Brother Pe Design 7 Manual

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aNote:
If a .pes file is saved with objects extending 
off the Design Page or with the number of 
stitches or number of colors for the objects 
exceeding the Design Page limitations, the 
designs cannot be saved on an original card.
Only the embroidery designs displayed in 
the writing list will be written to the original 
card.
bMemo:
 To remove an embroidery design file from 
the writing list, click  , or right-click it, 
and then click 
Remove from Writing List.
 Patterns created on a custom-sized Design 
Page are written to cards split into their 
various hoop sections.
If the total size of the pattern exceeds the 
capacity of the original card or if your hoop 
size is 90 
× 90 cm (3.54 × 3.54) and the 
Design Page is split into over 80 sections, 
the available space appears in yellow on 
the progress bar. When   is 
clicked, the 
Select Hoop Sections dialog 
box appears, allowing you to select the 
pattern sections to be written in the 
available space on the card.
The progress bar at the top of the dialog box 
shows the available space on the card as you 
select pattern sections to be written to the 
card. The space used by the selected pattern 
sections appears in blue. If, however, you 
select a pattern section that exceeds the size 
limit, the space used appears in yellow, and if 
you select several pattern sections which 
exceed the size limit, the space used appears 
in red.
Click 
Select to add the selected pattern 
sections to the writing list. To deselect a 
pattern section, simply click it again. (The 
Select button is available only when a section 
is selected and the space on the card is 
sufficient to receive the selected patterns.) 
						

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7.Continue until all embroidery designs that you 
want to write to an original card are selected.
8.After the embroidery designs to be written to 
the original card appear in the writing list, click 
 to write the designs to the card.
→The following message appears.
9.Click OK.
→The embroidery design in the writing list 
are written to the original card.
10.To check the embroidery design file being 
written to the original card, click  .
→If a card writer module is connected and if 
an original card is inserted into the card 
writer module, the following message 
appears and the embroidery designs are 
read from the card.
→ appears in the folder pane, 
and all embroidery designs written to the 
original card appear in the contents pane.
bMemo:
 During this process, the card capacity 
indicator allows you to plan which designs 
you would like to save on an original card.
The space used by designs in the writing list 
appears in blue.
 To rewrite the embroidery files written on 
the original card, click   to select 
those files, and move files to the writing list 
in the same manner.
aNote:
Do not remove the card or unplug the USB 
cable while patterns are being written to the 
card (while the LED indicator is flashing).
aNote:
 If no original card is inserted, the following 
message appears.
 Insert an original card, and then click 
Retry.
 To quit the operation, click 
Cancel.
bMemo:
 Embroidery designs written to the original 
card appear as “Card Data” in the contents 
pane.
 To display the contents of the folder in the 
contents pane, click  . Switch 
the display by clicking   and 
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Outputting a Catalog of Embroidery 
Designs
Printing
Images of all embroidery designs in the selected 
folder can be printed as a catalog.
1.In the folder pane, select the folder containing 
the embroidery designs that you want to 
catalog.
2.Click File, then Print Setup.
→A Print Setup dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears.
3.Under Print Layout, select whether each 
design is printed on a separate page, 4 
designs are printed on a page or 12 designs 
are printed on a page.
4.Under Color Description, select whether the 
thread colors appear as the name of the color 
or as the brand and thread number.
5.Click Print.
→Images of the selected designs are 
printed.
Outputting as an HTML file
Instead of being printed, the catalog of embroidery 
designs can be outputted as an HTML file.
1.In the folder pane, select the folder containing 
the embroidery designs that you want to 
catalog.
2.Click File, then Create HTML.
→A Save As dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
3.Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the name of the HTML file.
4.To add a title at the top of the file and in the title 
bar, type the title in the Page Title box.
5.Under Page Layout, select how the designs 
appear on the page.
6.Click Save.
→The HTML file and a folder containing 
images of the embroidery designs are 
outputted to the selected folder.
bMemo:
If the brand name and thread number are 
long, some of the text may not be displayed.
bMemo:
 If one or more embroidery designs were 
selected in the contents pane, only the 
selected designs are printed.
 The catalog can be printed immediately by 
clicking the menu command 
File – Print. 
The embroidery designs are printed 
according to the settings already selected in 
the 
Print Setup dialog box. 
						

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Outputting as a CSV file
A .csv file containing the sewing information (file 
name, dimensions, number of stitches, number of 
colors, file path, file properties (.pes files only) and 
the names of thread colors and thread numbers) for 
selected embroidery designs can be outputted.
1.In the folder pane, select the folder containing 
the embroidery designs that you want to 
catalog.
2.Click File, then Create CSV.
→A Save As dialog box similar to the one 
shown below appears.
3.Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the name of the .csv file.
4.Click Save.
→A CSV file containing the sewing 
information for the embroidery designs is 
outputted to the selected folder. 
						

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Tutorial (Advanced)
Automatically Converting a Photo to an 
Embroidery Pattern (Photo Stitch Function)
We will be going through basic operations on how to use a photo to create a beautiful embroidery pattern using 
the Stitch Wizard.
In this section, you will also learn how to make manual adjustments to the within the Stitch Wizard to achieve 
a beautiful embroidery pattern.
Step 1Importing photo data into 
Layout & Editing
First, we need to import the image that will be 
converted into an embroidery pattern.
For this example, we will use the photo of the girl 
(girl-face.bmp) provided with this application.
Start up Layout & Editing.
Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Layout & 
Editing.
Import the image.
Click Image, then Input, then from File.
Double-click the Photo folder to open it.
Select the sample file girl-face.bmp, and then 
click Open, or double-click the files icon.
Step 1Importing photo data into Layout & Editing
Step 2Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern
Step 3Setting up the Color Option
Step 4Displaying a preview of the embroidery
Step 5Saving the embroidery design
Step 6Transferring the design to an original card
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Adjust the image size and position.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected image 
to the desired size.
Move the pointer over the selected image, and 
then drag the image to the desired position.
Step 2Automatically converting the 
image to an embroidery pattern
Next, the image will automatically be converted to 
an embroidery pattern.
Select the conversion method.
Click Image, then Image to Stitch Wizard.
Click Photo Stitch 1, then Color, and then 
click Next.
bMemo:
If the handles have disappeared, right-click 
the image, and then click Modify Image in the 
menu that appeared.
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Status bar
Handles
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Select the area (mask shape and position) of
the photo to be converted the embroidery
pattern.
Select the shape of the mask.
If Round mask is selected
Drag the handle to adjust the mask to the 
desired size.Move the pointer inside the mask, drag the 
mask to the desired position, and then click 
Next.
If  is selected
To create a mask of a desired shape, click 
.
Move, enter or delete points to adjust the mask 
shape.
To add points, click the outline of the mask. To 
delete points, select the point, and the
n press 
the  key
. 
After editing is finished, click Next.
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→The image is analyzed, and the Check 
Mask Shape dialog box appears.
Check the preview of the area to be converted, 
and then click Next.
Step 3Setting up the Color 
Option
While viewing the preview image, adjust the 
color and brightness.
Adjust the brightness and contrast with the 
Brightness/Contrast slider.
Sets the number of colors selected by the Auto 
Select function.
Click Update Preview.
bMemo:
With a single-colored background, as in this 
example (girl_face.bmp), click Auto Generate 
to automatically detect the outline of the 
image.
bMemo:
Areas not set to be sewn are filled with a 
crosshatch patterns.
bMemo:
For details the various settings, refer to 
“Sewing Option” on page 84 
						

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Check the preview of the conversion, and then 
click Finish.
→The generated embroidery pattern is 
displayed.
Step 4Displaying a preview of the 
embroidery
Preview the finished embroidery.
Click Display, then Realistic Preview.
To return to the normal view, click Display, then 
Realistic Preview, or press the   key.Esc 
						

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Step 5Saving the embroidery 
design
Once the embroidery design is finished, you may 
want to save it in order to retrieve it later.
Click File, then Save.
Select the drive and the folder, and then type 
in the file name.
Click Save.
Step 6Transferring the design to 
an original card
By writing a design to a media that can be used in 
your sewing machine and transferring it to your 
sewing machine, you can actually sew the design. 
For this example, we will transfer the design to an 
original card.
Insert an original card into the USB card
writer module.
Transfer the embroidery design.
Click File, then Write to Card.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
bMemo:
For other media you may use include floppy 
disks, compact flash memory, USB media and 
etc.
aNote:
The original card is inserted correctly when 
you hear it snap into place.
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