Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Changing colors of a stitch 
pattern
The colors of imported stitch patterns or objects 
converted to stitches can be changed in the following 
way.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click Sew, then Sewing Order/
Color.
→The Sewing Order/Color dialog box 
appears with each data in the pattern in a 
separate frame.
2.Select the frame for the data whose color you 
want to change.
3.Click .
→The Thread Color dialog box appears.
4.Select the desired color, and...

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c“Specifying sewing attributes” on 
page 151, “Scaling patterns” on page 103 
and “Selecting points” on page 106
Splitting off parts of a stitch 
pattern
The Split stitch tool in the Tool Box allows you to 
split a pattern after tracing an enclosure around the 
parts that you want to cut off. You can then move the 
cutoff sections to rearrange the pattern, combine it 
with other patterns or even delete it.
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
2.Click the stitch...

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→The dotted line that is drawn when you 
move the pointer changes to a solid line 
when the next point is specified.
5.Double-click in the Design Page to specify the 
section to be split off.
6.Edit the cutoff section as desired.
bMemo:
 To remove the last point that was entered, 
click the right mouse button. Each 
successive right-click removes points, one 
by one, in the opposite order that they were 
entered. Once all points are deleted, the 
Tool...

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Drawing Shapes
The Circle or Arc tool allows you to create several curved patterns: regular circles (or ovals), arcs, fan shapes 
and arc & strings.
About circles and arcs
All of these patterns, except arcs have an outline 
and a inside region, and can independently be 
assigned different sewing attributes. Arcs are simple 
outlines.
Drawing a circle or an oval
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes...

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2.Click in the Arc shape selector, and then click 
Arc.
3.Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an 
oval.
→A radial line appears on the oval when the 
mouse button is released.
4.Move the pointer to the start point of the arc, 
and then click.
→The radial line disappears.
5.Move the pointer until the arc has the desired 
shape, and then click.
Drawing a fan shape
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing...

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Drawing an arc & string
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes bar 
appears similar to the one shown below.
2.Click in the Arc shape selector, and then click 
Arc & String.
3.Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an oval.
→A radial line appears on the oval when the 
mouse button is released.
4.Move the pointer to the start point of the arc & 
string, and then click.
→The radial line disappears....

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Drawing a rectangle
With the Rectangle tool, you can draw rectangles 
with sharp or rounded corners. A rectangle will 
automatically have an outline and an inside region 
that can independently be assigned different sewing 
attributes.
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes bar 
appears similar to the one shown below.
2.Drag the pointer in the Design Page.
→The point where you start dragging is...

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1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The buttons for the 24 types of shapes 
appear.
2.Click the button for the type of shape that you 
want to draw.
→The shape of the pointer changes to that 
for the selected shape.
3.Drag the pointer in the Design Page.
→The point where you start dragging is 
considered a corner of an imaginary 
rectangle around the shape. The point 
where you release the mouse button is the 
diagonally opposite point of the shape. 
The shape...

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Drawing straight lines and 
curves
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→
Three buttons appear: 
 is for drawing straight lines. (Shortcut 
key: )
 is for drawing curves. (Shortcut key: 
)
 is for semi-automatically drawing lines. 
(Shortcut key:  )
2.Click the button for the type of line that you 
want to draw.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
,   or  , and the Sewing 
Attributes bar appears similar to the one 
shown below.
3.Click in the Design Page to...

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Selecting the attributes of 
line ends

Path shape 
Use this selector to select whether the broken lines 
and curves will be open or closed.
1.Click the Path shape selector.
→The settings appear.
2.Click the desired option.
→The setting is applied to all patterns that 
will be created with the Outline tools, until 
the setting is changed.
→If a broken line or curve was selected, the 
setting is also applied to that broken line 
or curve.
aNote:
 While...