Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Checking the stitching, Stitches, and then click

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

3.If necessary, use the Contrast slider to set the contrast.

4.If necessary, use the Brightness slider to set how bright the display is.

5.Click Apply to display a realistic preview of the patterns with the new settings (when the realistic preview is displayed).

Or, click OK to save the settings for the next time that the Realistic Preview function is select (when the realistic preview is not displayed).

b Memo:

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

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Checking the stitching

The actual stitching as it will be performed by the embroidery machine can be viewed using the stitch simulator. You can choose to view the stitching simulation of whole designs or, for large designs created on a custom-sized Design Page, view it by pattern section.

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click Display, then Stitch Simulator.

The Stitch Simulator dialog box appears, and the embroidery design is cleared from the Design Page.

To begin the stitching simulation, click

.

b Memo:

•During the stitching simulation, the play

button ( ) changes to a pause

button ( ).

•A marker ( ) indicates the current position in the simulation.

•To get a better view of the stitching, zoom in on the design before opening the Stitch Simulator dialog box.

To reverse the simulation to the beginning of

the previous color, click .

To advance the simulation to the beginning of

the next color, click .

To reverse the stitching by a specific number of stitches, type or select the desired number

of stitches, and then click .

To advance the stitching by a specific number of stitches, type or select the desired number

of stitches, and then click .

To reverse the stitching to the previous design

section, click .

To advance the stitching to the next design

section, click .

b Memo:

and appear only for design created on custom-sized Design Pages.

To stop the simulation and return to the

previous display, click .

b Memo:

The slider shows the current location in the simulation. In addition, the slider can be moved to change the position in the simulation.

Drag the slider indicated by to adjust the simulation stitching speed.

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