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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How To Use Manuals
The following manuals are included with this software.
Installation Guide
This guide contains descriptions about the preparations necessary to begin using the software. Follow the
instructions provided in this guide to complete the preparation and installation of the software.
Instruction Manual (Basic/this manual)
This manual contains descriptions of Layout & Editing and Design Center.
In order to understand how to use these applications, basic operations are first introduced through examples.
Follow these procedures to gain an understanding of the general operations of these applications.
Precautions, additional information, and details on useful functions and the various settings are described
later. Customer service information is also provided in this manual.
Instruction Manual (Basic and Advanced/PDF format)
This manual is provided in a PDF format on the enclosed CD-ROM. The following information is provided in
addition to the Instruction Manual described above.
Details on Design Database, Programmable Stitch Creator and Font Creator are provided. Refer to this
manual for information on these applications. Basic operations for each of these applications are described
through examples. Then, precautions, additional information, and details on useful functions and the various
settings are provided.
For a better understanding of the PE-DESIGN operations, an advanced tutorial, tips and techniques, and lists
of menus/tools for each application are provided. In addition, this manual contains a troubleshooting section.
Refer to this section if you have any problems while using this software.
■ Opening the Instruction Manual (PDF format)
Click All Programs, then PE-DESIGN 8, then Instruction Manual.
Otherwise, click Help, then Instruction Manual in the menu of any application.
■ Printing the Instruction Manual (PDF format)
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