Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
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Memo:
 Simply dragging the pointer rotates the 
pattern in 1° increments.
 To rotate the pattern in 15° increments, hold 
down the   key while dragging the 
rotation handle.
Shift 

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Reshaping a Stitch Pattern for Region 
Sewing (Editing Points)
The points that you move or insert are positioned at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the 
grid. Regardless of where you drag a point to or insert a point on the line, it will automatically be positioned at 
the nearest intersection.
Depending on the stitch that you want to create, you may need to select a grid of a different size. For details 
on the...

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2.Click the broken line that you want to edit.
→The points in the broken line appear as 
small empty squares.
3.Click the point that you want to delete.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
4.Click Edit, then Delete, or press the   
key to remove the point.
bMemo:
You can only select one broken line at a time.
bMemo:
To select additional points, hold down the 
 key and click each point, or drag the 
pointer over the points...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Specifying Region Sewing
Region sewing is composed of line stitches that, when they form enclosed areas or regions, the regions can 
be filled with different types of stitching in order to create a pattern with an embossing/engraving effect. 
.pas files with region settings applied can be applied to regions of patterns with the Stamp tool, and they can 
be used as a fill pattern for a programmable fill stitch in both Design Center and...

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Creating a Motif Stitch Pattern (Motif Mode)
In Motif mode, stitch patterns are created by inserting points on the base line of the motif stitch, then moving 
them in order to change the shape of the stitch and give it the look of a single-stroke drawing.
The points you move or insert are positioned at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. 
Regardless of where you drag a point to or insert a point on the line,...

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Editing a Motif Stitch Pattern (Motif Mode)
After creating a stitch pattern, or after opening an existing motif file, you may want to change its shape or 
position. To do so, you can proceed in the same way as described above, but in addition, you can select and 
move or delete several points at the same time.
Moving and deleting 
several points at a time
1.Click   on the Tool Box. 
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
2.Click the base...

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Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
Flipping a pattern 
horizontally or vertically
You can flip selected patterns horizontally (up/
down) or vertically (left/right).
1.Click   on the Tool Box. 
→The motif stitch is selected, and   and 
 are available in the Toolbar.
2.To replace the stitch pattern by its horizontal 
mirror image (top and bottom inverted), select 
Edit, then Mirror, then Horizontal, or click 
 in the Toolbar.
To replace the stitch pattern by its vertical...

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Saving Stitch Patterns
Overwriting
Once the stitch pattern has been saved, changes 
can easily be saved so that the latest version can be 
retrieved later.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click File, then Save. 
→If the pattern has already been saved at 
least once, the file is saved immediately.
→If no file name has been specified or if the 
file cannot be found, the Save As dialog 
box appears.
c“Saving with a new name” on this page...

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Changing the Settings
Changing the display of the 
background image
The template image that remains in the work area 
can be displayed or hidden, or a faded copy of the 
image can be displayed.
1.Click Display, then Template, and then select 
the desired setting.
To display the template image, click On (100%).
To display a faded copy of the image, click the 
desired density (75%, 50% or 25%).
To hide the template image, click Off....

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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
Starting Up Design Database
1.Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Design 
Database to open the Design Database 
window.
→The Design Database window appears.
2.Click a folder in the folder pane.→
All embroidery files in the folder are 
displayed in the contents pane on the right.
Organizing Embroidery Designs
You can move your embroidery designs to different folders in order to organize them. In addition, you can 
choose to...