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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 21), and then double-
click at 22.
→The embroidery pattern appears as 
shown below.
Change the sewing order so that the
circle for the sun is sewn on top of the
suns rays.
Click Sew, then Sewing Order/Color or click 
.
→The Sewing Order/Color dialog box 
appears.
Click the frame containing the region for the 
suns rays to select it, and then drag the frame 
to the left of the circle for the sun. (This part of 
the sun will be sewn first.)
Click the frame containing the outline for the 
suns rays to select it, and then drag the 
selected frame between the region for the 
suns rays and the circle for the sun.
bMemo:
To remove the last point that was entered, 
click the right mouse button before double-
clicking.
bMemo:
 If you want to delete the pattern, click   
on the Tool Box, click the pattern to select it, 
and then press the   key or select 
the menu command 
Edit - Delete.
 If you want to change the pattern shape, 
color, or sew type after drawing it, click   
on the Tool Box, click the pattern to select it, 
and then change the settings on the Sewing 
Attributes bar or in the 
Sewing Attribute 
Setting
 dialog box.
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bMemo:
When a frame in the Sewing Order/Color 
dialog box is selected, the buttons at the 
bottom of the dialog become available. The 
sewing order of the selected pattern can also 
be changed by using these buttons. (For more 
details, refer to “Editing the sewing order” on 
page 171.)
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Click OK.
→The suns rays will be sewn before the sun 
(circle).
If necessary, move the circle so that it looks 
centered relative to the suns rays.
Adjust the shape of the suns rays.
Click , then .
→The shape of the pointer changes to  .Click the suns rays to select it.
→The points in the pattern appear as small 
empty squares.
Click the point that you want to move.
→The selected point appears as a small 
black square.
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Drag the point to the new position.
Specify hole sewing for the suns rays
so that the area for the sun (circle) will
not be sewn twice.
Click   on the Tool Box, and then click the 
suns circle to select it.
Hold down the   key and click the suns 
rays.
→The circle and the broken line are now 
selected together.
bMemo:
Points can be added or deleted. (For more 
details, refer to “Inserting points” on page 107 
and “Deleting points” on page 108.)
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bMemo:
If it is difficult to select the two patterns, drag 
the pointer to draw a selection frame around 
the patterns.
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Click Sew, then Set Hole Sewing menu.
→The following message appears. 
Click OK.
Step 4Displaying a preview of the 
embroidery
Preview the stitching and finished embroidery.
Check the preview of the stitching.
Click Display, then Preview.
To return to the normal view after checking the 
preview, click Display, then Preview menu, or 
press the   key.
Check the preview of the finished
embroidery.
Click Display, then Realistic Preview.
aNote:
Hole sewing cannot be applied if one of the 
patterns is not completely enclosed within 
the other pattern.
aNote:
Patterns with hole sewing set cannot be 
moved separately. To adjust their relative 
positions, click   on the Tool Box, select 
one of the patterns, and then cancel hole 
sewing by selecting the menu command 
Sew – Cancel Hole Sewing.
bMemo:
For details on specifying the setting so that the 
same region is not sewn twice, refer to 
“Preventing overlapping stitching (hole 
sewing)” on page 166.)
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To return to the normal view, click Display, then 
Realistic Preview, or press the   key.
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 embroidery machine and transferring it to 
your embroidery 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.
bMemo:
To preview the finished embroidery for a 
specific pattern in the design, click   and 
select the pattern, and then click 
Display, 
then Realistic Preview.
Esc
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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Transfer the embroidery design.
Click File, then Write to Card.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
→The following message appears.
Click OK.
Quit Layout & Editing.
Click File, then Exit.
aNote:
Before using the original card, make sure 
that the designs on the card are no longer 
needed or make sure to store them on your 
hard drive or other storage media.
aNote:
 If the card writer module is not correctly 
connected or powered, an error message 
of “No card writer module is connected. 
Please connect card writer module.” will 
appear.
 If the original card is not inserted or is 
defective, an error message of “No 
original card is inserted. Please insert an 
original card.” will appear.
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Managing Embroidery designs 
(Design Database)
Design Database is used to organize embroidery design files so that you can easily view the file information 
for the embroidery designs.
Here, we will practice the basic operations up to checking the embroidery design file and opening Layout & 
Editing. Also, as handy functions, we introduce a method for printing a list of embroidery design files (Case 1) 
and a method for searching embroidery design files (Case 2).
Step 1Checking embroidery 
design files
The embroidery design file is checked in the content 
pane. You can switch to large or small thumbnails or 
to detail display.
Start up Design Database.
Click  , then select All Programs, 
then PE-DESIGN Ver7, then Design 
Database.
→The Design Database window appears.
Select the folder.
Click [+] in front of the name of the drive where 
the application is installed, then Program 
Files, then Brother, then PE-DESIGN Ver7, 
and then click the folder containing the 
embroidery design files that you want to 
check.
→All embroidery design files in the folder 
are displayed in the contents pane.
Step 1Checking embroidery design files
Step 2Opening an embroidery design file in Layout & Editing
Case 1Printing a catalog of embroidery designs
Case 2Searching for an embroidery design
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Switch the display in the content pane
and check the file.
Either click Display, then Large Thumbnails 
or Small Thumbnails, Details or click the tool 
bar  or , .
Large Thumbnails
Small ThumbnailsDetails
If necessary, check the sewing information.
Select an embroidery design file.
Click Display, then Property or click  .
bMemo:
The displayed files have the following 
extensions.
.pes, .phc, .dst, .exp, .pcs, .hus, .vip, .shv, .jef, 
.sew, .csd, .xxx
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When you are finished viewing the 
information, click Close.
Step 2Opening an embroidery design 
file in Layout & Editing
You can easily open any selected .pes file in Layout 
& Editing.
Select the embroidery design file that you 
want to open.Click File, then Open in Layout & Editing.
→The selected embroidery design appears 
in a new Design Page of the Layout & 
Editing window.
Case 1Printing a catalog of 
embroidery designs
Information, such as the file size, stitch count and 
thread colors, in addition to an image of the 
embroidery can be printed for all patterns in a folder.
Select the folder containing the embroidery 
designs that you want to catalog.
bMemo:
The thread colors are displayed as basic 
colors. Thread colors in .pes files are 
displayed according to the thread colors set 
when the file was read by Layout & Editing.
To switch to display with basic colors, select 
the 
with Basic Color check box.
aNote:
Be sure to select a folder that contains .pes 
files.
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Select the file(s) to be printed, and then click 
File, then Print Setup.
→A Print Setup dialog box similar to the 
one shown below appears.
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.
Under Color Description select whether the 
thread colors appear as the name of the color 
or the brand and thread number.Click Print.
→Images of the selected designs are 
printed.
Case 2Searching for an 
embroidery design
Search conditions can be specified to quickly search 
for embroidery design files (.pes, .phc, .dst, .exp, 
.pcs, .hus, .vip, .shv, .jef, .sew, .csd or .xxx) in a 
folder.
In this example, we will specify a file name and file 
format to search for a specific pes file (angel.pes).
Select the folder that you want to search.
Click File, then Search.