Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
4.Move the pointer over the line that you want to 
erase, and then hold down the right mouse 
button.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
.
5.Carefully drag the pointer to erase the line.
6.Repeat steps 4. and 5. to delete a few 
leaves.
bMemo:
 If you deleted part of the outline by 
mistake, you may need to redraw some of 
lines. To do this, simply hold down the left 
mouse button and start drawing the line.
 If you are not satisfied with...

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bMemo:
Various settings are available for converting 
the line image to a figure handle image. (For 
more details on the various settings, refer to 
page 76.) In addition, this dialog box allows 
you to preview how the image will fit in the 
selected Design Page (the size of the area to 
be sewn).
2.Click OK.
→The line image is converted to a figure 
handle image, which is displayed in the 
Design Page.
bMemo:
 The Tool Box for stage 3 (Figure Handle 
stage)...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears as shown below.
2.To change the outline color, click the Line 
color button ( ) on the Sewing Attributes 
bar, click the desired color in the Line Thread 
Color dialog box that appeared, and then click 
Close.
bMemo:
To move the dialog box to a more convenient 
place on the screen, move the pointer over 
the title bar, and then drag the dialog box.
→The Line color...

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■Specifying sewing attributes for 
the regions
1.
Click   on the Tool Box.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears as shown below. 
For the leaves
2.Click the Region color button ( ) on the 
Sewing Attributes bar, click the color LEAF 
GREEN in the Region Thread Color dialog 
box that appeared, and then click Close. 
→The Region color button ( ) on the 
Sewing Attributes bar is displayed in the 
selected color.
3.Click in...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
After applying the sewing attributes to the 
leaves, the image appears as shown below. 
For one side of the petals
8.Select the color CARMINE, set the stitching 
direction, and then click each region where 
you want to apply the attributes.
For the other side of the petals
9.Select the color RED, set the stitching 
direction, and then click each region where 
you want to apply the attributes. 
Step 8
Previewing the image
You can display a...

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
3.To display a realistic preview of the 
embroidery pattern, click Display on the menu 
bar, and then click Realistic Preview.
An alternate method is to click the Toolbar 
button indicated below. 
→A realistic preview of the embroidery pat-
tern appears.
bMemo:
To zoom in (or out), click   (or  ) on the 
Tool Box, and then click the desired area of 
the embroidery pattern.
4.To leave the realistic preview display, repeat 
step 
3., or press the   key.
Step 9...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
Using Layout & Editing
In this section, we are going to complete the embroidery pattern by combining a pattern imported from Design 
Center with objects created using Layout & Editing, one of which will have a programmable fill stitch applied 
to it.
Follow the instructions in this section step by step. If you have to interrupt this exercise for any reason, it is 
recommended to save the file (refer to Step 14, “Saving the file”, on page 53)....

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1.In Design Center, click File on the menu bar, 
and then click Open.
→An Open dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears. 
2.Select Design Center PEM File (*.PEM) in 
the Files of type box, the sample file 
Flower.pem in the Data folder, and then click 
Open. 
bMemo:
If the Preview check box is selected, the 
contents of the selected file will appear in the 
Preview box.
→The embroidery pattern is displayed in the 
Design Page of Design Center.
3.Click...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
2.Move the pointer over a handle.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to 
, ,  , or  , depending 
on the handle that the pointer is over.
bMemo:
•  is for scaling the width.
  is for scaling the height.
  and   are for scaling both  dimensions at the same time. 
3.Drag the handle to adjust the selected pattern 
to the desired size.
bMemo:
To maintain the stitch  density and fill pattern, 
hold down the   key while dragging a 
handle. (For more...

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3.To cancel line sewing (outline), click the Line 
sew button.
→The Line color button and the Line sew 
type selector disappear.
bMemo:
If the Line sew button is clicked, causing the Line color button and the Line sew type 
selector to disappear, the outline will not be 
sewn. If you want to sew the outline, click the 
Line sew button again to display the Line 
color
 button and the Line sew type selector.
4.To cancel region sewing (inside area), click 
the...