Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 - Manual (Page 9)

Bef
ore Using
Design Center
La
y
out & Editing
File Utility
Programmable
Stich Creator
Contents
Quik Ref
erence
Alphabetic Inde
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Getting Star
ted
• Enlarging selected objects to the screen size.. 126
• Return to the standard scale............................. 126
Text Input Mode ...................................................... 127
• Entering text ...................................................... 127
Circle and Arc Drawing Mode................................. 128
• Drawing a circle or an ellipse............................ 129
• Drawing an arc .................................................. 129
• Drawing a fan shape ......................................... 130
• Drawing an arc & string..................................... 130
Rectangle Drawing Mode ....................................... 131
• Drawing a box ................................................... 131
Line Drawing Mode ................................................. 131
• Drawing a broken line ....................................... 131
Curve Drawing Mode .............................................. 132
• Drawing a curve ................................................ 132
Manual Punching Mode .......................................... 133
• Creating a manual punching pattern ................ 133
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar......................... 135
Setting Geometrical Attributes ................................ 136
• Arc shape ......................................................... 136
• Edge radius ...................................................... 136
• Path shape ....................................................... 137
Setting Text Attributes............................................. 137
• Font ................................................................... 137
• Text size ........................................................... 139
• Transform level ................................................. 140
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ....................... 141
• Line sew ............................................................ 141
• Region sew........................................................ 142
• Color ................................................................. 143
• Stitch ................................................................. 145
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................. 146
File Menu................................................................. 147
• New.................................................................... 147
• Open.................................................................. 148
• Import – from File .............................................. 149
• Import – from Design Center ............................ 151
• Template Open ................................................. 152
• Save................................................................... 153
• Save As ............................................................. 153
• Export ................................................................ 154
• Write to Card ..................................................... 154
• Property ............................................................. 155
• Print Setup......................................................... 155
• Print Preview ..................................................... 157
• Print ................................................................... 158
• Exit..................................................................... 159
Edit Menu ................................................................ 160
• Undo .................................................................. 160
• Redo .................................................................. 160
• Group................................................................. 161
• Ungroup............................................................. 161
• Cut ..................................................................... 161
• Copy .................................................................. 162
• Duplicate............................................................ 162
• Paste.................................................................. 162
• Delete................................................................ 163
• Mirror – Horizontal ............................................ 163
• Mirror – Vertical ................................................ 163
• Rotate ............................................................... 164
• Numerical Setting-Size..................................... 165
• Numerical Setting-Rotate ................................. 166
• Center ............................................................... 166
• Align .................................................................. 167
• Sew Order......................................................... 168
• Select All ........................................................... 169
Text Menu............................................................... 170
• Edit Text Letters................................................ 170
• Text Attribute Setting ........................................ 171
• Fit Text to Path Setting..................................... 172
• Release Text from Path ................................... 174
• Transform Text ................................................. 174
• Clear Transformation........................................ 175
• TrueType Font Attribute Setting....................... 175
Sew Menu............................................................... 177
• Sewing Attribute Setting................................... 177
• Check Sewing Order ........................................ 183
• Set hole sewing ................................................ 184
• Cancel hole sewing .......................................... 185
• Stitch to Block ................................................... 185
• Change colors of a stitch object....................... 186
• Select Sewing Area .......................................... 187
• Optimize hoop change ..................................... 188
Display Menu .......................................................... 189
• Grid Setup......................................................... 189
• Preview ............................................................. 190
• Refresh Window ............................................... 190
• Realistic Preview .............................................. 190
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting ................... 190
• Template-On, Faded, Off ................................. 191
• Toolbar.............................................................. 191
• Status Bar ......................................................... 192
Option Menu ........................................................... 193
• Design Center................................................... 193
• Programmable Stitch Creator .......................... 193
• File Utility........................................................... 193
• Design Property................................................ 194
• Design Page Property ...................................... 195
• Select Color Arrangement................................ 195
• Select System Unit ........................................... 196
Help Menu............................................................... 197
• Contents............................................................ 197
• Using................................................................. 197
• Customer support............................................. 197
• About Layout & Editing..................................... 198
File Utility
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The Screen.............................................................. 199
■ Install Embroidery Card........................................ 200