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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Index
A
aligning
embroidery patterns ............................................53
Appliqué ......................................................95, 137, 174
Arc ............................................................................... 71
attaching stabilizer ....................................................178
Auto Punch function .................................................. 126
B
Back stitch ................................................................. 135
Beginner mode ....................................................96, 166
blending ....................................................................115
blocks from stitch data ................................................63
C
canceling
hole sewing .........................................................75
text arrangement .................................................88
Card writer ..................................................................17
catalogs
CSV files ...........................................................197
HTML files .........................................................196
printing .............................................................. 196
center point .................................................................61
centering ..................................................................... 52
Change Color ....................................................131, 134
changing
thread color order ..............................................113
Changing the character spacing .................................86
Character Spacing ................................................84, 86
Check for Updates ......................................................14
checking
sewing order .....................................................117
stitching ............................................................... 66
Circle ...........................................................................71
Color button ........................................................ 95, 165
Color Option .............................................................. 131
combining
pattern colors .................................................... 118
concentric circle stitch ...........................................7, 107
center point ......................................................... 61
Convert to Stitch .........................................................62
converting
embroidery pattern formats ............................... 193
copying
images ..............................................................124
creating
new folders ........................................................190
new thread color chart ......................................110
cross stitch ............................................................ 7, 107
Cross Stitch function ................................................. 134
Custom Font ...............................................................82
Customer Support .......................................................14
D
deleting
stitch points .........................................................63
thread color charts ............................................111
thread colors from charts ..................................112
Design Center ...................................................145, 249
Design Database ..............................................187, 254
Design Page Property .................................68, 159, 182
Design Page size ................................................68, 159
multi-position hoops ..........................................182
Design Property ........................................................137
Display
Small Thumbnails .............................................191
displaying
background images ..........................................215
embroidery patterns ..........................................191
images ......................................................123, 159
Divide Stitches by Color ..............................................64
drawing
broken lines ......................................................161
portrait ...............................................................121
E
E/V stitch ...............................................................6, 100
editing
grouped objects ..................................................55
points ..........................................................56, 209
sewing order .....................................................118
thread color charts ............................................111
thread colors .....................................................113
embossing .........................................................205, 211
embroidering .............................................................180
embroidery patterns
adding comments .............................................140
aligning ............................................................... 53
centering ............................................................. 52
converting formats ............................................193
displaying ..........................................................191
exporting ...........................................................138
from images ................................................19, 125
grouping ..............................................................55
importing ...........................................................189
information ................................................137, 188
multi-position hoops ..........................................183
printing ......................................................186
opening .............................................................189
organizing .........................................................190
engraving ..........................................................205, 211
entry/exit points
moving ................................................................60
optimizing ............................................................ 60
eraser ........................................................................147
Expert mode ........................................................96, 166
exporting embroidery patterns ..................................138










