Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

Advanced OpreationLayout & Editing
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Sewing Option
Auto Select Setting
Auto Select
Click this button to select from the selected 
thread chart the thread colors closest to the 
four colors in the selected color set. The 
selected thread colors appear in the Use 
Color List mentioned below.
This button can be clicked only if the settings 
under Auto Select Setting have been 
changed.
Use Color List
This list allows the selected thread colors to be...

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Layout & EditingInputting Images and Embroidery Patterns
■If Photo Stitch 2 (Mono) is 
selected
→A Select Mask dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears.
1.From the list at the bottom of the dialog box, 
select the desired shape that the image will be 
trimmed to (mask).
bMemo:
To automatically set a mask so that the 
background is trimmed off, click Auto 
Generate.
2.In the image preview box, move the handles of 
the mask until it surrounds the desired part of 
the image
cFor details on the...

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5.In the Gray Balance dialog box, click Next.
→The Photo Stitch 2 Parameters dialog 
box appears.
6.Specify the settings for creating the 
embroidery pattern.
bMemo:
 To return to the previous dialog box, click Previous. 
 To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click 
Cancel.
Sewing Option
Use Color
Specifies the color of thread used to create the 
embroidery pattern.
The default setting is the...

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2.Click Next.
→A Cross Stitch Setting dialog box similar 
to the one shown below appears.
3.In the image in the dialog box, click the areas 
to select whether or not they are to be sewn.
bMemo:
 Areas not set to be sewn are shown filled 
with a crosshatch pattern. To adjust the zoom ratio that the image is 
displayed in, move the slider between 
 
and 
.
 To return to the previous dialog box, click 
Previous.
4.If necessary, in the Omit...

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Importing Embroidery Patterns
Importing embroidery 
patterns from a file
Embroidery patterns from embroidery cards (.pec) 
and files created in the Tajima (.dst), Melco (.exp), 
Pfaff (.pcs), Husqvarna (.hus) and embroidery 
sewing machine (.phc) formats can be imported and 
added to the current Design Page.
With this function, you can also add .pes files to the 
Design Page, allowing you to combine several...

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4.To import a pattern, select it, and then click 
Import, or double-click the file’s icon.
→The embroidery pattern is displayed in the 
Design Page.
bMemo:
 When importing some .pec files from 
embroidery cards, the 
Select Import size 
dialog box appears. If this happens, select 
the desired import size, and then click 
OK 
to import the embroidery pattern.
 To quit the operation and close the dialog 
box, click 
Cancel.
Importing embroidery...

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2.After the card has been read, a dialog box 
similar to the one shown below appears.
bMemo:
This dialog box can be resized so that the 
patterns can be viewed better. The size of 
the dialog box is retained until it is changed 
again.
3.Click a pattern to select it.
bMemo:
 To see a more detailed image, select a 
pattern, and then click Preview. A 
Preview dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears....

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Layout & Editing
Editing Embroidery Patterns
Editing Embroidery Patterns
Selecting patterns
To apply settings to an existing pattern, you must 
first select it. The Select Object tool is used to select 
one or more patterns. Once a pattern is selected, 
you can move it, scale it, and change its direction by 
rotating it or inverting it.
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
2.Click the pattern that you want to select.
→Handles appear around the pattern.
bMemo:
 The...

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Moving patterns
1.Move the pointer over a selected pattern or 
group of selected patterns.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
2.Drag the pattern to the desired location.
bMemo:
 To move the pattern horizontally or 
vertically, hold down the   key while 
dragging it.
 Pressing the arrow keys moves the 
selected pattern 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) 
in the direction of the arrow on the key.
If 
Snap to Grid is selected,...

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Patterns set for hole sewing
If just the inside pattern is selected, the pattern is 
aligned on the outline of the inside area. If the 
outside of the pattern is also selected, the pattern is 
aligned on the outline of the outside area.
Scaling patterns
■Scaling manually
1.
Select the pattern or patterns that you want to 
resize.
2.Move the pointer over one of the handles of a 
selected pattern or group of patterns.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, ,...