Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 41)

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
4.
Move the pointer over the line that you want to
erase, and then hold down the right mouse
button.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
.
5.
Carefully drag the pointer to erase the line.
6. Repeat steps 4. and 5. to delete a few
leaves.
b
Memo:
• If you deleted part of the outline by
mistake, you may need to redraw some of
lines. To do this, simply hold down the left
mouse button and start drawing the line.
• If you are not satisfied with your editing,
select the menu command Stage – To
Original Image to go back to stage 1
(Original Image stage), and then create
the line image and start editing again.
7.
After editing the line image, click on the
Tool Box to view the entire line image so that
it fits in the window.
→ The Design Page fills the Design Center
window.
b
Memo:
To select how the reduced line image is
displayed:
1) Click on the Tool Box.
→
When the pointer is moved over the
work area, the shape of the pointer
changes to
.
2) Click the Design Page.
3) To further reduce the line image, repeat
step 2).
Step 5
Continuing to stage 3 (Figure
Handle stage)
In stage 2 (Line Image stage), the line image is
simply a collection of dots (or pixels). Editing in
stage 2 means adding or removing black dots.
When you move to stage 3 (Figure Handle stage),
the application automatically connects the dots to
create lines, which can be edited.
1.
Click Stage on the menu bar, and then click
To Figure Handle.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar
button indicated below.
→ The Figure Object Conversion Setting
dialog box appears.
To Figure Handle
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