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)
Drawing straight line and
curve
1. Click on the Tool Box.
→ Eight buttons appear:
: Click points to draw a closed line
constructed of straight lines.
(Shortcut key: )
: Click points to draw an open line
constructed of straight lines.
(Shortcut key: )
: Click points to draw a closed curve.
(Shortcut key: )
: Click points to draw an open curve.
(Shortcut key: )
: When a template image is displayed,
click along the outlines of the image to
draw closed lines tracing the image.
(Shortcut key: )
: When a template image is displayed,
click along the outlines of the image to
draw open lines tracing the image.
(Shortcut key: )
: Drag the pointer to draw a closed
freehand line.
: Drag the pointer to draw an open
freehand line.
2. Click the button for the shape to be drawn.
→ The Sewing Attributes bar appears.
3. Click in the Design Page or drag the pointer to
draw the line.
■ Straight lines/curves
Although the procedure for using the Straight Line
tool is described below, the Curve tool and Semi-
Automatic tool are used in the same way.
1. Click in the Design Page to specify the start
point.
End point
Start point
Open line
Closed line
This closed line crosses itself,
so the regions will not be filled.
End point
Start point
Open curve
Closed curve
This closed curve crosses itself,
so the regions will not be filled.
Z
Z
X
X
C
C