Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

Advanced OpreationDesign Center
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Design CenterStage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
2.Use the Thread Width slider to set how wide 
the thread will appear.
3.Use the Contrast slider to set the contrast.
4.Use the Brightness slider to set how bright 
the display is.
5.Click Apply to display a realistic preview of the 
patterns with the new settings (when the 
realistic preview is displayed).Or, click OK to save the settings for the next 
time that the Realistic Preview function is 
select (when the realistic...

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Design CenterStage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
Scaling the display area 
frame
1.Move the pointer over a corner of the display 
area frame.
→The shape of the pointer changes to   
or   , depending on the corner that the 
pointer is over.
bMemo:
 and   are for scaling the height 
and width. 
2.Drag the corner to adjust the display area 
frame to the desired size.
Saving
Overwriting
Once the image or pattern has been saved, 
changes can easily be saved so that the latest 
version can be retrieved later....

Advanced OpreationDesign Center
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Design CenterStage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
Changing Software Settings
Changing the grid settings
A grid of dotted lines or solid lines can be displayed 
or hidden, and the spacing for the grid can be 
adjusted. (This function is available only in stage 3 
(Figure Handle stage).)
1.Click Display, then Grid Setup.
→The Grid Setting dialog box appears. 
2.To display the grid, select the Show Grid 
check box. 
To hide the grid, clear the Show Grid check 
box.
3.To set the...

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Layout & Editing
Layout & Editing is used to combine different objects into an embroidery pattern. The most complex objects 
can be digitized in Design Center and imported into the Design Page, or created in Layout & Editing with the 
wizard for automatically converting an image into an embroidery pattern. Furthermore, you can add text and 
monograms, rectangles, circles, broken lines, curves, and manual punching patterns, and define sewing 
attributes (thread color and sew type, including stitch...

Advanced OpreationLayout & Editing
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Layout & Editing
Main Window
1Title bar
2Menu bar
Provides access to the functions.
3Toolbar
Provides shortcuts for the menu commands.
4Sewing Attributes bar
Sets the sewing attributes (color and sew type) 
of lines and regions in the pattern.
5Tool Box
Used to create, select and edit patterns.
6Status bar
Provides helpful information.7Reference Window
Displays all patterns in the work area, giving you 
an overview while you work on a detailed area. 
(For more...

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Layout & Editing
Inputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
Creating a Design Page
Creating a new Design Page
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click File, then New.
→If the current Design Page has already 
been saved or has not been edited, a new 
Design Page immediately appears.
→If the current Design Page has not been 
saved, you will be asked whether you 
want to save the changes.
bMemo:
 To save the Design Page, click Yes.
 To abandon the Design Page, click 
No.
 To return to the Design Page, for...

Advanced OpreationLayout & Editing
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Layout & EditingInputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
bMemo:
 To return to the default settings (100 × 100 
mm (4 × 4) of Hoop Size), click Default.
 Before an embroidery pattern created in a 
custom Design Page is saved or 
transferred to an original card, running 
stitches, which cannot be edited, are 
added at the edges of the pattern sections 
so that the pattern sections can easily be 
aligned during sewing. This alignment 
stitching appears in the 
NOT...

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Layout & EditingInputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
→A Browse dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
bMemo:
 To return to the File Open dialog box, click Cancel.
 To see a more detailed image, select a file, 
and then click 
Preview. A Preview dialog 
box similar to the one shown below 
appears.
 To open the displayed file, click 
Open.
 To return to the 
Browse dialog box, 
click 
Cancel.
4.To open a file, select it, and then click Open, 
or double-click the file’s icon.
→If...

Advanced OpreationLayout & Editing
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Layout & EditingInputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
Importing Image Data
Importing image data
Image data from an existing file can be imported into 
a Design Page and used as a guide for creating an 
embroidery pattern. The file name extension must 
be one of the following: Windows bitmap (.bmp), 
Exif (.tif, .jpg), ZSoftPCX (.pcx), Windows Meta File 
(.wmf), Portable Network Graphics (.png), 
Encapsulated PostScript (.eps), Kodak PhotoCD 
(.pcd), FlashPix...

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Layout & EditingInputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
4.Click Select to choose the selected device 
and to close the dialog box.
bMemo:
To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click 
Cancel.
5.Click Image, then Input, then from TWAIN 
device.
→The driver interface for the device select-
ed in the Select Source dialog box ap-
pears. 
6.Specify the necessary settings for importing 
an image, and then import the image.
→When the image transfer between the 
scanner (or other device) and the...