Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- PE-DESIGN8 Instruction Manual
- Turn Any Design Into Original Embroidery With PE-DESIGN
- What You Can Do With PE-DESIGN
- Sew Types
- Basic Operation Map
- New Features of Version 8
- Table of Contents
- How To Use Manuals
- Support/Service
- Tutorial
- Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
- Layout & Editing Window
- Opening/Importing Embroidery Designs
- Checking Embroidery Patterns
- Editing Embroidery Designs
- Reshaping Embroidery Patterns
- Editing a Stitch Pattern
- Specifying the Design Page Size and Color
- Changing Application Settings
- Drawing Shapes
- Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)
- Adding Text
- Entering Monograms
- Applying Sewing Attributes to Lines and Regions
- Editing Regions
- Checking and Editing the Sewing Order/ Lock
- Importing Image Data
- Changing the Image Settings
- Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Image to Stitch Wizard)
- Saving and Printing
- Basic Design Center Operations
- Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
- About the Instruction Manual (PDF Format)
- Tutorial (Advanced)
- Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
- Design Database Window
- Starting Up Design Database
- Checking Embroidery Designs
- Opening Embroidery Designs
- Organizing Embroidery Designs
- Searching for an Embroidery Design
- Converting Embroidery Design Files to Different Formats
- Writing Embroidery Design Files to an Original Card
- Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery Designs
- Basic Programmable Stitch Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Stitch Patterns (Programmable Stitch Creator)
- Opening a Pattern File
- Creating a New Pattern
- Viewing the Pattern While Creating It
- Creating a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating Embossing/Engraving Effects in Fill/Stamp Mode
- Creating a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Editing a Pattern in Motif Mode
- Saving Patterns
- Changing the Settings
- Basic Font Creator Operations
- Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creator)
- Tips and Techniques
- Menus/Tools
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Changing sewing attributes
The sew type for the objects in each color can be
changed.
1. Select a pattern in the Sewing Order/Lock
dialog box.
2. Click Sew, then Sewing Attribute Setting.
c
“Layout & Editing Window” on page 47.
→ The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box
appears.
3. Change the sew type.
c
“Sew type” and “Specifying sewing
attributes” are on page 96.
Locking embroidery
patterns
Embroidery patterns can be locked to prevent them
from being moved or deleted. Locked embroidery
patterns cannot be selected, and editing operations.
1. Select a pattern in the Sewing Order/Lock
dialog box.
2. Click .
→ appears at the bottom of the frame.
→ The embroidery pattern is locked.
To unlock the embroidery pattern, select the
frame, and then click again.
b Memo:
• Frames with to the left of the number
contain multiple patterns of the same color.
If these frames are selected to be locked, all
patterns in the frame are locked.
• Locking either the line or region of an
embroidery pattern made up of an outline
and inside region locks the entire
embroidery pattern.
• Locking any part of a combined pattern,
such as grouped patterns, text arranged on
a curve or patterns with hole sewing
specified, locks the entire embroidery
pattern.