Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Opening a Pattern File, Pas files or Motif for .pmf files

Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)

Opening a Pattern File

A previously saved programmable stitch file can be opened to be edited.

Toolbar button:

1.Click , or click File, then Open.

→An Open dialog box similar to the one shown below appears.

2.Select the drive and the folder.

b Memo:

•If the Preview check box is selected, the contents of the selected file will appear in the Preview box.

•To quit the operation and close the dialog

box, click Cancel. 4.

a Note:

To open a fill/stamp stitch pattern, be sure to select a folder that contains .pas files. To open a motif stitch pattern, be sure to select a folder that contains .pmf files.

3.To view the contents of the .pas and .pmf files in the currently selected folder, click Browse.

→A Browse dialog box similar to the one shown below appears.

b Memo:

•To return to the Open dialog box, click Cancel.

•A green arrow through the middle of the stitch pattern indicates motif stitch patterns (.pmf). Otherwise, the data is a fill/stamp stitch pattern (.pas).

•Stamps are identified by the red- (engraving effect sewn with the fill stitch) and blue-filled areas (embossing effect sewn with satin stitching).

To open a file, select it, and then click Open, or double-click the file’s icon.

→If the current work area has already been saved or has not been edited, the contents of the selected file immediately appear in the work area.

b Memo:

The mode will automatically change to match that of the selected pattern (Fill/Stamp for

.pas files or Motif for .pmf files).

→If the current work area has not been saved, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

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