Brother Pe Design 6 Manual

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
2.Click the oval to select it. 
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .
3.Drag the oval to its final location. 
Step 4
Adding text
The next object to add to our embroidery pattern 
is text.
1.Click   on the Tool Box, and then click 
.
→The shape of the pointer changes to 
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears as shown below. 
2.To change the font, click in the Font selector 
on the Sewing Attributes bar, and then select 
the desired font....

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→The Edit Text Letters dialog box ap-
pears.
7.Type your text (“ROSE”, for this example).
bMemo:
 You can also enter a character by 
selecting it in the character table, then 
clicking 
Insert, or simply by double-
clicking it. This is particularly useful if you 
have to enter accented characters that are 
not available on your keyboard.
 To quit the operation, click 
Cancel.
8.Click OK.
→The text is displayed in the Design Page.
bMemo:
 If you want to edit...

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
→The Fit Text to Path Attribute Setting di-
alog box appears.
5.Click OK without changing any settings.
cFor more details on these settings, refer 
to “Specifying text arrangement” on 
page 158.
→The text is now arranged on the oval. 
bMemo:
Moving the oval and text:
Once the text is arranged on the oval, you 
can move both patterns as a group, without 
affecting their relative position, or you can 
move the text alone to change its position on...

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
→The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box 
appears.
5.To change the width from 2.0 mm, set Zigzag 
width to 1.0, and then click Apply.
6.To change the color for the region, click the 
Region sew button ( ) so that the Region 
color button ( ) and the Region sew type 
selector ( ) appear, and then 
select a region color.
For this example, select the color LEMON 
YELLOW.
→The embroidery pattern appears as 
shown below.
Step 7
Selecting a programmable fill stitch...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
3.Click under Programmable fill.
→The Browse dialog box appears, allowing 
you to preview and browse through the 
existing programmable fill stitch patterns.
4.From the stitch samples, click pat 07 to select 
it, and then click OK.
→The dialog box closes and a preview of 
the selected stitch appears at the bottom 
of the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog 
box.
bMemo:
Double-clicking the stitch pattern also selects 
it and closes the dialog box....

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→The  Sewing Attribute Setting  dialog box 
appears as shown below.
cFor more information on the different 
settings for a programmable fill stitch, 
refer to “Specifying sewing attributes” on 
page 171.
7.Click  Apply .
→ The stitch and its settings are applied to 
the inside area of the selected circle.
Step 8
Adding a closed broken line for 
the sun’s rays
Now, let’s draw a few rays around the sun. There 
are, of course, many ways to do this. You could, 
for...

Basic Operation
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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
5.To draw the rays of the sun around the circle 
using the circle as a guide, click in the Design 
Page to select the start point (1), continue 
clicking in the Design Page to select every 
other corner (2 through L), and then double-
click.
bMemo:
To remove the last point that was entered, 
click the right mouse button.
→The embroidery pattern appears as 
shown below.
bMemo:
 If you want to delete the pattern, click   
on the Tool Box, click...

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3.Click the frame containing the outline for the 
sun’s rays to select it, and then drag the 
selected frame between the region for the 
sun’s rays and the circle for the sun. 
4.Click OK.
→The sun’s rays will be sewn before the sun 
(circle).
If necessary, move the circle so that it looks 
centered relative to the sun’s rays.
Step 10
Adjusting the rays
At this time, you might want to modify the rays. 
You can do this by moving, deleting and adding 
points in...

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Creating and Editing Embroidery Patterns
1.Click   on the Tool Box, and then click the 
sun’s circle to select it.
2.Hold down the   key and click the sun’s 
rays.
→The circle and the broken line are now se-
lected together.
bMemo:
If it is difficult to select the two patterns, drag 
the pointer to draw a selection frame around 
the patterns.
3.Click Sew on the menu bar, and then click Set 
Hole Sewing.
→The following message appears. 
4.Click OK to close the message.
bMemo:
Points on...

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3.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   on the Tool 
Box, click   (or  ), and then click the 
desired area of the embroidery pattern.
4.To return to the previous display, repeat step 
3., or press the   key.
Step 13
Transferring the pattern to an 
original card
Before you...