Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

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Creating Large-Size Embroidery Patterns
3.Click OK.
→The following message appears.
bMemo:
 Each section of the pattern is saved to the 
original card as a separate pattern. When 
the patterns are displayed on the sewing 
machine’s display, they appear with two 
letters in the lower-left corner, indicating 
that section’s position in the entire pattern. 
The uppercase letter indicates the row and 
the lowercase letter indicates the column.
For example, for the pattern section 
marked...

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bMemo:
 The templates are included in the 
package.
 The templates are also in the 
Template 
folder and can be printed out with a printer.
1.Punch a hole at the end of each arrow on the 
template.
2.Place the template on the fabric, and then 
insert the tip of a marking pen into each hole 
to mark the fabric.
3.Connect the points marked on the fabric to 
draw reference lines.
For a large embroidery pattern, reposition the 
template to draw the embroidering...

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Step 3
Hooping the fabric
Using the hoop’s plastic embroidery sheet, align the 
reference lines on the embroidery sheet with the marks 
on the fabric. Then, hoop the fabric while making sure 
that the fabric remains correctly aligned.
1.Insert the embroidery sheet into the inner ring 
of the embroidery hoop, and then place them 
on top of the fabric with the centerline on the 
embroidery sheet aligned with the reference 
lines (drawn on the...

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3.Embroider the selected pattern.
4.Remove the embroidery hoop from the sewing 
machine, and then remove the fabric from the 
hoop.
5.Hoop the fabric for the next pattern section. 
(For details, refer to “Hooping the fabric” on 
page 65.)
bMemo:
When an embroidery pattern created in a 
custom Design Page is saved or transferred 
to an original card, alignment stitching (single 
lines of running stitches with the color 
NOT 
DEFINED, with a pitch of 10.0 mm, and...

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Chapter 2
Advanced Operation
Design Center......................................................69
Layout & Editing .................................................106
Inputting Images and Embroidery Patterns ....................................108
Editing Embroidery Patterns ...........................................................130
Checking Embroidery Patterns .......................................................182
Saving and...

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Advanced Operations
About This Chapter
This chapter provides you with detailed procedures on the various operations that you can perform in each of 
the applications.
Design Center
Design Center is used to manually create embroidery patterns from images using a four-stage procedure.
Stage 1 (Original Image Stage)c page 71
Stage 2 (Line Image Stage)
c page 73
Stage 3 (Figure Handle Stage)
c page 76
Stage 4 (Sew Setting Stage)
c page 83
Layout & Editing
Layout & Editing is used to automatically create...

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Advanced OpreationDesign Center
Design Center
Design Center is used to create embroidery patterns from images created in other applications. With Design 
Center, you can also apply stitch patterns created with Programmable Stitch Creator to regions of the 
embroidery pattern. The resulting embroidery pattern can then be imported into the Layout & Editing Design 
Page and combined with other patterns.
The embroidery pattern is created in four stages:
■Stage 1 (Original Image Stage)
In stage 1, you can...

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Design Center
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 the lines and regions in the pattern
(only in stage 4 (Sew Setting stage))
5Tool Box
Used to select and edit the image or pattern. 
Stage 1 has no Tool Box; the other stages all 
have a different tools in the Tool Box.6Status bar
Provides helpful information, such as the size.
7Reference Window...

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Design Center
Stage 1 (Original Image Stage)
Importing Image Data
Using the wizard
This wizard provides a step-by-step guide for 
creating embroidery patterns.
1.Click File, then Wizard.
→The How do you want to produce em-
broidery? dialog box appears.
Position the pointer over any button, and the 
name of the function appears.
The functions for each button are described 
below.
1From Image
Click this button when creating embroidery pat-
tern from an image.
Clicking...

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Design CenterStage 1 (Original Image Stage)
The functions for each button are described below.
1Open Image File
Click this button to open a previously saved im-
age file and paste the image in the Design Page.
cFor details, refer to “Opening an image 
file” on page 20.
2From Clipboard
Clicking this button pastes the image on the Clip-
board into the Design Page. This function can 
only be used when there is an image on the Clip-
board.
3From TWAIN device
Click this button to import an image from a...