Brother PE-DESIGN manual Special colors, Sew type, Arranging Embroidery Designs, b Memo

Arranging Embroidery Designs

1.Click the Color button.

→A Thread Color dialog box similar to the one shown below appears.

b Memo:

•If the View Details check box is selected, the dialog box shown on the left appears. If the check box is cleared, the dialog box shown on the right appears.

•In the View Detail mode, 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.

2.From the Thread Chart selector, select a thread brand.

3.From the list of thread colors, select the desired color.

b Memo:

•The color can also be selected by double- clicking it.

•For details on the four buttons under the list, refer to “Special colors” on page 40.

4.Click OK.

b Memo:

To quit the operation, click Cancel.

→This setting is applied to all patterns of the same type that you will create, until the setting is changed. The color button of each category shows the current color for that category.

→If a pattern is selected, the setting is applied to the selected pattern.

■Special colors

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DEFINEDAPPLIQUE

APPLIQUE

POSITION

APPLIQUE MATERIAL

→NOT DEFINED: Embroidery machines that feature automatic thread color display will automatically switch the display to the specified color. If you are using such a machine and if you want to be able to select manually the color for a monochrome pattern, you can select NOT DEFINED.

•The following buttons are not available when creating embroidery data with PE-DESIGN Lite.

APPLIQUE MATERIAL APPLIQUE POSITION APPLIQUE

■Sew type

Use these to set the sew type for inside regions and text.

b Memo:

•The Region sew type selector appears in the Sewing Attributes bar when the Select Object tool is selected.

•When you enter the text input mode, or select an existing pattern, the sew type selector for the corresponding pattern appears.

1.Click in a sew type selector.

→The available settings that appear differ depending on the object that is selected.

Object type	Region sew type settings
Text	Satin Stitch, Fill Stitch,
Others	Satin Stitch, Fill Stitch.

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