Table Of Contents - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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Before Use ................................................... 1
What You Can Do With This Software.............. 1
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From an Image........................................................ 1
Automatically Create an Embroidery Pattern
From a Photo .......................................................... 1
Easily Create Large-Size Embroidery Designs ...... 2
Have Fun Creating Embroidery Patterns
Manually................................................................. 2
Create Embroidery Patterns Using All Three
Applications............................................................ 2
Overview of the Manual .................................... 3
Structure of the manual .......................................... 3
List of terms used ................................................... 3
Introduction ....................................................... 4
Applications of the software................................... 4
Package contents .................................................... 5
Optional supplies .................................................... 6
Principal parts......................................................... 6
Installation......................................................... 7
Installation procedure ............................................. 7
System requirements .............................................. 8
[STEP 1] Installing the software ............................ 8
[STEP 2] Installing the driver for the card writer
module .................................................................. 10
[STEP 3] Upgrading the USB card writer
module .................................................................. 12
Online registration ................................................ 13
Uninstallation ....................................................... 13
Technical support ................................................. 13
Tips and Techniques for Creating Embroidery
Patterns........................................................... 14
Sew Types ...................................................... 15
Chapter 1
Basic Operation ........................ 17
Getting Started .......................................... 18
About This Chapter ......................................... 18
Automatically Creating Embroidery
Patterns...................................................... 19
Using the Auto Punch Function ...................... 19
Step1 Starting up Layout & Editing ................. 19
Step2 Opening an image file ............................ 20
Step3 Adjusting the size and position of the
image ...................................................... 21
Step4 Automatically converting the image to an
embroidery pattern.................................. 21
Step5 Displaying a preview of the embroidery
pattern ..................................................... 22
Step6 Saving the embroidery pattern................ 23
Step7 Transferring the pattern to an original
card ......................................................... 24

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Step8
Using a Photo Stitch Function......................... 25
Step1
Step2
Step3
Step4
Creating and Editing Embroidery
Patterns ...................................................... 30
Using Design Center ....................................... 30
Step1
Step2
Step3
Step4
Step5
Step6
Step7
Step8
Step9
Using Layout & Editing.................................... 39
Step1
Step2
Step3
Step4
Step5
Step6
Step7
Step8
Step9
Step10 Adjusting the rays................................... 50
Step11 Setting hole sewing................................. 50
Step12 Previewing the embroidery pattern......... 51
Step13 Transferring the pattern to an original
Step14 Saving the file ......................................... 53
Step15 Quitting Layout & Editing...................... 53
Using Programmable Stitch Creator ............... 54
Step1
Step2
Step3
Step4
Step5
Step6
Creating Large-Size Embroidery
Patterns ...................................................... 59
Designing a large-size embroidery pattern........... 59
Quitting Layout & Editing...................... 24
Starting up Layout & Editing ................. 25
Opening an image file............................. 26
Adjusting the size and position of the
image ...................................................... 27
Automatically converting the image
to an embroidery pattern......................... 27
Starting up Design Center....................... 30
Opening an image file............................. 31
Continuing to stage 2 (Line Image
stage)....................................................... 31
Editing lines ............................................ 32
Continuing to stage 3 (Figure Handle
stage)....................................................... 33
Continuing to stage 4 (Sew Setting
stage)....................................................... 34
Specifying sewing attributes................... 34
Previewing the image ............................. 37
Saving the file ......................................... 38
Importing embroidery patterns from
Design Center ......................................... 39
Adjusting the size and position of the
embroidery pattern.................................. 40
Adding shapes......................................... 41
Adding text ............................................. 43
Fitting the text around the oval............... 44
Adding a circle for the center of the
sun........................................................... 45
Selecting a programmable fill stitch....... 46
Adding a closed broken line for the sun's
rays.......................................................... 48
Changing the sewing order of sun and
rays.......................................................... 49
card ......................................................... 52
Starting up Programmable Stitch
Creator .................................................... 54
Opening a programmable stitch pattern.. 55
Drawing lines to edit the stitch pattern ... 56
Applying embossing/engraving effects .. 57
Saving the edited stitch pattern............... 58
Quitting Programmable Stitch Creator ... 58
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