Brother PE-DESIGN V7 instruction manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Managing Embroidery designs
(Design Database)		61
Step1	Checking embroidery design files ...	61
Step2	Opening an embroidery design file
	in Layout & Editing	63
Case1	Printing a catalog of embroidery
	designs	63
Case2	Searching for an embroidery
	design	64
Entering Monograms (Layout & Editing)		66
Step1	Creating monograms	66
Step2	Changing the font and character
	size	67
Step3	Changing the thread color and sew
	type	68
Step4	Adjusting the size and position
	of the decorative pattern	69
Step5	Saving the embroidery design	70
Step6	Transferring the design to an
	original card	71
Creating Appliqués		72
Step1	Creating an appliqué pattern	72
Step2	Saving the design	74
Step3	Transferring the design to
	an original card	74
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Pattern (Layout & Editing/
Image to Stitch Wizard)		76
Importing Image Data		76
Importing image/photo data		76
Importing image data from a scanner
or digital camera		76
Creating a portrait image		77
Importing image data from the Clipboard ....		78
Changing the Image Settings		79
Changing the display of the background
image	...........................................................	79
Changing the size and position
of the image		79
Automatically Converting an Image to an
Embroidery Pattern
(Image to Stitch Wizard)		80
Automatically converting an image to an
embroidery pattern (Auto Punch)		81
Automatically converting a photo to an
embroidery pattern
(Photo Stitch 1/Photo Stitch 2)		82
Automatically converting an image
to a cross stitch pattern (Cross Stitch)		91
Arranging Embroidery Designs
(Layout & Editing)		94
Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs		94
Creating a new embroidery design		94
Opening a Layout & Editing file		94
Importing embroidery design files		95
Importing embroidery designs from an
embroidery card		97

Importing embroidery designs from Design
Center	98
Specifying the Design Page Size and Color ...	99
Saving the Image Data	100
Editing Embroidery Designs	101
Selecting patterns	101
Moving patterns	101
Scaling patterns	103
Flipping patterns horizontally or vertically..	104
Rotating patterns	104
Grouping embroidery patterns	105
Reshaping Embroidery Patterns	106
Selecting points	106
Moving points	106
Inserting points	107
Deleting points	108
Transforming straight lines into curves
or curves into straight lines	108
Smoothing out the path at a point	109
Symmetrically adjusting the control
handles of a point	109
Transforming to a pointed path	110
Moving entry/exit points and the center
point	110
Editing a Stitch Pattern	113
Converting objects to a stitch pattern	113
Editing stitch points of stitch pattern	113
Changing colors of a stitch pattern	115
Converting a stitch pattern to blocks	115
Splitting off parts of a stitch pattern	116
Drawing Shapes	118
About circles and arcs	118
Drawing a circle or an oval	118
Drawing an arc	118
Drawing a fan shape	119
Drawing an arc & string	120
Selecting the circle/arc type	120
Drawing a rectangle	121
Specifying the radius of the rectangle
corners	121
Drawing various shapes	121
About straight lines and curves	122
Drawing straight lines and curves	123
Selecting the attributes of line ends	124
Manually Creating Professional-Level
Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)	125
Adding Text	127
Entering Text	127
Selecting text attributes	128
Editing entered text	130
Selecting characters	131
Specifying text attributes	132
Easy changes to the character size
and attributes	133
Specifying text arrangement	135
Transforming text	137
Specifying TrueType text attributes	137

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