Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

Advanced OpreationLayout & Editing
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Layout & Editing
Information for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users
Creating Patterns for Multi-Position Hoops
This program enables you to create multi-position patterns that you can stitch in any multi-position hoop 
attached to your sewing machine.
Although the size of the pattern that can be embroidered using an multi-position hoop is 130 × 180 mm (or 100 
× 100 mm, depending on the sewing area of the embroidering machine), first determine which of the three...

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Layout & EditingInformation for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users
Creating the pattern
1.The Design Page appears on the screen as 
shown below.
bMemo:
Area a: Embroidering area when the multi-
position hoop is installed at the top 
installation position.
Area b: Embroidering area when the multi-
position hoop is installed at the middle 
installation position.
Area c: Embroidering area when the multi-
position hoop is installed at the bottom 
installation position.
The dotted lines separate each area....

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Layout & EditingInformation for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users
 When the Optimize hoop change function 
is selected, the sewing order that you have 
set is optimized to reduce the number of 
times that the hoop installation position is 
changed.
For the example shown on page 204, the 
sewing order is: a (pattern 1) 
→ b (pattern 
2) → a (patterns 3 & 5) → c (patterns 4 & 6)
If the Optimize hoop change function is not 
selected, each pattern is sewn according 
to...

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2.To preview the image, click Display, then 
Preview, or click   on the Toolbar.
Saving the pattern
1.Click File, then Save or Save As, and then 
save the pattern.
→The entire pattern is saved as a single file 
(.pes).
bMemo:
If the file size or the number of color changes 
is larger than the specified number, or if one 
of the patterns does not completely fit within 
an embroidery area, the message “Please 
change the object size or...

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Layout & EditingInformation for Optional Large-Size Hoop Users
Notes on embroidering using the multi-
position hoop
 Before embroidering your project, sew a trial 
sample of the pattern on a scrap piece of 
fabric from your project, making sure to use 
the same needle and thread.
 Be sure to affix stabilizer material to the back 
of the fabric and tightly stretch the fabric 
within the hoop. When embroidering on thin 
or stretch fabrics, use two layers of...

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Programmable Stitch Creator
Programmable Stitch Creator allows you to design your own fill/stamp and motif stitch patterns that can be 
applied to a programmable fill stitch or motif stitch, both in Design Center and Layout & Editing. When applied 
to enclosed regions, the fill/stamp or motif stitch pattern fills the region in a tile-like manner, resulting in more 
decorative embroidery patterns. In addition, the fill/stamp stitch patterns can be applied as an individual stamp 
to enclosed regions in...

Advanced OpreationProgrammable
Stitch Creator
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Programmable Stitch Creator
Opening a Pattern File
Creating a new pattern
You can begin with a blank work area in order to 
design a new stitch pattern.
Toolbar button:  
1.Click  , or click File, then New.
→If the current work area has already been 
saved or has not been edited, a new work 
area appears immediately.
→If the current work area has not been 
saved, you will be asked whether you 
want to save the changes.
bMemo:
 To save the work area,...

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Programmable Stitch Creator
bMemo:
The mode will automatically change to match 
that of the selected pattern (Fill/Stamp for 
.pas files or 
Motif for .pmf files). 
→If the current work area has not been 
saved, you will be asked whether you 
want to save the changes.
bMemo:
 To save the work area, click Yes.
 To abandon the work area, click 
No.
 To return to the work area, for example, to 
modify it or save it with another file name, 
click 
Cancel.
c“Creating a new pattern” on page 209,...

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Stitch Creator
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Programmable Stitch Creator
→If the current work area has not been 
saved, you will be asked whether you 
want to save the changes.
bMemo:
 To save the work area, click Yes.
 To abandon the work area, click 
No.
 To return to the work area, for example, to 
modify it or save it with another file name, 
click 
Cancel.
■Fill/Stamp mode
In Fill/Stamp mode, you can make a stitch pattern 
out of a single line or sets of lines, and you can then 
choose to...

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Programmable Stitch Creator
Viewing the Stitch Pattern While Creating It
You can display the Preview window to view a repeating image of the stitch pattern as you create it.
1.If the Preview window isn’t displayed, click 
Display, then Preview.
The Preview window for the selected Mode 
setting appears, as shown in the examples 
below, and a check mark appears to the left of 
the menu command Display – Preview.
The image in the Preview window is updated 
as you enter the changes in the work area.
2.To...