Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Rotating numerically
1.
Select the pattern that you want to rotate.
2.Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then 
Rotate.
→The Rotate dialog box appears.
3.Type or select the desired rotation angle.
4.Click OK.
Grouping embroidery 
patterns
Several individual patterns can be grouped so that 
the same changes apply to all of the patterns within 
the group. Grouped patterns can however still be 
edited independently.
1.Select several patterns.
2.Click...

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Reshaping Embroidery Patterns
Selecting points
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
3.Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
4.To select a single point, click an empty square.
To select additional points, hold down the 
 key and click each point, or drag the 
pointer over the points that you want to select.
To select all points...

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5.Drag the point to the new location.
Inserting points
New points can be inserted in order to change the 
shape of a pattern. In the case of a new point on a 
curve, you can also use the handle to reorient the 
tangent to the new point.
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  . 
3.Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
4.Click the...

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Deleting points
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
3.Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
4.Click the point that you want to delete.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
5.Click Edit, then Delete, or press the   
key to remove the point.
Transforming straight lines into 
curves or curves into straight lines...

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Smoothing out the path at a 
point
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
3.Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
4.Click the point where the path is to be 
smoothed out.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
5.Click Edit, then Point, then To Smooth, or 
right-click the point, and then click To Smooth 
on the menu...

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Transforming to a pointed 
path
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
3.Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
4.Click the point where the path is to be 
transformed to a pointed one.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
5.Click Edit, then Point, then To Cusp, or right-
click the point, and then click To Cusp on...

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This is the entry point for the outline 
stitching. The previous pattern is 
connected to this point.
This is the exit point for the outline 
stitching. Stitching continues from this 
point to the next pattern.
This is the entry point for the inside 
region stitching. The previous pattern 
is connected to this point.
This is the exit point for the inside 
region stitching. Stitching continues 
from this point to the next pattern.
4.Drag the arrow for...

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→If the check mark does not appear beside 
Optimize Entry/Exit points, the entry 
and exit points are not optimized. If the 
optimizing of the entry and exit points is 
cancelled, the entry point and exit point 
positions are retained. In addition, the 
positions of the entry and the exit points 
can be manually changed with the Entry/
Exit/Center point tool.
Optimize Entry/Exit points not selected
Optimize Entry/Exit points selected 

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Editing a Stitch Pattern
Converting objects to a 
stitch pattern
Objects drawn with the tools in Layout & Editing can 
be converted into a stitch pattern, allowing you to 
make detailed changes by modifying the position of 
individual stitches.
1.Select the object that you want to convert.
2.Click Sew, then Convert to Stitches.
The selected object is converted to stitch 
pattern. 
→The dotted line around the converted 
pattern indicates that it is a...

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→Selected points appear as small black 
squares.

Moving stitch points
1.
Drag the selected stitch points to the new 
location.

Inserting stitch points and feeds
1.
Click a line between two stitch points to add a 
new point at that position.

Deleting stitch points
1.
Press the   key to delete the selected 
stitch point.

Editing entry/exit points for each 
color of the stitch pattern
1.
Click   on the Tool Box.
→Two buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The...