Brother PE-DESIGN Ver.432 - Manual (Page 8)

Contents
Bef
ore Using
Getting Star
ted
Design Center
La
y
out & Editing
File Utility
Programma
bl
e
Stich Creator
Quic
k Ref
erence
Alphabetic Inde
x
Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size — 58
■ Using the Stage 4 Tool Box —————— 59
Region Setting Mode ————————————— 59
• Applying the sewing attributes to a region —— 59
• Checking the sewing attributes of a region —— 60
Line (all) Setting Mode ———————————— 60
• Applying the sewing attributes to an outline —— 60
• Checking the sewing attributes of an outline — 61
Line (part) Setting Mode ——————————— 62
• Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of the
outline ————————————————— 62
• Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an
outline ————————————————— 62
Hole Sewing Mode ————————————— 63
Zoom-in Mode ——————————————— 64
Fit Design Page to Window —————————— 64
Zoom-out Mode ——————————————— 64
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar ———— 65
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch —————— 65
• Region sew ——————————————— 65
• Line sew ———————————————— 66
• Color —————————————————— 67
• Stitch —————————————————— 67
■ Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ——— 68
File Menu ————————————————— 68
• New —————————————————— 69
• Open —————————————————— 69
• Save —————————————————— 70
• Save As ———————————————— 70
• Import Figure —————————————— 71
• Exit —————————————————— 72
Edit Menu ————————————————— 73
• Undo —————————————————— 73
• Redo —————————————————— 73
• Cut ——————————————————— 73
• Copy —————————————————— 74
• Duplicate ———————————————— 74
• Paste —————————————————— 74
• Delete ————————————————— 74
• Mirror – Horizontal ———————————— 75
• Mirror – Vertical ————————————— 75
• Rotate ————————————————— 75
• Select All ———————————————— 76
Sew Menu ————————————————— 77
• Sewing Attributes ———————————— 77
• Sewing Order —————————————— 80
Display Menu ———————————————— 82
• Grid Setup ——————————————— 82
• Preview ————————————————— 82
• Refresh Window ————————————— 83
• Toolbar ————————————————— 83
• Status Bar ——————————————— 83
Option Menu ———————————————— 84
• Layout & Editing ————————————— 84
• Programmable Stitch Creator ——————— 84
• File Utility ———————————————— 84
• Design Page Property —————————— 84
• Select System Unit ———————————— 85
Stage Menu ———————————————— 86
• To Original Image ———————————— 86
• To Line Image —————————————— 86
• To Figure Handle ———————————— 88
• To Sew Setting ————————————— 89
Help Menu ————————————————— 90
• Contents ———————————————— 90
• Using ————————————————— 91
• About Design Center ——————————— 91
Layout & Editing
■ The Screen ————————————— 93
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Using the Tool Box —————————— 94
Selection Mode ——————————————— 95
• Selecting patterns ———————————— 95
• Moving patterns ————————————— 95
• Scaling patterns ————————————— 95
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically —— 96
• Rotating a pattern ———————————— 96
Point Edit Mode ——————————————— 97
• Moving points —————————————— 97
• Reorienting a tangent to a point —————— 98
• Inserting points ————————————— 98
• Deleting points ————————————— 99
• Realigning ——————————————— 99
• Selecting characters on a text pattern ——— 100
Zoom Mode ——————————————— 100
• Zooming in —————————————— 100
• Zooming out ————————————— 100
• Zooming to the real size ————————— 101
• Enlarging selected objects to the screen size 101
• Returning to the standard scale ————— 101
Text Input Mode ————————————— 101
• Entering text ————————————— 101
Circle and Arc Drawing Mode ———————— 102
• Drawing a circle or an ellipse ——————— 102
• Drawing an arc ———————————— 103
• Drawing a fan shape —————————— 103
• Drawing an arc & string ————————— 104
Rectangle Drawing Mode —————————— 105
• Drawing a box ————————————— 105
Line Drawing Mode ———————————— 105
• Drawing a broken line —————————— 105
Curve Drawing Mode ——————————— 106
• Drawing a curve ———————————— 106
Manual Punching Mode —————————— 107
• Creating a manual punching pattern ——— 107
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar ———— 109