Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 5)

Basic Operation
Advanced Opreation
Design Center
Advanced Opreation Layout & Editing
Advanced Opreation
Programmable Stitch Creator
Advanced Opreation Design Database
Reference
Design Center
Reference
Layout & Editing
Reference
Programmable Stitch Creator
Reference
Design Database
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Table of Contents
Before Use ................................................... 1
What You Can Do With This Software.............. 1
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From an Image........................................................ 1
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From a Photo .......................................................... 1
Easily Create Large-Size Embroidery Designs ...... 2
Have Fun Creating Embroidery Patterns
Manually................................................................. 2
Create Embroidery Patterns Using All Three
Applications............................................................ 2
Overview of the Manual .................................... 3
Structure of the manual .......................................... 3
List of terms used ................................................... 3
Introduction ....................................................... 4
Applications of the software................................... 4
Package contents .................................................... 5
Optional supplies .................................................... 6
Principal parts......................................................... 6
Installation......................................................... 7
Installation procedure ............................................. 7
System requirements .............................................. 8
[STEP 1] Installing the software ............................ 8
[STEP 2] Installing the driver for the card writer
module .................................................................. 10
[STEP 3] Upgrading the USB card writer
module .................................................................. 12
Online registration ................................................ 13
Uninstallation ....................................................... 13
Technical support ................................................. 13
Tips and Techniques for Creating Embroidery
Patterns........................................................... 14
Sew Types ...................................................... 15
Chapter 1
Basic Operation ........................ 17
Getting Started .......................................... 18
About This Chapter ......................................... 18
Automatically Creating Embroidery
Patterns...................................................... 19
Using the Auto Punch Function ...................... 19
Step1 Starting up Layout & Editing ................. 19
Step2 Opening an image file ............................ 20
Step3 Adjusting the size and position of the
image ...................................................... 21
Step4 Automatically converting the image to an
embroidery pattern.................................. 21
Step5 Displaying a preview of the embroidery
pattern ..................................................... 22
Step6 Saving the embroidery pattern................ 23
Step7 Transferring the pattern to an original
card ......................................................... 24
Step8 Quitting Layout & Editing...................... 24
Using a Photo Stitch Function......................... 25
Step1 Starting up Layout & Editing ................. 25
Step2 Opening an image file............................. 26
Step3 Adjusting the size and position of the
image ...................................................... 27
Step4 Automatically converting the image
to an embroidery pattern......................... 27
Creating and Editing Embroidery
Patterns ...................................................... 30
Using Design Center ....................................... 30
Step1 Starting up Design Center....................... 30
Step2 Opening an image file............................. 31
Step3 Continuing to stage 2 (Line Image
stage)....................................................... 31
Step4 Editing lines ............................................ 32
Step5 Continuing to stage 3 (Figure Handle
stage)....................................................... 33
Step6 Continuing to stage 4 (Sew Setting
stage)....................................................... 34
Step7 Specifying sewing attributes................... 34
Step8 Previewing the image ............................. 37
Step9 Saving the file ......................................... 38
Using Layout & Editing.................................... 39
Step1 Importing embroidery patterns from
Design Center ......................................... 39
Step2 Adjusting the size and position of the
embroidery pattern.................................. 40
Step3 Adding shapes......................................... 41
Step4 Adding text ............................................. 43
Step5 Fitting the text around the oval............... 44
Step6 Adding a circle for the center of the
sun........................................................... 45
Step7 Selecting a programmable fill stitch....... 46
Step8 Adding a closed broken line for the sun’s
rays.......................................................... 48
Step9 Changing the sewing order of sun and
rays.......................................................... 49
Step10 Adjusting the rays................................... 50
Step11 Setting hole sewing................................. 50
Step12 Previewing the embroidery pattern......... 51
Step13 Transferring the pattern to an original
card ......................................................... 52
Step14 Saving the file ......................................... 53
Step15 Quitting Layout & Editing...................... 53
Using Programmable Stitch Creator ............... 54
Step1 Starting up Programmable Stitch
Creator .................................................... 54
Step2 Opening a programmable stitch pattern.. 55
Step3 Drawing lines to edit the stitch pattern ... 56
Step4 Applying embossing/engraving effects .. 57
Step5 Saving the edited stitch pattern............... 58
Step6 Quitting Programmable Stitch Creator ... 58
Creating Large-Size Embroidery
Patterns ...................................................... 59
Designing a large-size embroidery pattern........... 59
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