Brother Innovis 4500 D Manual

EDITING PATTERNS
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Changing the Color of Each 
Alphabet Character in a Pattern
a
aa aPress   so you can assign a thread 
color to each character. 
b
bb bChange the thread to sew each character in 
a different color.
* Press   to change the colors in the sewing 
order.
a Color for each character
Changing the Thread Color 
You can change the thread color by moving the 
color to be changed to the top of the sewing order 
and selecting a new color from the thread colors in 
the machine....

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c
cc cPress         to choose a new 
color from the color palette.
* To return to the original color, press  . If 
multiple colors have been changed, this command 
will return all colors to their original colors.
* You can select colors from the color palette by  directly touching the color selection with the touch 
pen.
a Color palette
→ The selected color appears at the top of the sewing 
order.
d
dd dPress . 
a Color palette/Custom thread table change key
→ The display shows the...

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c
cc cUse     to select one of the thread 
brands in the machine.
d
dd dUse         
   to enter a color ’s 4-digit number.
* If you make a mistake, press   to erase the 
entered number, and then enter the correct number.
a Thread brand
e
ee
ePress .
a Thread brand
b Entered number
→ The selected thread color is set in the custom thread 
table.
f
ff fRepeat the previous steps until all desired 
thread colors are specified.
* To delete a specified color from the...

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d
dd dPress .
e
ee
eRepeat the previous steps until all desired 
thread colors are specified.
* To delete a specified color from the palette, press 
.
f
ff fPress   to return to the original 
screen.
Choosing a Color from the 
Custom Thread Table
You can select a color from the up to 300 thread 
colors you have set in the custom thread table.
a
aa aPress . 
→ The thread color palette screen displays.
b
bb
bPress   or   to put the color you want 
to change at the top of the sewing...

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d
dd dPress         to choose a new 
color from the custom thread table.
* Use   and   to scroll through the custom 
thread table.
* Press   to return to the original color.
* You can select colors from the custom thread table  by directly touching the screen with the touch pen.
a Custom thread
b Custom thread table
→ The display shows the changed colors.
e
ee ePress .
Designing Repeated Patterns

 Sewing Repeated Patterns
Using the border function, you can create...

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c
cc cSelect the direction in which the pattern 
will be repeated.
a Vertical direction
b Horizontal direction
c Repeating and deleting keys 
d Spacing keys
→ The pattern direction indicator will change 
depending on the direction selected.
d
dd dUse   to repeat the pattern on top and 
 to repeat the pattern at the bottom. 
* To delete the top pattern, press  .
* To delete the bottom pattern, press  .
e
ee eAdjust the spacing of the repeated pattern.
*  To widen spacing, press  .
*...

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Repeating One Element of a 
Repeated Pattern
By using the Cut function, you can select one 
element of a repeated pattern and repeat only that 
single element. This function allows you to design 
complex repeated patterns.
a
aa aChoose the direction in which the repeated 
pattern will be cut.
* Press   to cut horizontally.
* Press   to cut vertically.
→ The pattern direction indicator will change 
depending on the direction selected.
b
bb bUse   and   to select the...

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e
ee eRepeat the selected element.
f
ff
fPress   to finish repeating.

 Assigning Thread Marks
By sewing thread marks, you can easily align 
patterns when sewing a series. When sewing is 
finished on a pattern, a thread mark in the shape of 
an arrow will be sewn using the final thread. When 
sewing a series of patterns, use the point of this 
arrow for positioning the following designs to be 
sewn.
a
aa aPress 
b
bb
bPress .
Note
 Once you have cut a repeated pattern into 
separate...

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c
cc cPress   to select the thread mark to 
be sewn.
d
dd dPress .
After Editing
a
aa
aPress . 
b
bb
bIf you want to sew the pattern immediately, 
press   to call up the sewing screen. 
* Press   to return to the embroidery edit screen. 
* To combine the pattern with other patterns, select 
the next pattern from this screen (see page 219). 
* See page 165 for more information about sewing  patterns.
Memo
When there are two or more elements, use 
 and   or   and...

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Color Sorting Repeated Patterns
Press   to automatically change the sewing 
order of colors in combined border embroidery 
patterns so that the same color can be continuously 
sewn. This allows you to continue sewing without 
repeatedly changing the upper thread or changing 
the sewing order manually.
Memo
In combined stitch patterns that contain two 
or more border patterns or other patterns 
combined with border patterns, the sewing 
order of only the border patterns is changed....