Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.6 - Manual (Page 53)

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
→ The Fit Text to Path Attribute Setting di-
alog box appears.
5. Click OK without changing any settings.
c
For more details on these settings, refer
to “Specifying text arrangement” on
page 158.
→ The text is now arranged on the oval.
b
Memo:
Moving the oval and text:
Once the text is arranged on the oval, you
can move both patterns as a group, without
affecting their relative position, or you can
move the text alone to change its position on
the oval.
To move both patterns as a group:
1) Click on the Tool Box, and then
click the oval to select it.
→
The shape of the pointer changes to
.
2) Drag the oval.
→
The text moves together with the
oval.
To move the text along the oval:
1) Click on the Tool Box, and then
click the text to select it.
→
The shape of the pointer changes to
.
2) Drag the text.
→
The text only moves along the oval.
Step 6
Adding a circle for the center of
the sun
The next object to add will be a sun. We will first
draw a circle to get the basic shape, and then
change the color, sew type and width of the
outline and the color and sew type for the inside
area.
1. To draw a circle, hold down the key
while drawing as described in “To add the
oval” on page 41.
b
Memo:
If you need to modify the size of the circle,
select it, and then drag a handle at one of the
corners.
2. Click on the Tool Box, and then click the
circle to select it.
3. To change the color and sew type for the
outline, click the Line sew button ( ) so
that the Line color button ( ) and the Line
sew type selector ( ) appear, and
then select a line color and sew type.
For this example, select the color BLACK,
and leave the sew type set to Zigzag Stitch.
4.
To change the sewing attributes for the
outline, click Sew on the menu bar, and then
click Sewing Attribute Setting.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar
button indicated below.
Shift
Sewing Attribute Set
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