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
94
Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Setting the thread color and
sew type
All patterns can be assigned at least one color and
sew type. Patterns with an outline and an inside
region can be assigned two different thread colors
and sew types. If a gradation is applied to an area,
an additional color can be specified to create a
blending effect. (For details on gradations, refer to
“Creating a gradation/blending” on page 115.) In
addition, each character in a text pattern can be
assigned individual thread colors and sew types.
Patterns with an outline and a inside region: text
converted from TrueType fonts, circles, fan shapes,
arcs & strings, rectangles, 24 shapes, closed broken
lines, and closed curves. For these patterns, it is
possible to switch on and off sewing for the outline
and the regions.
Patterns with only an outline: arcs, open broken
lines, and open curves. For these patterns, it is still
possible to switch on and off sewing for the outline.
Patterns with only a region: text created with fonts
provided with this application, text created with
custom fonts and manual punching patterns. For
these patterns, it is not possible to switch on and off
sewing of the inside region.
Manual punching patterns: You can set a color and
a sew type for manual punching patterns.
■ Line sew
/
Region sew
switches on/off line sewing, switches on/
off region sewing.
Clicking the button switches between the two
settings.
On: The Line color/Region color button and the
Line sew type/Region sew type selector are
displayed.
Off: The Line color/Region color button and the
Line sew type/Region sew type selector are
not displayed.
Line sewing on: Line sewing off:
c
“Color” on page 95 and “Sew type” on
page 96.
b Memo:
• The color and sew type are applied to all
patterns of the same type that you create,
until the settings are changed. The color
button of each category shows the current
color for that category.
• If a pattern is selected, the color and sew
type are applied to the selected pattern.
b Memo:
• When line sewing or region sewing is
switched off, it is not sewn (and the color or
sew type cannot be selected).
a Note:
The Region sewing attribute cannot be set
inside the closed path region in case a
pattern outline across by itself although the
pattern is drawn by the straight line or the
curved line tool with closed path attribute.
Line sew
Line color
Line sew type
Region sew
Region color
Region sew type
Region sewing on: Region sewing off: