Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 44)

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
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Specifying sewing attributes for
the regions
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears as shown below.
For the leaves
2.
Click the Region color button ( ) on the
Sewing Attributes bar, click the color LEAF
GREEN in the Region Thread Color dialog
box that appeared, and then click Close.
→ The Region color button ( ) on the
Sewing Attributes bar is displayed in the
selected color.
3.
Click in the Region sew type selector
( ) on the Sewing Attributes bar,
and then click Fill Stitch.
4.
To change the attributes for the fill stitch, click
Sew on the menu bar, and then click Sewing
Attribute.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar
button indicated below.
→ The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box
appears, containing the default settings
for the selected region sew type.
5.
To change the direction of the fill stitching,
click Constant under Direction, move the
pointer over the red arrow inside of the circle
under Constant, and then drag the red arrow
to the desired angle.
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Memo:
• When the pointer is moved over the red
arrow, its shape changes to .
• Using different directions for different
regions can add contrast and improve the
appearance of the embroidery.
6. Click the regions of the leaves to which you
want to apply the attributes.
→ “Marching lines” appear around the se-
lected region.
7.
Repeat steps
5.
and
6.
until attributes are
applied to all leaves.
Sewing Attribute
Direction set to 45°
Direction set to 90°
Direction set to 135°
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