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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Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
Manually Creating Embroidery Patterns From Images (Design Center)
Sew Setting Stage
After editing the outline in the Figure Handle Stage, continue to the Sew Setting Stage, where the sewing
attributes can be set. Use the zooming tools available to display the pattern enlarged or reduced.
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click Stage, then To Sew
Setting.
→ The pattern is displayed in the Design
Page of the Sew Setting Stage.
Applying sewing attributes
to lines and regions
■ Region sewing
Applying sewing attributes to regions
1. Click on the Tool Box.
2. If necessary, change the color and sew type.
c
“Using the sewing attributes bar” on
page 164
3. Click the enclosed region to apply the sewing
attributes.
→ “Marching lines” appear around the
selected region, and the color and sew
type selected on the Sewing Attributes
bar are applied to the region.
b Memo:
• You can change the color and sew type either before or after applying sewing attributes to the region.
c
“Color” on page 165 and “Sew type” on page 165.
• You can also use the settings in the
Sewing Attribute Setting
dialog box to define other attributes of the sew type.
c
“Specifying sewing attributes” on page 165.
b Memo:
In the Sew Setting Stage, the colors of the
Design Page and background can be
changed from the
Design Page Property
dialog box (displayed by clicking
Option
, then
Design Page Property
in the menu).
a Note:
If the attributes cannot be applied to a
region, go back to the Figure Handle Stage
and make sure that region is closed. Edit any
broken lines with the Point Edit tool.