the sewing attributes to an outline....... 69
• Checking the sewing attributes of an outline ..... 69
Line (part) Setting Mode ........................................... 70
• Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of
the outline .............................................................70
• Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of
an outline ..............................................................71
Hole Sewing Mode.................................................... 72
Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 72
Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 72
Zoom-out Mode......................................................... 72
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar........................... 73
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ......................... 73
• Region sew.......................................................... 73
• Line sew ............................................................. 74
• Color ................................................................... 75
• Stitch ................................................................... 76
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................... 77
File Menu................................................................... 77
• New Line Image .................................................. 78
• New Figure Data ................................................. 78
• Wizard ................................................................. 79
• Open.................................................................... 81
• Select TWAIN device.......................................... 82
• Input from TWAIN device.................................... 83
• Input from Clipboard ........................................... 83
• Output to Clipboard............................................. 84
• Import Figure ....................................................... 84
• Save..................................................................... 85
• Save As ............................................................... 85
• Exit....................................................................... 86
Edit Menu .................................................................. 87
• Undo .................................................................... 87
• Redo .................................................................... 87
• Cut ....................................................................... 87
• Copy .................................................................... 88
• Duplicate.............................................................. 88
• Paste.................................................................... 88
• Delete .................................................................. 88
• Mirror – Horizontal............................................... 89
• Mirror – Vertical ................................................... 89
• Rotate .................................................................. 90
• Numerical Setting-Size ....................................... 90
• Numerical Setting-Rotate ................................... 91
• Select All ............................................................. 91
Sew Menu................................................................. 92
• Sewing Attributes................................................ 92
• Sewing Order...................................................... 96
Display Menu ............................................................ 98
• Grid Setup........................................................... 98
• Preview ............................................................... 99
• Refresh Window ................................................. 99
• Realistic Preview ................................................ 99
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting ..................... 99
• Toolbar.............................................................. 100
• Status Bar ......................................................... 100
Option Menu ........................................................... 101
• Layout & Editing ............................................... 101
• Programmable Stitch Creator .......................... 101
• File Utility........................................................... 101
• Design Page Property ...................................... 101
• Select Color Arrangement................................ 102
• Select System Unit ........................................... 103
Stage Menu ............................................................ 104
• To Original Image ............................................. 104
• To Line Image................................................... 104
• To Figure Handle.............................................. 106
• To Sew Setting ................................................. 108
• To Photo Stitch ................................................. 109
Help Menu............................................................... 114
• Contents............................................................ 114
• Using................................................................. 114
• Customer support............................................. 114
• About Design Center........................................ 115
Layout & Editing
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The Screen.............................................................. 117
■ Using the Tool Box................................................ 118
Selection Mode....................................................... 119
• Selecting patterns............................................. 119
• Selecting patterns 2.......................................... 119
• Moving patterns ................................................ 119
• Scaling patterns................................................ 120
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically....... 120
• Rotating a pattern ............................................. 121
Point Edit Mode ...................................................... 122
• Moving points.................................................... 122
• Reorienting a tangent to a point....................... 123
• Inserting points ................................................. 123
• Deleting points .................................................. 124
• Realigning......................................................... 124
• Selecting characters on a text pattern ............. 125
Zoom Mode............................................................. 125
• Zooming in ........................................................ 126
• Zooming out...................................................... 126
• Zooming to the real size................................... 126