Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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To draw the rays of the sun around the circle 
using the circle as a guide, click in the Design 
Page to select the start point (1), continue 
clicking in the Design Page to select every 
other corner (2 through 21), and then double-
click at 22.
→The embroidery pattern appears as 
shown below.
Change the sewing order so that the
circle for the sun is sewn on top of the
suns rays.
Click Sew, then Sewing Order/Color or click 
.
→The Sewing Order/Color dialog box 
appears.
Click the frame...

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Click OK.
→The suns rays will be sewn before the sun 
(circle).
If necessary, move the circle so that it looks 
centered relative to the suns rays.
Adjust the shape of the suns rays.
Click , then .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .Click the suns rays to select it.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
Click the point that you want to move.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
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Drag the point to the new position.
Specify hole sewing for the suns rays
so that the area for the sun (circle) will
not be sewn twice.
Click   on the Tool Box, and then click the 
suns circle to select it.
Hold down the   key and click the suns 
rays.
→The circle and the broken line are now 
selected together.
bMemo:
Points can be added or deleted. (For more 
details, refer to “Inserting points” on page 107 
and “Deleting points” on page 108.)
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bMemo:
If it is difficult to select the two...

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Click Sew, then Set Hole Sewing menu.
→The following message appears. 
Click OK.
Step 4Displaying a preview of the 
embroidery
Preview the stitching and finished embroidery.
Check the preview of the stitching.
Click Display, then Preview.
To return to the normal view after checking the 
preview, click Display, then Preview menu, or 
press the   key.
Check the preview of the finished
embroidery.
Click Display, then Realistic Preview.
aNote:
Hole sewing cannot be applied if one of the 
patterns...

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To return to the normal view, click Display, then 
Realistic Preview, or press the   key.
Step 5Saving the embroidery 
design
Once the embroidery design is finished, you may 
want to save it in order to retrieve it later.
Click File, then Save.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the file name.Click Save.
Step 6Transferring the design to 
an original card
By writing a design to a media that can be used in 
your embroidery machine and transferring it to 
your embroidery machine,...

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Transfer the embroidery design.
Click File, then Write to Card.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
aNote:
Before using the original card, make sure 
that the designs on the card are no longer 
needed or make sure to store them on your 
hard drive or other storage media.
aNote:
 If the card writer module is not correctly 
connected or powered, an error message 
of “No card writer module is...

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Managing Embroidery designs 
(Design Database)
Design Database is used to organize embroidery design files so that you can easily view the file information 
for the embroidery designs.
Here, we will practice the basic operations up to checking the embroidery design file and opening Layout & 
Editing. Also, as handy functions, we introduce a method for printing a list of embroidery design files (Case 1) 
and a method for searching embroidery design files (Case 2).
Step 1Checking embroidery...

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Switch the display in the content pane
and check the file.
Either click Display, then Large Thumbnails 
or Small Thumbnails, Details or click the tool 
bar  or , .
Large Thumbnails
Small ThumbnailsDetails
If necessary, check the sewing information.
Select an embroidery design file.
Click Display, then Property or click  .
bMemo:
The displayed files have the following 
extensions.
.pes, .phc, .dst, .exp, .pcs, .hus, .vip, .shv, .jef, 
.sew, .csd, .xxx
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When you are finished viewing the 
information, click Close.
Step 2Opening an embroidery design 
file in Layout & Editing
You can easily open any selected .pes file in Layout 
& Editing.
Select the embroidery design file that you 
want to open.Click File, then Open in Layout & Editing.
→The selected embroidery design appears 
in a new Design Page of the Layout & 
Editing window.
Case 1Printing a catalog of 
embroidery designs
Information, such as the file size, stitch count and 
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Select the file(s) to be printed, and then click 
File, then Print Setup.
→A Print Setup dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears.
Select whether each design is printed on a 
separate page, 4 designs are printed on a 
page or 12 designs are printed on a page.
Under Color Description select whether the 
thread colors appear as the name of the color 
or the brand and thread number.Click Print.
→Images of the selected designs are 
printed.
Case 2Searching for an 
embroidery design...