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Advanced Opreation Layout & Editing
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Layout & Editing
Editing Embroidery Patterns
Drawing Circles and Arcs
The Circle or Arc tool allows you to create several curved patterns: regular circles (or ovals), arcs, fan shapes
and arc & strings.
All of these patterns, except arcs have an outline
and a inside region, and can independently be
assigned different sewing attributes. Arcs are simple
outlines.
Drawing a circle or an oval
1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears similar to the one shown below.
b
Memo:
• You can change the color and sew type
either before or after drawing the shape.
For more details on changing these
settings, refer to “Color” on page 169 and
“Sew type” on page 170.
• You can also use the settings in the
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box to
define other attributes of the shape. (For
more details, refer to “Specifying sewing
attributes” on page 171.) If you do not
change these settings at this time, the
current settings will be applied, however
you can modify them later.
2. Click in the Arc shape selector, and then
select Circle.
3.
Drag the pointer in the Design Page.
→ The point where you start dragging is con-
sidered a corner of an imaginary rectan-
gle around the oval. The point where you
release the mouse button is the diagonal-
ly opposite point of the rectangle. The
oval will fit inside this imaginary rectangle
(its greater axis is along the longer edge
of the rectangle, and its smaller axis is
along the smaller edge).
b
Memo:
To draw a circle, hold down the key
while dragging the pointer.
Drawing an arc
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears similar to the one shown below.
b
Memo:
• You can change the color and sew type
either before or after drawing the shape.
For more details on changing these
settings, refer to “Color” on page 169 and
“Sew type” on page 170.
• You can also use the settings in the
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box to
define other attributes of the shape. (For
more details, refer to “Specifying sewing
attributes” on page 171.) If you do not
change these settings at this time, the
current settings will be applied, however
you can modify them later.
2.
Click in the Arc shape selector, and then click
Arc.
3. Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an
oval.
a
Note:
When drawing a shape with this tool, select
the shape before drawing. You cannot, for
example, draw a circle, then change it to an
arc afterward.
The setting is applied to all patterns that you
will create with the Circle or Arc tool, until the
setting is changed.
Circle Oval Arc
Fan shape Arc & string
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