Brother PE-DESIGN V7 - Manual (Page 4)

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Table of Contents
Converting text to outline pattern............... 138
Entering Small Text ................................... 139
Entering Monograms..................................... 140
Editing monograms.................................... 141
Applying and Editing Stamps ........................ 144
Applying a stamp ....................................... 144
Editing a stamp.......................................... 145
Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and
Regions......................................................... 147
Setting the thread color and sew type ....... 148
Specifying sewing attributes ...................... 151
Creating a gradation .................................. 162
Editing User Thread Color Lists................. 162
Saving frequently used sewing attributes .. 165
Preventing overlapping stitching
(hole sewing) ............................................. 166
Creating appliqués (Applique Wizard) ....... 167
Zooming ........................................................ 168
Zooming in................................................. 168
Zooming out............................................... 168
Displaying at actual size ............................ 168
Displaying selected patterns to fill
the window................................................. 168
Zooming Design Page to window .............. 168
Checking Embroidery Patterns ..................... 169
Measuring the distance between
two points .................................................. 169
Specifying the sewing area........................ 169
Checking and editing the sewing
order/color ................................................. 170
Displaying a preview of the embroidery..... 172
Checking the stitching ............................... 173
Checking embroidery design information .. 174
Viewing design in the reference window ... 175
Saving and Printing....................................... 177
Saving........................................................ 177
Printing ...................................................... 180
Changing Software Settings ......................... 183
Changing the grid settings......................... 183
Changing the measurement units.............. 183
Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop
Users............................................................. 184
Creating design for multi-position hoops ... 184
Embroidering large-size embroidery
design (custom size).................................. 189
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns
From Images (Design Center) ................ 193
Basic Operation Flow - Design Center.......... 193
Original Image Stage .................................... 194
Importing an image using the wizard......... 194
Importing image data from a TWAIN
device ........................................................ 195
Line Image Stage.......................................... 196
Extracting the outlines of an image ........... 196
Drawing a New line image freehand.......... 197
Drawing and erasing outlines .................... 198
Figure Handle Stage ..................................... 199
Changing settings for converting
to outlines .................................................. 199
Changing the display of the background
image ......................................................... 200
Changing the size and position of the
background image ..................................... 200
Specifying the Design Page size ............... 201
Drawing a New figure handle image
freehand..................................................... 202
Editing outlines .......................................... 202
Reshaping outlines .................................... 205
Drawing a broken line ................................ 206
Viewing outlines in the Reference
Window ...................................................... 207
Sew Setting Stage......................................... 209
Specifying the fabric color.......................... 209
Applying sewing attributes to lines
and regions ................................................ 209
Using the Sewing Attributes bar ................ 213
Saving frequently used sewing attributes .. 226
Applying and editing stamps...................... 228
Checking and editing the sewing order...... 230
Checking the stitching................................ 231
Displaying a preview of the embroidery..... 231
Viewing embroidery patterns in
the Reference Window .............................. 233
Saving embroidery patterns....................... 234
Importing the embroidery pattern into
Layout & Editing......................................... 235
Changing Software Settings ...................... 236
Creating Custom Fonts
(Font Creator)........................................... 237
Starting up Font Creator................................ 237
Opening a File............................................... 237
Creating a new font.................................... 237
Opening a font file...................................... 237
Opening an image in the background........ 238
The Design Page guidelines...................... 239
Selecting the Character To Be Created ........ 241
Creating a Font Character Pattern ................ 242
Editing Font Character Patterns.................... 244
Selecting patterns ...................................... 244
Moving patterns ......................................... 244
Scaling patterns ......................................... 245
Deleting patterns........................................ 245
Cutting out patterns ................................... 245
Copying patterns........................................ 245
Duplicating patterns ................................... 245
Pasting a cut or copied pattern .................. 245
Flipping patterns horizontally ..................... 246
Flipping patterns
vertically..................................................... 246
Rotating patterns ....................................... 246