Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 13)

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Description of New Features
New Features of Version 7
■ Stitch generation
• Added Line Sewing Type: Triple Stitch (page 150, page 153, page 218)
• Added Region Sewing Type: Random Walking Stitch (stippling-style stitch) (page 150, page 160, page 224)
• Variations of under sewing
- Added new under sewing type to the Region Sewing Attributes (page 155, page 156, page 157, page 219,
page 220, page 221)
- Under sewing can be set for zigzag stitching, manual punching, and text (page 153, page 157, page 218)
• Motif stitch can be set to manual punching (page 150)
• Piping Stitch can be set to regions (page 150)
• New zigzag stitch corners have been added to the Line Sewing Attributes
- (2 styles of Sharp Corners) (page 153, page 218)
• Expanded motif sizing and spacing
- The motif can be spaced vertically and horizontally (“Spacing” (page 154), “H-Spacing” and “V-Spacing”
(page 159, page 223))
- The motif can be sized up to 100 x 100 mm (3.94 x 3.94 inches) (page 154, page 159, page 223)
■ Editing functions and user interface
• Auto repeat using arrow keys (page 101, page 106, page 202, page 205)
• Can save Personal Sewing Attribute settings (page 165, page 226)
Layout & Editing
• Newly created custom Fonts can be used in Layout & Editing (From Font Creator) (page 305)
• New Small Fonts (Minimum Font size 3.0 mm (0.12 inch)) (page 139)
• Embroidery letters of 2-byte characters for True Type Font can be entered (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, etc.)
(page 324)
• Monogramming function includes more decorative frames. All built in fonts, True Type Font, and custom created
fonts from Font Creator can now be used with the Monogram function (page 66, page 140)
• Transforming text can be done by dragging. Kerning, Sizing, Rotating, vertical offset can be done by dragging the
individual letters (page 133, page 137)
• Can generate a curved outline in the Auto Punch function (page 81)
• Improved editing functions for curved outlines (page 109, page 109, page 110)
• Shape tool has been added to the left tool bar with 24 built in shapes (page 121)
• Six additional stitch formats can be imported and exported: All formats include: .pec, .pes, .dst, .exp, .pcs, .hus,
.vip, .shv, .jef, .sew, .csd, .xxx and .phc (.pec and .phc are import only.) (page 95, page 277)
• Additional fading levels in Image display (page 79)
• Enables the ability to drag & drop clip art, pes files, and stitch format files into Layout & Editing (page 76, page 95,
page 96)
• Improved Photo Stitch function:
- Easier process to create an embroidery pattern from a Photo (page 27, page 82, page 85, page 289)
- Improved processing speed and color selection (page 27, page 82, page 289)
Design Center
• “Detect Outlines” function to select the outline of an image in “Cut out to Line Image” dialog (page 196, page 197)
• “Figure Handle Stage” has the ability to connect/split a line (page 206)
• Enables the color of a portion of the outline to be changed in the Sew Setting Stage (page 211)
• New button to easily export a design from Sew Setting Stage to Layout & Editing (page 42, page 235)
• Allows up to 20 Undo/Redo operations (page 204)
• Enables to display template image on Figure Handle Stage and enable to display original image on Sew Setting
Stage in the Reference Window (page 200, page 208)
Design Database
• Can drag and drop a design from the Design Database into Layout & Editing (page 277, page 277)
• Can write to an original card from Design Database (page 284)
• Property box when outputting CSV files and printing, enables to output the thread codes (page 63, page 64,
page 278, page 287, page 288)
■ General
• New Font Creator program to create custom fonts (page 237, page 296)
• Automatically checks and updates the newest version (page 9)
• Additional sample files for images and embroidery patterns