Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 161)

Advanced Opreation Layout & Editing
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Layout & Editing
Editing Embroidery Patterns
b
Memo:
To remove the last point that was entered,
click the right mouse button.
6. After clicking point 8 (the last point of the
block-type pattern), click (feed-type
pattern button), and then in the Design Page
to specify point 9 (the start point of the
running-type pattern).
7.
Click (running-type pattern button), and
then click in the Design Page to specify points
10, 11, and 12, as shown in the above
illustration.
8. To complete the pattern, double-click point 13
(the last point of the entire pattern).
b
Memo:
• When entering points, change the punch
type by pressing the appropriate shortcut
key.
• A template image is needed in order to use
the semi-automatic block-type punch tool.
If there is no image, this tool will create a
punching pattern like the straight block-
type punch tool.
• Once the pattern is drawn, you can still
transform straight block-type patterns into
curved block-type patterns and vice versa.
For details, refer to “Transforming straight
lines into curves or curves into straight
lines” on page 137.
Entering Text
1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ Two buttons appear: .
2. Click .
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears similar to the one shown below.
3.
If necessary, change the font, text size, color
and sew type.
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Memo:
• You can change the font, text size, color,
and sew type either before or after creating
the text. For more details on changing
these settings, refer to “Font” on page 154,
“Text Size” on page 156, “Color” on
page 169 and “Sew type” on page 170.
• You can also use the settings in the
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box and
the Text Attribute Setting dialog box to
define other attributes of the text. (For
more details, refer to “Specifying sewing
attributes” on page 171 and “Specifying
text attributes” on page 157.) If you do not
change these settings at this time, the
current settings will be applied, however
you can modify them later.
4. Click in the Design Page where you want the
text to appear.
→ The Edit Text Letters dialog box ap-
pears, containing a chart with all charac-
ters available with the selected font.
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8 9
10 11
12 13
Run pitch
a
Note:
• If one of the fonts provided with this
application (01 to 35) is selected, the line
sewing attributes cannot be changed.
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