Layout & editing, Moving stitch points 1, Inserting stitch points and feeds 1 – Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 User Manual

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Advanced Opreation

Layout & Editing

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Layout & Editing

Editing Embroidery Patterns

• To select an additional stitch point in the

stitching order, hold down the

key

and press the

→

↓

key. To select an

additional stitch point in the opposite
direction of the stitching order, hold down
the

key and press the

←

↑

key. Holding down the

key and

pressing the opposite arrow key deselects
the stitch point.

• To deselect the current stitch point and

select the following point in the stitching

direction, hold down the

key and

press the

→

↓

key. To deselect the

current stitch point and select the previous
point in the stitching direction, hold down
the

key and press the

←

↑

key.

• To select all stitch points in the next color,

press the

key. To select all stitch

points in the previous color, hold down the

key and press the

key.

→ Selected points appear as small black

squares.

■

Moving stitch points

Drag the selected stitch points to the new
location.

Memo:

• To move the selected stitch point

horizontally or vertically, hold down the

key while dragging it.

• Pressing the arrow keys moves the

selected stitch point 0.1 mm in the
direction of the arrow on the key.

■

Inserting stitch points and feeds

Click a line between two stitch points to add a
new point at that position.

Memo:

To insert a stitch point and change the
previous line into a feed, hold down the

and

keys while clicking on

the line.

■

Deleting stitch points

Press the

key to delete the

selected stitch point.

Memo:

If the end point of a feed is deleted, that feed
segment is deleted and the stitches before
and after the feed are connected.

■

Editing entry/exit points for each
color of the stitch data

Click

on the Tool Box.

→ Two buttons appear:

Click .

→ The shape of the pointer changes to

Click the object that you want to edit.

→ The stitch points in the object appear as

small empty squares.

To select the entry point of the first thread

color, press the

and

keys.

To select the exit point of the last thread color,

press

the

and

keys.

To select the entry point of a given color,
select at least one point in that color, and then

press the

key.

To select the exit point of a given color, select
at least one point in that color, and then press

the

key.

Note

When selecting stitch points, be sure to click
the stitch point (do not click a blank area of
the Design Page), otherwise all of the
selected points will be deselected.

Shift

Ctrl

Tab

Shift

Tab

Shift

Ctrl

Shift

Delete

Ctrl

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Ctrl

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