Brother PE-DESIGN 8 - Manual (Page 64)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Editing a Stitch Pattern
In stitch patterns, stitches appears as solid lines ( ), and jump stitches appear as dotted lines ( ).
Converting objects to a
stitch pattern
Objects drawn with the tools in Layout & Editing can
be converted into a stitch pattern, allowing you to
make detailed changes by modifying the position of
individual stitches.
c
“Drawing Shapes” on page 70.
1.
Select the object.
2.
Click Sew, then Convert to Stitches.
The selected object is converted to stitch
pattern.
→ The dotted line around the converted
pattern indicates that it is a stitch pattern.
Each stitch of the converted pattern can
be edited with the Edit Point tool.
Selecting stitch points of
stitch pattern
1.
Click , then .
2.
Click the object.
→ The stitch points in the stitch pattern
appear as small empty squares.
3.
To select a single stitch point, click an empty
square.
→ The selected stitch point appears as a
small black square.
b
Memo:
• If any part of grouped objects, objects set for
hole sewing, and text arranged on shapes is
selected, all objects in the entire group are
converted to stitch patterns.
• Patterns that do not have sewing attributes
applied are deleted when the object is
converted to stitch pattern.
• Object means patterns created with Shape
tools or Text tools or Manual Punch tools.
a
Note:
Stitch pattern are surrounded with a dotted
line.
If the object is not surrounded by a dotted
line, it cannot be edited. Stitch points cannot
be edited if the pattern is not a stitch pattern.
b
Memo:
• If you click on a jump stitch, the points at
both ends are selected.
• Multiple stitch points can be selected in the
same way that embroidery pattern points
are selected.
c
“Selecting points” on page 56.
• 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.
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