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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Menus/Tools
■ Display menu
■ Option menu
Menu
Toolbar
Purpose Shortcut key Reference
Grid Setup
Allows you to set up the grid, to switch it on or off, and
to display it with or without the horizontal and vertical
lines.
p. 161
Modify Template
Adjusts the size and position of the background
image.
p. 159
Display
Template
On Displays the template image.
F6
p. 159
Faded Displays a faded copy of the template image.
F6
Off Hides the template image.
F6
Preview
Specifies whether the patterns appear as stitches or
in the normal view.
F9
Realistic Preview
Displays a realistic image of how the patterns will look
after being embroidered.
Shift + F9
Realistic Preview
Attribute Setting
Sets the preview attributes for Realistic Preview.
Refresh Window Updates the screen.
Ctrl + R
Stitch Simulator Displays a simulation of the machine stitching.
p. 169
Reference Window Hides/displays the Reference Window.
F11 p. 161
Toolbar Hides/displays the Toolbar.
p. 153
Status Bar Hides/displays the status bar.
Menu Toolbar Purpose Shortcut key Reference
Layout & Editing
Starts up Layout & Editing and displays its window up
front.
F5 p. 47
Programmable Stitch
Creator
Starts up Programmable Stitch Creator and displays
its window up front.
p. 199
p. 205
Design Page Property
Allows you to change the size of the Design Page and
the color of the Design Page and the background.
p. 159
Select
System
Unit
mm Allows you to change the system units to millimeters.
p. 161
inch Allows you to change the system units to inches.