Reorienting a tangent to a point, Inserting points, Add or delete a point, see “inserting points – Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 User Manual
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Holding down the
key while dragging the point moves the point horizontally or vertically.
Note that you must drag a point that is selected. If you start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the
outline, a new point will be inserted or the selected point(s) will be deselected.
NOTE:
By pressing the arrow keys, the selected point can be moved 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) to the left,
right, up or down.
•
If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the point 1 grid mark in the
specified direction.
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The arrow keys cannot be used to move the endpoints of an arc or text on a path if just the text
is selected.
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Reorienting a tangent to a point
1
Click
on the Tool Box.
Two buttons appear:
.
2
Click
. The shape of the cursor changes to
.
3
Click the pattern that you want to edit.
The pattern can only be a curve.
The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.
4
Click the point at which you want to reorient the tangent to the curve.
The selected point is marked with a small black square and a control handle.
5
Click on one end of the handle and drag it without releasing the mouse.
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Inserting points
1
Click
on the Tool Box.
Two buttons appear:
.
2
Click
. The shape of the cursor changes to
.
Shift
4
5
4
5
4
Handle