Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 - Manual (Page 9)

Addendum to PE-Design II CD Book
Chapter 2 –Two text objects to path
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C H A P T E R 2 - T w o T e x t O b j e c t s t o P a t h
his chapter will teach you how to create a large text design, set on a path, for the jumbo-
hoop. This text is, like in the first exercise, also larger than the embroidery area of your
machine and has to be sewn in two parts. So, first thing to do is to let your computer know
this text consists of two parts by… yep, digitizing it as two separate text objects. At the end of
this chapter you will find an exercise to use the vertical text-alignment, also new in this
version 3 of the software.
Exercise 2 – Fit two text objects to Path
Step 1 – Digitize the text objects
Click the A-button in the Tool Box, select a color and font of your choice (I used font no. 35)
and click in the design page.
In this example the text is “Come and Join Sail 2000”. Type the first half of the text “Come
and Join”, click OK. Click in the design page next to the first half, type “Sail 2000” and click
OK.
Step 2 – Digitize the path
Activate the Curve tool, select Open Path, and turn both Line Sew and Region Sew buttons
"off". Draw the path for the text with a few clicks.
Step 3 – Fit the first text to path
Select the first text object, hold down shift and select the path, click the button Fit Text to
Path, choose the left alignment in the box “Horizontal Alignment” (ABC ) and click OK.
Step 4 – Copy the path for the second text object
Deselect the text by clicking outside the design page and select the path only. Copy the path
by clicking the Copy-button in the general Toolbar and paste it by clicking the Paste
2 button.
An exact copy is placed precisely on top of the original.
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