Brother PE-DESIGN manual Scaling patterns, Flipping patterns horizontally or vertically

Arranging Embroidery Designs

b Memo:

•To move the pattern horizontally or

vertically, hold down the key while dragging it.

•Pressing the arrow keys moves the selected pattern 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) in the direction of the arrow on the key. Holding down the arrow key for the desired direction continues moving the outline in that direction.

•If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the pattern one grid mark in the direction of the arrow on the key. Refer to “Changing the grid settings” on page 55.

■Moving embroidery patterns to the center

The selected patterns can easily be moved to the center of Design Page.

1.Select one or more patterns.

2.Click Edit, then Center.

→All selected patterns move to the center of Design Page.

Scaling patterns

■Scaling manually

1.Select the patterns that you want to resize.

2.Move the pointer over one of the handles of a selected pattern or group of patterns.

→The shape of the pointer changes to ,

, or , depending on the handle that the pointer is over.

b Memo:

• is for scaling the width.

• is for scaling the height.

• and are for scaling both

dimensions at the same time. (The height-to-width proportion is maintained.)

•If the key is held down while a handle is dragged, the pattern is enlarged or reduced from the center of the pattern.

3.Drag the handle to adjust the selected pattern(s) to the desired size.

b Memo:

As you drag the handle, the current size is displayed on the status bar.

Flipping patterns horizontally or vertically

1.Select the pattern that you want to flip horizontally (up/down) or vertically (left/right).

2.To flip the pattern horizontally, click Edit, then

Mirror, then Horizontal, or click on the Toolbar.

To flip the pattern vertically, click Edit, then

Mirror, then Vertical, or click on the Toolbar.

Rotating patterns

■Rotating manually

1.Select the pattern that you want to rotate.

2.Click Edit, then Rotate, or click on the Toolbar.

→The handles around the selected pattern are replaced by smaller squares at the four corners of the selected pattern.

3.Move the pointer over one of the four rotation handles.

→When the pointer is moved over a rotation handle, the shape of the pointer changes

to .

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