Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Starting up Layout & Editing, Starting up Design Center

Starting up/Exiting Applications

Starting up Layout & Editing

Layout & Editing is used to automatically create embroidery patterns from images and to create embroidery patterns by combining drawn objects and text.

1.Click , then select All Programs, then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Layout & Editing to open the Layout & Editing window.

b Memo:

When Layout & Editing is started up, it automatically checks for the most recent version of the application. (The application can be set not to automatically check for new versions. For details, refer to page 21 of the Quick Reference Guide.) In addition, the newest version can be searched for from the Help menu of Layout & Editing.

→The Layout & Editing window appears.

b Memo:

•To fill the entire screen with the Layout & Editing window, click the maximize button on the right end of the title bar.

•At this time, you can change the Design Page properties by using the menu command Option - Design Page Property. (For more details, refer to page 99.) The

default value for the Design Page size in this example is 100 ⋅ 100 mm. The measurements for values displayed in the application can be in either millimeters or inches. For more details, refer to “Changing the measurement units” on page 183.

Starting up Design Center

Design Center is used to manually create embroidery patterns from images using a four-stage procedure.

1.Click , then select All Programs, then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Design Center to open the Design Center window.

→The How do you want to produce embroidery dialog box and the Design Center window appear.

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