Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 101)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
4.
To open a file, select it, and then click Open,
or double-click the file’s icon.
→ If the current Design Page has already
been saved or has not been edited, the
contents of the selected file immediately
appear in the Design Page.
→ If the current Design Page has not been
saved, you will be asked whether you
want to save the changes.
c
“Saving” on page 177
Importing embroidery
design files
Embroidery designs from embroidery cards (.pec)
and files created in the Tajima (.dst), Melco (.exp),
Pfaff (.pcs), Husqvarna/Viking (.hus, .vip, .shv),
Janome (.jef, .sew), Singer (.csd, .xxx) and
embroidery sewing machine (.phc) formats can be
imported and added to the current Design Page.
With this function, you can also add .pes files to the
Design Page, allowing you to combine several files
created with this application.
Toolbar button:
1.
Click , or click File, then Import, then
from File.
b
Memo:
• To return to the File Open dialog box, click
Cancel.
• To see a more detailed design, select a file,
and then click Preview. A Preview dialog
box similar to the one shown below appears.
• To open the displayed file, click Open.
• To return to the Browse dialog box,
click Cancel.
a
Note:
If a .pes file is saved with objects extending
off the Design Page or with the number of
stitches or number of colors for the objects
exceeding the Design Page limitations, a
preview of the design cannot be displayed.
b
Memo:
An embroidery design that is displayed in
Explorer can also be opened by dragging to
the Layout & Editing window.
b
Memo:
• To save the Design Page, click Yes.
• To abandon the Design Page, click No.
• To return to the Design Page, for example,
to modify it or save it with another file name,
click Cancel.