Brother PE-DESIGN Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Layout & Editing Window
1 Toolbar
Provides shortcuts for the menu commands.
2 Sewing Attributes bar
Sets the sewing attributes (color and sew type)
of lines and regions in the pattern.
3 Tool Box
Used to create, select and edit patterns.
4 Reference Window
Displays all patterns in the work area, giving you
an overview while you work on a detailed area.
c
“Viewing design in the reference wi ndow”
on page 66.
5 Design Page
The actual part of the work area that can be
saved and sewn.
6 Work area
7 Thread colors, sewing attributes and text
attributes
This dialog box combines tabs for specifying
thread colors, sewing attributes and text
attributes. Click a tab to display the parameters.
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs
Creating a new embroidery
design
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click File, then New.
→A new Design Page appears.
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bMemo:
The default value for the design page size in
this example is 100 ×100 mm (4 × 4 inche s).
bMemo:
• To display this dialog box, click or ,
or select the menu command
Sew - Sewing
Attribute Setting
or Text - Text Attribute
Setting .
To close this dialog box, click .
• When the application is firs t started, this
combined dialog box is attached at the right
side of the window. This dialog box can be
moved by dragging it or double-clicking its
title bar (bar at the top of the dialog box ). To
return the dialog box to its original attache d
position, drag it to the right side of the
window or double-click its title bar.
bMemo:
Multiple files can be opened in Layout & Editing. In addition, data can be copied and pasted between files that
are open at the same time.
bMemo:
The size of the Design Page can be changed.
c
“Specifying the Design Page Size
and Color” on page 68.