Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 177)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Editing the sewing order
The sewing order can be changed by selecting the
frame containing the pattern that you want to move,
then dragging the frame to the new location. A
vertical red line appears, indicating the position
where the frame is being moved.
An alternative method for moving the frames is by
clicking the buttons at the bottom of the dialog box.
To move the selected pattern to the beginning
of the sewing order, click .
To move the selected pattern ahead one
position in the sewing order, click .
To move the selected pattern back one
position in the sewing order, click .
To move the selected pattern to the end of the
sewing order, click .
Combining patterns of the same color
When a Design Page contains a combination of
patterns, those patterns with the same color can be
grouped together from the Sewing Order/Color
dialog box. Simply drag the frame of the patterns
with the same color to position them beside each
other.
Editing the color
1.
Select the frame for the pattern whose color
you want to change, and then click .
→ The Thread Color dialog box appears.
2.
Select the desired color, and then click OK.
→ The object appears in the new color in the
Sewing Order/Color dialog box and in
the Design Page.
3.
Click OK.
→ The pattern is displayed with the new
color.
b
Memo:
When dragging a frame containing combined
patterns, the patterns will display in separate
frames after you release them. Click to
the left of the first pattern for that color to
recombine them into one frame. Dropping a
frame containing combined patterns next to
another frame containing combined patterns
of the same color displays all patterns in
separate frames.
a
Note:
• Pieces of patterns that have been cut with
the Split stitch tool appear at the end of the
sewing order, depending on the sewing
order of the original pattern and can be
edited as any other pattern.
• The sewing order of the separate pattern
sections cannot be edited. It is
automatically determined by the order set
for the whole design.
• Objects with no sewing attributes appear
in a dotted frame, and there is no number
for the sewing order below the frame.
b
Memo:
Check the stitching after changing the sewing
order to be sure that overlapping patterns will
not be sewn in the wrong order.
b
Memo:
• To switch between displaying the thread
color number and brand and the thread
color name in the list of thread colors, select
the View Details check box.
• To display the colors arranged according to
their tones (from warm colors to cold
colors), click Color in the heading for the list
of thread colors. Click Color again to
reverse the order (from cold colors to warm
colors). To return the list to its original
display, click Index in the heading.
b
Memo:
To close the dialog box without applying the
changes to the settings, click Cancel.