Quick Start Manual

Contents Before Using Getting Started Design Center Layout & Editing
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Quick Reference Alphabetic Index
• Editing stitch data of a stitch object .................. 123
• Editing entry/exit points of a shape object........ 124
Zoom Mode ............................................................. 125
• Zooming in......................................................... 125
• Zooming out ...................................................... 126
• Zooming to the real size.................................... 126
• Enlarging selected objects to the screen size.. 126
• Return to the standard scale............................. 126
Text Input Mode ...................................................... 127
• Entering text ...................................................... 127
Circle and Arc Drawing Mode................................. 128
• Drawing a circle or an ellipse............................ 129
• Drawing an arc .................................................. 129
• Drawing a fan shape ......................................... 130
• Drawing an arc & string..................................... 130
Rectangle Drawing Mode ....................................... 131
• Drawing a box ................................................... 131
Outline Drawing Mode ............................................ 131
• Drawing a line.................................................... 132
Manual Punching Mode .......................................... 133
• Creating a manual punching pattern ................ 133
Measure Mode ........................................................ 135
• Measuring the distance between two points.... 135
■ Using the Sewing Attributes Bar......................... 136
Setting Geometric Attributes................................... 137
• Arc shape ......................................................... 137
• Edge radius ...................................................... 137
• Path shape ....................................................... 138
Setting Text Attributes............................................. 138
• Font ................................................................... 138
• Text size ........................................................... 140
• Transform level ................................................. 141
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ....................... 142
• Line sew ............................................................ 142
• Region sew........................................................ 143
• Color ................................................................. 144
• Stitch ................................................................. 146
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................. 148
File Menu................................................................. 149
• New.................................................................... 149
• Open.................................................................. 150
• Import – from File .............................................. 151
• Import – from Design Center ............................ 153
• Import – from Card............................................ 154
• Save................................................................... 156
• Save As ............................................................. 156
• Export ................................................................ 157
• Write to Card – Current Design ........................ 157
• Write to Card – Other PES files........................ 158
• Property ............................................................. 161
• Print Setup......................................................... 161
• Print Preview ..................................................... 163
• Print ................................................................... 164
• Exit..................................................................... 165
Edit Menu ................................................................ 166
• Undo .................................................................. 166
• Redo ................................................................. 166
• Group ................................................................ 167
• Ungroup ............................................................ 167
• Cut..................................................................... 167
• Copy.................................................................. 168
• Duplicate ........................................................... 168
• Paste................................................................. 168
• Delete................................................................ 168
• Mirror – Horizontal ............................................ 169
• Mirror – Vertical ................................................ 169
• Rotate ............................................................... 170
• Numerical Setting-Size..................................... 171
• Numerical Setting-Rotate ................................. 172
• Center ............................................................... 172
• Align .................................................................. 173
• Select All ........................................................... 174
Image Menu............................................................ 175
• Input – from File................................................ 176
• Input – from TWAIN device.............................. 176
• Input – from Portrait.......................................... 177
• Input – from Clipboard...................................... 178
• Output – to File ................................................. 179
• Output – to Clipboard ....................................... 179
• Select TWAIN device ....................................... 179
• Modify ............................................................... 180
• Image to Stitch Wizard ..................................... 181
• Display Image – On/Faded/Off ........................ 196
Text Menu............................................................... 197
• Edit Text Letters................................................ 197
• Text Attribute Setting........................................ 198
• Fit Text to Path Setting..................................... 199
• Release Text from Path ................................... 201
• Transform Text ................................................. 201
• Clear Transformation........................................ 202
• TrueType Font Attribute Setting....................... 202
• Convert to Outline Object................................. 203
Sew Menu............................................................... 204
• Sewing Attribute Setting................................... 204
• Sewing Order.................................................... 210
• Set hole sewing ................................................ 212
• Cancel hole sewing .......................................... 213
• Stitch to Block ................................................... 213
• Convert to Stitch ............................................... 214
• Change colors of a stitch object....................... 215
• Select Sewing Area .......................................... 216
• Optimize hoop change ..................................... 217
• Optimize Entry/Exit points ................................ 218
Display Menu .......................................................... 219
• Grid Setup......................................................... 219
• Preview ............................................................. 220
• Refresh Window ............................................... 220
• Realistic Preview .............................................. 220
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting ................... 221
• Stitch Simulator................................................. 221
• Toolbar.............................................................. 222
• Status Bar ......................................................... 222
Option Menu ........................................................... 223
• Design Center................................................... 223