Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
3.Drag the handle to adjust the selected 
background image to the desired size.

Moving the background image
1.
Click Display, then Modify Template.
→The background image is selected.
2.Move the pointer over a selected background 
image.
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
3.Drag the background image to the desired 
location.
Changing the grid settings
The line spacing in the grid displayed in the work 
area can be adjusted.
1.Click Display, then Grid Setup....

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Opening a Pattern File
A previously saved programmable stitch file can be 
opened to be edited.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click File, then Open.
→An Open dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
2.Select the drive and the folder.
3.To view the contents of the .pas and .pmf files 
in the currently selected folder, click Browse.→A Browse dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
4.To open a file, select it, and then...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
c“Creating a New Pattern” on page 258, 
“Overwriting” on page 272 and “Saving 
with a new name” on page 272
Opening an image in the 
background
You can open a background image that can be used 
as a guide to draw a new fill/stamp and motif stitch 
pattern. The file name extension must be one of the 
following: Windows bitmap (.bmp), Exif (.tif, .jpg), 
ZsoftPCX (.pcx), Windows Meta File (.wmf), 
Portable Network Graphics (.png),...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
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.
c“Opening a Pattern File” on page 256, 
“Overwriting” on page 272 and...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)

Motif mode
In Motif mode, you can create custom stitch patterns 
by changing the shape of a single line. These stitch 
patterns can be applied in line sewing and region 
sewing in Layout & Editing, and region sewing in 
Design Center.
A green arrow appears at the rignt center edge of 
the work area, showing the direction that the pattern 
(stitch) will be sewn.
A single pink line appears along with the green 
arrow. This line indicates...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (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...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Creating a Stitch Pattern for Region 
Sewing (Fill/Stamp Mode)
The Line tool allows you to draw broken lines to create your fill/stamp stitch pattern. A broken line is made of 
one or more connected straight lines with the end point of one straight line being the start point of the next line.
The horizontal and vertical lines that you draw on the work area always follow the grid. The points that you 
create by clicking the mouse button are...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Editing a Stitch Pattern for Region 
Sewing (Fill/Stamp Mode)
Selecting patterns
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 to show 
that it is selected.
3.To select an additional pattern, hold down the 
 key and click the other pattern.

Selecting all patterns
1.
Make sure that   on the Tool Box is 
selected.
2.Click Edit, then Select...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
2.Drag the handle to adjust the selected 
pattern(s) to the desired size.
Deleting patterns
1.Select the pattern to be deleted.
2.Press the   key, or click Edit, then 
Delete.
Cutting out patterns
Selected pattern(s) can be removed from the screen 
while saving a copy in the Clipboard.
Toolbar button: 
1.Select one or more patterns.
2.Click  , or click Edit, then Cut.
→The selected patterns are removed from 
the work area.
c“Copying...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Flipping patterns vertically
You can flip the selected pattern(s) vertically (up/
down).
Toolbar button: 
1.Select one or more patterns.
2.Click  , or click Edit, then Mirror, then 
Horizontal.
→The selected pattern(s) are replaced by 
their horizontal mirror image (top and 
bottom inverted).
c“Flipping patterns horizontally” on this 
page and “Rotating patterns” on this page
Flipping patterns 
horizontally
You can flip the selected...