Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

							165
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Saving frequently used 
sewing attributes
Frequently used sewing attributes can be saved 
together, and recalled when specifying sewing 
attributes.

Opening the Sewing Attribute 
Setting dialog box
1.
Click one of the Tool Box buttons used to draw 
or select objects.
2.Click   in the Toolbar
→The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box 
appears.

Saving the settings in a list
1.
If necessary, change the settings in the 
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box, and 
then click   .
→The Load/Save Default Setting dialog 
box appears.
2.Click Save as.
→The Save As dialog box appears.
3.Type in a name for the group of settings, and 
then click OK to register the group in a list.
aNote:
Thread colors in embroidery patterns 
created with this software may appear 
differently on the embroidering machine.
1. Embroidery machines without a function 
for displaying thread color information
The specified thread information cannot be 
displayed on some machines.
2. Embroidery machines with a function for 
displaying thread colors
Of the thread information specified in the 
embroidery pattern, only the thread colors 
are displayed on the machine. However, the 
thread color names that are displayed are 
limited to the machine’s preset thread color 
names. Therefore, use thread color names 
in the embroidery pattern that are closest to 
the machine’s preset thread color names.
3. Machines with a thread color index
Some machines can display the thread 
information (such as the color, the color 
name as well as the brand name and thread 
number) specified with this software. The 
machines can display the color, the color 
name as well as the brand name and thread 
number.
However, for items edited or added by the 
user (items marked with an asterisk (*)), only 
the thread number is displayed.
bMemo:
The edited user thread chart can also be used 
on a different computer. Simply copy 
chart2.btc from the Color folder in the PE-
DESIGN Ver7 folder (application folder) on 
the original computer to the Color folder at the 
same path on the destination computer.
bMemo:
Settings in both Beginner mode and Expert 
mode can be saved.
bMemo:
If the name for the settings entered in the Save As dialog box is already registered, the 
following message appears.
 To overwrite the previously registered 
settings, click 
OK.
 If you do not want to overwrite the 
existing settings, click 
Cancel, and 
then type in a different name for the 
settings. 
						

							166
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

Deleting a group of settings from 
the list
1.
In the Load/Save Default Setting dialog box, 
select the group of settings to be deleted.
2.Click Delete to delete the selected group of 
settings from the list.

Recalling a group of settings from 
the list
1.
In the Load/Save Default Setting dialog box, 
select the group of settings to be recalled.
2.Click Load.
→The Load/Save Default Setting dialog 
box closes, and the settings in the 
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box 
change to the saved settings.
Preventing overlapping 
stitching (hole sewing)
By specifying hole sewing, the stitching in 
overlapping regions will not be sewn twice. Hole 
sewing can be set only when one region completely 
encloses another.
1.Select a pair of patterns, for example, a circle 
included in an oval.
2.Click Sew, then Set Hole Sewing.
→If the selected pair can be set for hole 
sewing, the following message appears.
bMemo:
(default) cannot be deleted.
bMemo:
Only one group of settings can be selected.
bMemo:
To change the saved settings and save the 
changes, change the settings in the Sewing 
Attribute Setting
 dialog box, click  , 
then click 
Save as, and then click OK without 
changing the group name for the settings.
bMemo:
The saved setting can also be used on a 
different computer. Simply copy sastu.txt 
from the 
Settings folder in the PE-DESIGN 
Ver7 folder (application folder) on the original 
computer to the Settings folder at the same 
path on the destination computer.
bMemo:
For a pair to be valid, one of the patterns must 
be completely enclosed within the other 
pattern, and not contain text, manual 
punching patterns or stitch data.
Valid
Invalid 
						

							167
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
→If the selected pair cannot be set for hole 
sewing, the following message appears.
3.Click OK to remove the message.

Canceling hole sewing
1.
Select a pattern that has been set for hole 
sewing.
2.Click Sew, then Cancel Hole Sewing.
The pair of patterns can now be moved 
independently.
Creating appliqués 
(Applique Wizard)
The Applique Wizard provides instructions for easily 
creating appliqués.
1.Select a pattern with a closed shape, such as 
a circle or square.
2.Click Sew, then Appliqué Wizard.
→The Appliqué Wizard dialog box 
appears.
3.Under Appliqué Material, select whether 
(Yes) or not (No) the outline of the appliqué is 
to be sewn onto the appliqué fabric as a guide 
for cutting it out.
4.The Appliqué Position, (guideline for 
attaching the applique piece) is set to be sewn 
automatically.
5.Under Tack down, select whether (Yes) or 
not (No) the appliqué is to be basted onto the 
base fabric. If Yes is selected, select the 
basting stitch from the selector. You can also 
select which stitch (satin stitch, E stitch or V 
stitch) to use for the basting.
6.Under Covering Stitch, select the sew type 
and other attributes for finishing the appliqué.
7.Click OK to finish the Applique Wizard and 
display the design in the Design Page.
bMemo:
 Once a pair of patterns has been set for 
hole sewing, they will move together if you 
try to move one of the patterns.
 When setting hole sewing to three or more 
objects, first set hole sewing to two objects. 
After this, select the first two grouped 
objects and the next one object and repeat 
the hole sewing setting.
 The outline of patterns created with the 
Outline, Fan Shape and Arc & String tools 
can be edited with the Point Edit tool.
aNote:
To see better what the hole sewing setting 
does, previewing the patterns before and 
after setting hole sewing (For details, refer to 
“Displaying a preview of the embroidery” on 
page 172.)
Hole sewing not set
Hole sewing set
Sewn twiceSewn once
bMemo:
 A pattern with lines that cross over 
themselves cannot be selected.
 The pattern selected for creating the 
appliqué will be deleted after the Applique 
Wizard is used.
bMemo:
To quit the operation and close the dialog box, 
click Cancel.
E stitch V stitchSatin stitch 
						

							168
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Zooming
You can zoom in to work on details of the embroidery pattern or you can zoom out to work on any part of the 
embroidery pattern that cannot be viewed in the work area.
Zooming in
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
3.Click the area that you want to view enlarged.
Zooming out
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
3.Click the area that you want to view reduced.
Displaying at actual size
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear:  .
2.Click .→The Design Page is displayed at its actual 
size.
Displaying selected 
patterns to fill the window
1.Select the objects that you want to zoom on.
2.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear:  .
3.Click .
→The Design Page is zoomed to display 
only the selected objects.
Zooming Design Page to 
window
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→Five buttons appear:  .
2.Click .
→The entire Design Page is displayed to fit 
within the window.
bMemo:
To zoom in on a specific area, move the 
pointer near the desired area, and then drag 
the pointer diagonally over the desired area. 
						

							169
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Checking Embroidery Patterns
Measuring the distance 
between two points
1.Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
2.Move the pointer to the beginning of the part of 
the object that you want to measure, and then 
hold down the mouse button.
→A small circle appears, indicating the start 
point of the measurement.
3.Drag the pointer to view the measurement in 
the status bar. The value beside Length 
shows the length along a straight line between 
the start point and the end point. The value 
beside Width shows the horizontal distance 
between the start point and the end point. The 
value beside Height shows the vertical 
distance between the start point and the end 
point.
Specifying the sewing area
The sewing area can be specified.
1.Click Sew, then Select Sewing Area.
→The following dialog box appears.
2.Select the desired sewing area (Design Page 
area or Use existing design area).
3.Click OK.
→If Design Page area was selected, the 
patterns will be sewn so that the needle 
position when you start sewing is aligned 
with the center of your Design Page.
→If Use existing design area was selected, 
the patterns will be sewn so that the needle 
position when you start sewing is aligned 
with the center of the actual patterns.
bMemo:
To quit the operation, click Cancel.
bMemo:
When Design Page area is selected, the 
dimension of the pattern matches the size of 
the Design Page, therefore reducing the 
ability to move a pattern around the layout 
screen of your embroidering machine.
bMemo:
When Use existing design area is selected, 
the actual pattern size is maintained, therefore 
allowing greater mobility when using the layout 
functions of your embroidering machine.
Design Page (on your screen)
Sewing area = Design Page area
Sewing area = Use existing design area 
						

							170
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
c“Specifying the Design Page Size and 
Color” on page 99
Checking and editing the 
sewing order/color
The sewing order of pattern colors as well as the 
sewing order of pattern objects of the same color 
can be checked and modified as necessary.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click Sew, then Sewing Order/
Color.
→A Sewing Order/Color dialog box similar 
to the one shown below appears.
To enlarge each pattern to fill its frame, click 
.
To display in one frame all patterns of the 
same color that will be sewn together, click 
.
2.Click OK to apply the settings and to close the 
dialog box.
Selecting a pattern
1.Select a pattern in the Sewing Order/Color 
dialog box.
→The selected pattern has a pink line 
around it, and “marching lines” appear 
around the corresponding pattern in the 
Design Page.
bMemo:
The dialog box can be made longer so that all 
parts of the pattern can be viewed.
bMemo:
 When multiple patterns are combined into 
one frame,   appears to the left of the 
number of that frame.
Click   to display the combined patterns 
in separate frames. 
 appears under the first frame, and 
each frame is displayed with a subnumber 
following the first, to indicate its sewing 
order within the patterns of the same color.
Click 
 to recombine all of the patterns 
back into one frame.
 To close the dialog box without applying the 
changes to the settings, click 
Cancel.
bMemo:
 To select multiple patterns, hold down the 
 or   key while clicking the 
frames for the desired patterns. In addition, 
multiple frames can be selected by 
dragging the pointer over them.
 When the 
Sewing Order/Color dialog box 
is closed, the pattern that was selected in 
the dialog box remains selected in the 
Design Page, unless it is a locked pattern.
ShiftCtrl 
						

							171
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Editing the sewing order
The sewing order can be changed by selecting the 
frame containing the pattern that you want to move, 
then dragging the frame to the new location. A 
vertical red line appears, indicating the position 
where the frame is being moved.
An alternative method for moving the frames is by 
clicking the buttons at the bottom of the dialog box.
To move the selected pattern to the beginning 
of the sewing order, click  .
To move the selected pattern ahead one 
position in the sewing order, click  .
To move the selected pattern back one 
position in the sewing order, click  .
To move the selected pattern to the end of the 
sewing order, click  .
Combining patterns of the same color
When a Design Page contains a combination of 
patterns, those patterns with the same color can be 
grouped together from the Sewing Order/Color 
dialog box. Simply drag the frame of the patterns 
with the same color to position them beside each 
other.
Editing the color
1.Select the frame for the pattern whose color 
you want to change, and then click  .
→The Thread Color dialog box appears.
2.Select the desired color, and then click OK.
→The object appears in the new color in the 
Sewing Order/Color dialog box and in 
the Design Page.
3.Click OK.
→The pattern is displayed with the new 
color.
bMemo:
When dragging a frame containing combined 
patterns, the patterns will display in separate 
frames after you release them. Click   to 
the left of the first pattern for that color to 
recombine them into one frame. Dropping a 
frame containing combined patterns next to 
another frame containing combined patterns 
of the same color displays all patterns in 
separate frames.
aNote:
 Pieces of patterns that have been cut with 
the Split stitch tool appear at the end of the 
sewing order, depending on the sewing 
order of the original pattern and can be 
edited as any other pattern.
 The sewing order of the separate pattern 
sections cannot be edited. It is 
automatically determined by the order set 
for the whole design.
 Objects with no sewing attributes appear 
in a dotted frame, and there is no number 
for the sewing order below the frame.
bMemo:
Check the stitching after changing the sewing 
order to be sure that overlapping patterns will 
not be sewn in the wrong order.
bMemo:
 To switch between displaying the thread 
color number and brand and the thread 
color name in the list of thread colors, select 
the 
View Details check box.
 To display the colors arranged according to 
their tones (from warm colors to cold 
colors), click 
Color in the heading for the list 
of thread colors. Click Color again to 
reverse the order (from cold colors to warm 
colors). To return the list to its original 
display, click 
Index in the heading.
bMemo:
To close the dialog box without applying the 
changes to the settings, click Cancel. 
						

							172
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Displaying a preview of the 
embroidery
Once the embroidery design is complete, you can 
display a preview of it in order to see how the 
stitching is connected, or you can display a realistic 
preview of it in order to see how the design will 
appear once it is sewn.
1.To display a preview of the embroidery 
design, click Display on the menu bar, and 
then click Preview.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar 
button indicated below. 
→A preview of the embroidery design 
appears. 
2.To leave the preview display, repeat step 1., 
or press the   key.
3.To display a realistic preview of the 
embroidery design, click Display on the menu 
bar, and then click Realistic Preview.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar 
button indicated below. →A realistic preview of the embroidery 
design appears.
4.To leave the realistic preview display, repeat 
step 
3., or press the   key.

Changing realistic preview 
settings
Set the realistic preview settings for the desired 
realistic preview display.
1.Click Display, then Realistic Preview 
Attribute Setting.
→A Realistic Preview Attribute dialog box 
similar to the ones shown below appears.
2.Use the Thread Width slider to set how wide 
the thread will appear.
bMemo:
To zoom in (or out), click   on the Tool 
Box, click   (or  ), and then click the 
desired area of the embroidery design.
Preview
Esc
Realistic Preview
bMemo:
To zoom in (or out), click   on the Tool 
Box, click   (or  ), and then click the 
desired area of the embroidery design.
aNote:
The embroidery design cannot be edited 
while the realistic preview is displayed.
Esc
When a realistic 
preview is displayedWhen a realistic 
preview is not 
displayed 
						

							173
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
3.If necessary, use the Contrast slider to set the 
contrast.
4.If necessary, use the Brightness slider to set 
how bright the display is.
5.Click Apply to display a realistic preview of the 
patterns with the new settings (when the 
realistic preview is displayed).
Or, click OK to save the settings for the next 
time that the Realistic Preview function is 
select (when the realistic preview is not 
displayed).
c“Displaying a preview of the embroidery” 
on page 172
Checking the stitching
The actual stitching as it will be performed by the 
embroidery machine can be viewed using the stitch 
simulator. You can choose to view the stitching 
simulation of whole designs or, for large designs 
created on a custom-sized Design Page, view it by 
pattern section.
Toolbar button: 
1.Click  , or click Display, then Stitch 
Simulator.
The Stitch Simulator dialog box appears, 
and the embroidery design is cleared from the 
Design Page.
To begin the stitching simulation, click 
.To reverse the simulation to the beginning of 
the previous color, click  .
To advance the simulation to the beginning of 
the next color, click  .
To reverse the stitching by a specific number 
of stitches, type or select the desired number 
of stitches, and then click  .
To advance the stitching by a specific number 
of stitches, type or select the desired number 
of stitches, and then click  .
To reverse the stitching to the previous design 
section, click  .
To advance the stitching to the next design 
section, click  .
To stop the simulation and return to the 
previous display, click  .
Drag the slider indicated by   to adjust the 
simulation stitching speed.
bMemo:
To close the dialog box without applying the 
changes to the settings, click Close or Cancel.
bMemo:
 During the stitching simulation, the play 
button ( ) changes to a pause 
button ( ).
 A marker ( ) indicates the current 
position in the simulation.
 To get a better view of the stitching, zoom in 
on the design before opening the 
Stitch 
Simulator dialog box.
bMemo:
 and   appear only for design 
created on custom-sized Design Pages.
bMemo:
The slider shows the current location in the 
simulation. In addition, the slider can be 
moved to change the position in the 
simulation. 
						

							174
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
2.Click   in the upper-right corner of the 
dialog box to close the dialog box.
Checking embroidery 
design information
Sewing information such as dimensions, needle 
count, color count and color order of patterns can be 
checked in the Design Property dialog box.
1.Click Option, then Design Property.
→The Design Property dialog box 
appears.→If the Design Page was set to Custom 
Size and no object in the Design Page is 
selected, the sewing information for the 
entire Design Page is displayed hoop by 
hoop, and a Design Property dialog box 
similar to the one shown below appears.
bMemo:
 The first number beside   indicates the 
number of the current stitch, and the second 
number indicates the total number of 
stitches.
 The first number beside   indicates the 
number of the color being drawn, and the 
second number indicates the total number 
of colors used.
 The first number beside   indicates the 
pattern section that is displayed, and the 
second number indicates the total number 
of hoop sections in the pattern. This 
indicator appears only for patterns created 
on custom-sized Design Pages.
bMemo:
If a pattern was selected when the Stitch 
Simulator
 dialog box was displayed, only the 
selected pattern is drawn in the simulation.
bMemo:
 You can select and check the properties of 
individual objects within the embroidery 
pattern by selecting the pattern before 
opening this dialog box.
 To display the colors as the machine’s 
preset color names, select the 
With Basic 
Color check box.
 This dialog box can be resized. The size of 
the dialog box is retained until it is changed 
again.
 To close the dialog box, click 
Close.
aNote:
If a pattern is larger than the Design Page or 
if it is positioned so that it does not 
completely fit within the Design Page, the 
error message “Please change the object 
size or position.” appears instead of this 
dialog box. After the design causing the error 
is displayed selected, change its size or 
position. (If more than one design causes 
the error message to appear, they will be 
displayed in the sewing order.)