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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Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Displaying a preview of the
embroidery
Once the embroidery design is complete, you can
display a preview of it in order to see how the
stitching is connected, or you can display a realistic
preview of it in order to see how the design will
appear once it is sewn.
■ Preview
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click Display, then Preview.
→ A preview of the embroidery design
appears.
2. To leave the preview display, repeat step 1.,
or press the key.
■ Realistic Preview
Toolbar button:
1. Click , or click Display, then Realistic
Preview.
→ A realistic preview of the embroidery
design appears.
2. To leave the realistic preview display, repeat
step
1., or press the key.
Esc
a Note:
• The embroidery design cannot be edited
while the realistic preview is displayed.
• The image imported into the Design Page
can also be displayed in the preview if the
appropriate Display Image setting is
selected.
c
“Changing the display of the
background image” on
page 123.
b Memo:
Changing realistic preview settings
Set the realistic preview settings for the
desired realistic preview display.
1. Click Display, then Realistic Preview
Attribute Setting.
→ A Realistic Preview Attribute
Setting dialog box similar to the
ones shown below appears.
2. If necessary, specify settings for
Thread Width, Contrast and
Brightness.
3. Click Apply to display a realistic
preview of the patterns with the new
settings (when the realistic preview is
displayed).
Or, click OK to save the settings for the
next time that the Realistic Preview
function is select (when the realistic
preview is not displayed).
c
“Displaying a preview of the
embroidery” on page 65.
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