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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Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
Managing Embroidery Design Files (Design Database)
Opening Embroidery Designs
Opening files with Layout &
Editing
You can easily open any selected .pes file with
Layout & Editing.
1. In the folder pane, select the folder containing
the embroidery design that you want to open
in Layout & Editing.
2. In the contents pane, select the .pes file.
3. Click File, then Open in Layout & Editing.
→ The selected embroidery pattern appears
in a new Design Page.
Importing files into Layout
& Editing
You can easily import any selected embroidery
design into Layout & Editing. Files in the following
formats can be imported.
.pes, .phc, .dst, .exp, .pcs, .hus, .vip, .shv, .jef, .sew,
.csd, or .xxx
1. In the folder pane, select the folder containing
the embroidery design that you want to import
into Layout & Editing.
2. In the contents pane, select the embroidery
design.
3. Click File, then Import Into Layout & Editing.
→ The selected embroidery design appears
in the Layout & Editing window.
a Note:
Be sure to select a folder that contains .pes
files.
a Note:
Files in the .pen format cannot be imported
into Layout & Editing.