Arranging Embroidery Designs

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 .

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.

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.

b Memo:

Check the stitching after changing the sewing order to be sure that overlapping patterns will not be sewn in the wrong order.

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.

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.

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:

To close the dialog box without applying the changes to the settings, click Cancel.

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Brother Brother USB Writer, PE-DESIGN Editing the sewing order, Combining patterns of the same color, Editing the color

Brother USB Writer, PE-DESIGN specifications

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