Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Changing settings for converting to outlines

Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)

Figure Handle Stage

After creating the outline, which is simply a collection of dots (or pixels) in the Line Image Stage, continue to the Figure Handle Stage, where the dots are automatically connected to create lines that can be edited. In the Figure Handle Stage, you can use the Point Edit tool to move, delete and insert points, or you can use the Line tool to draw lines.

Changing settings for converting to outlines

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click Stage, then To Figure Handle.

→If you were in the Line Image Stage, the

Figure Object Conversion Setting dialog box appears.

2.Select a setting under Resolution.

This setting determines how detailed the generated figure handle image will be. Basically, the line image is converted into pieces of broken lines. To create more details, more points are needed on the broken lines, which also increases the size of the file.

In general, Normal provides a sufficient resolution without making the file too large. If selecting Coarse gives a satisfactory result for a particular image, select this setting in order to keep the file as small as possible. Select Fine only if the image contains many small details, and the Normal setting does not give a satisfactory result.

3.To replace the black outlines with figure handle lines along the center of the outlines, select the Thinning Process check box, and then use the slider to select the degree of detail.

b Memo:

When the slider is set to Much, even very thick black lines will be replaced with a line along the center.

ON

To replace the black lines with figure handle lines following the border of the outlines, clear the Thinning Process check box.

OFF

4.Use the SIZE slider to set the size.

a Note:

You will not be able to enlarge the image beyond the limits of the Design Page area. If necessary, click Design Page Property, and then change the Design Page size in the dialog box that appeared.

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