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i Table of Contents Table of Contents ................. ............. ........... i Before Use ................ ............ .................... ... 1 What you can do with this software ........ .......... 1 Introduc tion ....................... ....
1 Before Use What you can do with this software This sof tware provid es digitizing a nd editing c apabilities, allowing yo u the creative freedom to de sign origina l embroide ry. Easily com bine images an d text to crea te embroidery patterns tha t can be written to an origina l card.
2 Before Use Optional Sup ply Origin al card Principal Par ts a LED ind icator This indica tor lights up whe n the unit is turned on, and flash es when the USB c a rd write r module is commun icating with the computer. b Card slot Insert an o riginal card/ embroidery car d here.
3 Before Use Installation Please Read Before Installation ● Bef ore beginning the install ation, chec k that the computer meets the system re quirements . ● In order t o install the soft ware on Windo ws ® Opera ting System, you m ust log on to the computer usi ng an account with adminis trator privilege s.
4 Before Use Instal ling the Softwa re This se ction descri bes how to ins tall the app lication softw are. 1. Insert the enclosed CD- ROM into th e computer's CD-R OM drive. ■ For Windows® XP or 2000 u sers: → After a sh ort while, the Choos e Se tup L ang ua ge dialog box automatica lly appears.
5 Before Use ■ Windows Vista™ users only → After a sh ort while, the Auto Pla y dialo g box autom atically appea rs. 2. Click Run setup.exe . → The User Acc ount Control dialog box appears. 3. Click Continue . → After a sh ort while, the Choos e Se tup L ang ua ge dialog box automatica lly appears.
6 Before Use 4. Select the desired language , a nd then clic k OK . → The Inst allShield Wiz ard starts up , and the first dialog box app ears. 5. Click Ne xt to continue with the ins tallation. → A dialog box appears , allowing you to select th e folder where t he software will be insta lled.
7 Before Use 6. Click Ne xt to ins tall the appl ication into the selected fo lder. → When the installatio n is completed , the following dialog box ap pears. 7. Click Finish to com plete the instal lation of the software. a Note: This proc edure also a utomatically i nstalls the ca rd writer driv er.
8 Before Use Technica l Suppor t Contac t Technical Supp ort if you hav e a problem. Ple ase check the company w eb site (http:// w ww.broth er.com/) to find the technical Su pport in your a rea. To view th e FAQ and inform ation for softwar e updates, vi sit the Brother Sol utions Center a t (http://soluti ons.
9 Tutorial Understanding the Window and Using Tools The defau lt value for th e design page size in this example is 1 00 × 100 mm. 1 Title bar 2 Menu bar Provides access to t he functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts for the menu co mmands. 4 Sewing Attribute s bar Sets the s ewing attributes (col or and sew typ e) of regions in the patter n.
10 Tutorial Adding Text and Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function) In this s ection, we are g oing to use the Au to Punch func tion to automatic ally create an e mbroidery pa ttern from an image . This proc edure will go through each step of the ba sic operati on.
11 Tutorial Specify the si ze. For this example, use the default s ize of 10.0 mm . Select the color. For this example, use th e default c olor, BLACK . Sele ct th e se w ty pe. F or this e xam ple, us e the default s ew type, Satin Stitch . Move to where you wan t to add the te xt, and then click.
12 Tutoria l Adjust the t ext size a nd positio n. Click on the Tool Box. → The sha pe of the poin ter changes to . Click th e text , and then drag a handle t o adjust the selected tex t to the desi red size. Move th e pointer over the selected te xt.
13 Tutorial Step 2 Adjust ing the te xt la yout Next, we will change the text arrangem ent. Click Text , then Text Lay out , or click on the toolbar. → The T ext Layout dial og box appears. Move t he top and bottom sliders , or click a button to sel ect t he desi red t ext cu rving and spacin g.
14 Tutorial Select the sample file tu lip.bmp , and then click Op en , or doubl e-click the file’ s icon. → The ima ge appears in th e Design Page. Adjust th e image s ize and position. Drag the handle to ad just the selec ted image to the des ired size.
15 Tutorial Convert the ima ge to an embroidery pattern. Check t he Result View of the con version, and then clic k Finish . → The gene rated embroid ery pattern is disp layed. Step 5 Specif ying the sewing color and direction Next, we wil l change the sewing color an d dire ction .
16 Tutorial Specify th e color. For this ex ample, click to select HARVEST GOLD , and t hen cl ick OK . → The color of the selecte d region change s to HARVEST GOLD. Change the sewing direction. To add contrast a nd improve t he appearanc e of the em broidery, we c an use different sewing directions for d ifferent regio ns.
17 Tutorial Step 6 Changing t he sewing order Next, we w ill ch ange the sew ing order so that th e black t ext and the b lack tulip o utline are se wn together. This fea ture is also used when yo u want to change the overlappi ng order of pat terns so that the desi red color com es forward.
18 Tutorial Click Display , t hen Realistic Preview , or click on the toolbar. To return to the normal v iew, click Display , then Re alistic Preview , or click on the toolbar , o r press the key. Step 8 Saving the embroidery design Once the embroide ry design is finishe d, you may want to sa ve it in orde r to retrieve it la ter.
19 Tutorial Step 9 Transferring the design to an original c a rd By writin g a design to a me dia that can be us ed in your sew ing machine and transferri ng it to your sewin g machine, you can actually s ew the design . For this example, we will tra nsfer the d esign to an original card.
20 Automaticall y Converting an Image to an Embroidery Patter n Importing Image Data Importing imag e data Differen t types of clip art can be impo rted into PE- DESIGN Li te to create embro idery patterns. There ar e many differen t types of files that can be imported : Window s bitmap (.
21 Autom atically Convert i ng an Imag e to an Embro i dery Pattern 1. Check th at the scanner or other TWAIN d evice is correctly con nected to your comput er. 2. Click Image , th en Select TWAIN d evice . → A Select Source dial og box simil ar to the one sho wn below app ears.
22 Autom atically Convert i ng an Imag e to an Embro i dery Pattern Changing the Image Settings Changi ng the disp lay of the backgr ound image The imag e that remain s in the work a rea can be display ed or hidden, or a faded co py of the ima ge can be disp lay ed.
23 Autom atically Convert i ng an Imag e to an Embro i dery Pattern Automatically Converti ng an Image to an Embroidery Pattern (Auto Punch) The Auto Pu nch gives s tep-by-step i nstructions for converting a n image into an embroidery p attern.
24 Autom atically Convert i ng an Imag e to an Embro i dery Pattern 6. If neces sary, in th e Omit Colors list, clic k the colors t o select wheth er or not they will be sewn.
25 Arran ging E mbr oide ry Desig ns Opening/Importing Embroidery Des igns Creat ing a new embr oidery design T oolbar b utton: 1. Click , o r click File , then Ne w . → If the cu rrent Design Pag e has already been sa ved or ha s not been e dited, a new Desig n Page immedia tely appears .
26 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 3. To view the contents o f the .pes fil es in the curren tly selecte d folder, cli ck Browse . → A Browse dialog b ox similar to the one shown below appears . 4. To open a file, selec t it, and then click Open , or double -click the file’s icon.
27 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Importing e mbroidery design files Embroidery designs fr om embroider y cards (.pec), and files created in t he Tajima (.d st), Melco (.e x p), Pfaff (.pcs ), Husqvarna/Viking (. hus, .vip, .shv ), Janome (.jef, .sew), Sing er (.
28 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 4. To import a design, sele ct it, and the n click Import , or double-click the file’s icon . → The embro idery design is displa yed in the Design Pa ge. a Note: • When im porting desi gns from oth er makers , be sure to c hoose a des ign that will fit in the Design Page.
29 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Specifying the Design Page Size and Color The colo r and size of the Design Page i n addition to the color of t he background c an be chang ed. You can select a D esign Page size accordi ng to the size of hoop that you will be us ing with your embroi dery machine.
30 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Saving the Image Data The imag e can be sa ved as a file or output to the C lipboard. ■ Saving as a file 1. Click Image , th en Output , then to File . → A dialog box similar to t he one shown below appears. 2. Select the drive, the folde r and the format i n which you want to sa ve the imag e data.
31 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Editing Embroidery Designs Select ing patterns To apply settings to an existing pa ttern, you must first sele ct it. The Select Object tool is us ed to select one or more patterns. O nce a pattern is selected, you can m ove it, scale it, and change its directi on by rotating i t or inverting it.
32 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns ■ Moving embroidery patterns to the ce nter The sele cted patterns can easily be moved to th e center of Design Pag e. 1. Select on e or more patte rns. 2. Click Edit , t hen Center . → All selec ted patterns move to the center of Design Pa ge.
33 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 4. Drag the rotation hand le clockwis e or counterc lockwise to rota te the pattern in 1 ° inc remen ts. Select ing pattern s indivi dually After an em broidery pattern h as been created with Auto Punch , each individ ual region with in the pattern ca n be edited.
34 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Adding Text Ente ring Te xt 1. Click on the To ol Box. → The sh ape of the pointer cha nges to , and the Sewing Attribu tes bar appears simila r to the one show n below. 2. If neces sary, change th e font, text s ize, color and sew type.
35 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Selecting tex t attributes ■ Font Use this selector to sel ect a font for t he text. 1. Click in the Font selec tor. → A list of fonts appears when clicking on the men u arrow at the right. 2. Click the desired font .
36 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns • B uilt -in F onts c “En terin g Tex t” on page 34 . ■ Text Size Use this selector to s elect the si ze of the text. 1. Click in the Text Size selecto r. 2. Type the d esired height (5 to 100 mm (0.20 t o 3.93 inche s)) and press the key, or click t he desired v alue.
37 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 5. Click OK . → The edit ed text is di splayed in the Design Page. c “En terin g Tex t” on page 34. Spec ifyin g text arran gement A line of t ext can be a rranged along a curved line. T oolbar b utton: 1. Select the text.
38 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Curving Sets the shape of cu rving. Spacing Sets the spacing between charact ers..
39 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Applying Sewing Attributes to Text and Regions The Sewing Attributes bar allo ws you to se t the foll owin g at trib utes : • text attrib utes (font, si ze) • emb.
40 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 1. Click the Color button. → A Thread Color dialog bo x similar to the one sho wn below app ears. 2. From the T hread Chart sel ector, select a thread brand. 3. From the l ist of thread colors, select the desired col or.
41 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 2. Click the desired sew type. → This se tti ng is app lie d to all pa tter ns of th e same type that you will create, until the setting is changed . → If a patte rn is selected, the setting i s applied to the selected pattern .
42 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns ■ Region sewing attributes The avai lable attribu tes differ depend ing on the se lected sew type . Satin sti tch Fill stitch Under se wing Sets under lay stitching on or off. Use under lay stitching in order to prev ent shrinking during stitching.
43 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Zooming You can zoom in to wor k on deta ils of th e em broid ery p att ern or y ou ca n zoo m ou t to work on any part of th e embroide ry pattern that cannot be view ed in the work area. Zooming in 1. Click on the To ol Box.
44 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Checking and editing the sewing order/ color The sewin g order of pa ttern colors as well as th e sewing order o f the patterns within a co mbination of patterns of the sa me color ca n be checke d and modifi ed as neces sary.
45 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Editing the sewing or der The sew ing order can be changed by selecting t he frame co ntaining the p attern that you want to mo ve, then dragg ing the frame to the new locati on. A vertical red line app ears, indica ting the positio n where th e frame is being moved.
46 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Displaying a preview of the e mbroidery Once th e embroidery des ign is compl ete, you can dis play a preview of it in ord er to see how the s titching is connect ed, or yo u can disp lay a reali stic previ ew of it in o rder to se e how the de sign will appear onc e it is se wn.
47 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns ■ Changing rea listic preview settings Set the rea listic preview s ettings for the d esired realisti c preview d isplay. 1. Click Display , t hen Realistic Preview Attribute Set ting . → A Realistic Preview Attribute d ial og box simil ar to the o nes show n bel ow ap pea rs.
48 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Checking embroidery design information Sewing information s uch as dimen sions, needle c ount, color count and co lor order of pa tterns can be checked in the Des ign Property dialog box. 1. Click Opti on , then Design Property .
49 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Saving and Printing Saving ■ Overwriting Once th e design has been save d, changes can easily be saved so that the late st version can be retrieved later. T oolbar b utton: 1. Click , o r click File , then Save . → If the design has alr eady been saved at least o nce, the file is saved i m mediate ly.
50 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 2. Click or File , then Write to Ca rd , then Current Design . → The foll owing messa ge appears. 3. Click OK . → The mes s age “No w transmitting ” appears while the current embro idery desig n is transferre d to the original card, and then the foll owing messa ge appears.
51 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 3. From the H oop size selector, se lect the appropria te size of embro idery hoop. 4. Click , and then select the folder where the desi red pattern fil e (.pes) is sa ved. The availab le pattern list dis plays the image of the embroide ry pattern files (.
52 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns 9. Click in the up per-right corne r of the dial og bo x to cl ose t he dia log box . ■ Adding comments to saved .pes files You can en ter comments an d information abo ut the pattern to a saved .pes fi le. 1. Click File , then Property .
53 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Print option Print sewing ar ea box & center axes : Select this chec k box to print blac k lines for indicati ng the sew ing area and the center axes of the data. (Thi s setting is only availabl e when Actual Size is selected .
54 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns ■ Printi ng You can p rint the Des ign Page together with its sewing information. 1. Click File , then Print . → A Print dialo g box simi lar to the one shown below appears . 2. Select the necessary settings. 3. Click OK to begin p rinting.
55 Arrangin g Embroidery Des igns Changing Software Settings Changing the grid settings A grid of dotted lines or solid lin es can be d isplayed or hidden , and the spa cing for the gr id can be adjusted . 1. Click Display , t hen Grid Setup . → The Grid S etting dialog b ox appears.
56 Tips and Techniques Sewing Direction In order to limit shrink ing, select a stitch direc tion perpendi cular to the large r edge of t he area. Sewing Order After cr eating an embroi dery pattern mad e of several different parts , be sure to c heck the sew ing order and correct i t if necessa ry.
57 Menus/Tools List of Tool Box Bu ttons List of Menus ■ File menu The File m enu contains c ommands for ha ndling file inp ut/output, such a s opening, sav ing and print ing. To o l B ox Purpose Reference Sets the pointer in s election mode. When y ou star t up the application, the selection mode is selected.
58 Menus/ Tools ■ Edit menu The Edit me nu contains co mmands for performing si mple action s on selected patterns, suc h as cutting and pasting. Sav e S av es your embroider y design on the computer’ s hard dis k as a PE- DESI GN Li te file. Ctrl + S p .
59 Menus/ Tools Mirr or Hor izon - tal Flips the selected pattern(s) up/down. Ctrl + H p. 32 V er tical Flips the selected patter n(s) left/right. Ctrl + J Rot ate Allows you to manually rotate the selected patte rn(s) by an arbitrary angle. Ctrl + Y p .
60 Menus/ Tools ■ Imag e men u The Image menu contai ns commands for importing and exporting i mage data an d creating em broidery data from ima ge data. Menu T oolbar Purpose Shortcut key Reference Input fr om Fil e Impor ts image data from an e xisting file so that it can be used as a guide for creating embroider y data.
61 Menus/ Tools ■ Text menu The Text menu contain s command s for performing a ctions on text patterns. ■ Sew m en u The Sew m enu contains c ommands for c ontrolling th e way each pa ttern will be sew n. ■ Display m enu The Display menu contai ns commands for modifyin g the appeara nce of the scree n.
62 Menus/ Tools ■ Opt ion men u The Option menu contains c ommands for prov iding addit ional option s. ■ Help menu The Help m enu contains c ommands for accessing the on-screen h elp informati on system.
63 Troubl esho oting If a proble m occurs, v isit the followi ng Web site t o find causes a nd solution s to those pro blems and ans wers to frequen tly asked q uestions.
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