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Instruction Manual

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS

Federal Communications Commission Compliance Notice (for U.S.A only)

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur- suant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harm- ful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television recep- tion, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is con-

nected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Important About the Interface Cable

This equipment has been certied to comply with FCC standards, which are applied to the U.S.A. only. A shielded interface cable should be used according to FCC 15. 27(C).

Caution

Changes or modications not expressly approved by the manufacturer or local sales distributor could void the users authority to operate the equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement (for Canada only)

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emission from digital appara- tus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled Digital Apparatus, ICES-003 of the Department of Communications

Radio Interference (220240V area only)

This machine complies with EN55022 (CISPR Publication 22)/Class B.

For users in the UK, Eire, Malta and Cyprus only

Important

The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE

Note

As the colours of the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plugs, proceed as follows:

Connect BROWN wire to terminal marked L or coloured RED. Connect BLUE wire to terminal marked N or coloured BLACK.

When using A.B.S. 1363 fused plug, a 3 Amp. fuse must be tted.

If the terminals of the plug are unmarked, consult a qualied electrician before use.

Important (in the United Kingdom)

Mains Supply (AC 230/240V, 50Hz only) DO NOT cut off the mains plug from equipment. If the plug tted is not suitable for the power point

in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer.

BE SURE to replace the fuse only with an identical approved type, as originally tted, and to replace the fuse cover.

If nonetheless the mains plug is cut off, ensure to remove the fuse and dispose of the plug imme- diately, to avoid a possible shock hazard by inadvertent connection to the mains supply.

Congratulations on choosing our product!

Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and to ensure safe and correct operation, please read this Instruction Manual carefully, and then keep it in a safe place together with your warranty.

Please read before using this product

For designing beautiful, wider embroidery patterns

This system allows you to create wider embroidery patterns and supports wider ranges for the set- ting of the sewing attributes (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the nal result also depends on your sewing machine. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sample with your sewing data before sewing on the nal material.

For safe operation

Do not use AC adapters other than the model specied for this unit. Plug the AC adapter directly in the wall outlet. Do not use extension cords. Avoid dropping a needle, a piece of wire or other metallic objects into the unit, or into the card slot. Do not store anything on the unit. Remember to unplug the AC adapter after each use, and when the unit is not going to be used for a

long period.

For a longer service life

When storing the unit, avoid direct sunlight and high humidity locations. Do not store the unit close to a heater, iron or other hot objects.

Do not spill water or other liquids on the unit, AC adapter or cards. Do not drop or hit the unit or AC adapter.

For repairs or adjustments

In the event malfunction occurs or adjustment is required, please consult your nearest service center.

Notice

This Instruction Manual does not explain how to use your computer under Windows. Please refer to the Windows manuals.

Copyright acknowledgment

MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machine Corporation.

Important

Using this unit for unauthorized copying of material from Embroidery Cards, newspapers and magazines for commercial purpose is an infringement of copyright which is punishable by law.

Caution

The software included with this product is protected by copyright laws. This software can be used or cop- ied only in accordance with the copyright laws.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

This product is intended for household use.

New features of Version 3.0

General

Realistic Preview function Function for scaling and rotating patterns numerically Function for moving patterns and points using the arrow keys Moving patterns and points vertically and horizontally by dragging the mouse

Design Center

Function for drawing horizontal and vertical lines using the Pen and Line tools

Layout & Editing

Function for converting TrueType font text to embroidery data Vertical arrangement of text Function for aligning objects Function for selecting objects using the Tab key Function for exporting lesin other formats (Dst, Hus, Pcs, and Exp) Undo and Redo buttons added to Toolbar Realistic Print function

Programmable Stitch Creator

Editing functions (Cut, Copy, Paste, Mirror, )

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Before Using

Principal Parts............................................................ 1

Accessories................................................................ 1

Options........................................................................ 1

Setting Up ................................................................... 2

Installing the Software.............................................. 3

System Requirements................................................. 3 Installing....................................................................... 3

Note on the use of Version 3.0 and the Internet Explorer

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Tips and Techniques for Creating Embroidery Patterns....... 6

Getting Started

Introduction.................................................................. 7 Design Center ....................................................... 7 Layout & Editing .................................................... 7 Programmable Stitch Creator............................... 8 File Utility ............................................................... 8

About this Chapter ...................................................... 8

Using Design Center................................................. 9

Starting Design Center.............................................. 10 Opening a Bitmap Image.......................................... 11 Converting to Line Image.......................................... 12 Editing Lines.............................................................. 13 Converting to Figure Handle Image ......................... 15 Moving to Sew Setting .............................................. 16 Setting Sewing Attributes.......................................... 16

Setting the outlines.............................................. 16 Setting the regions .............................................. 18

Previewing the Image ............................................... 20 Saving the File........................................................... 21

Using Layout & Editing........................................... 22

Starting Layout & Editing .......................................... 23 Importing Embroidery Patterns from Design Center.. 24 Zooming In and Out .................................................. 25 Moving the Embroidery Pattern................................ 28 Adding an Oval.......................................................... 29 Adjusting the Size and Location of the Oval ............ 30

To change the size of the oval............................ 30 To center the oval on the pattern........................ 31

Adding Text ............................................................... 31 Fitting the Text around the Oval ............................... 33

Moving the Oval and Text ........................................ 34 To move both patterns as a group..................... 34 To move the text over the oval........................... 34

Adding a Circle for Drawing the Sun........................ 34 Selecting a Programmed Fill Stitch.......................... 36 Adding Broken Lines for Drawing the Sun Rays..... 38 Changing the Sewing Order of Sun and Rays ........ 39 Adjusting the Rays.................................................... 39 Setting Hole Sewing ................................................. 40 Previewing the Sewing Image.................................. 41 Transferring the Data to a Card ............................... 42 Saving the File .......................................................... 42

Using Programmable Stitch Creator .................... 44

Starting Programmable Stitch Creator..................... 45 Opening a Programmed Stitch File.......................... 46 Drawing Lines to Edit the Programmed Stitch......... 47 Saving the Edited Programmed Stitch..................... 48 Quitting Programmable Stitch Creator..................... 48

Creating data for the extra-large frame................ 49

Select the Design Page size .............................. 49 Create the pattern............................................... 50 Check the data ................................................... 51 Save the data...................................................... 52 Write the data to an original card ....................... 52

Design Center

The Screen................................................................ 56

Using the Stage 2 Tool Box ................................... 57

Drawing and Erasing ................................................ 57 Drawing............................................................... 57 Erasing................................................................ 57

Zoom-in Mode .......................................................... 57 Fit Design Page to Window...................................... 58 Zoom-out Mode ........................................................ 58

Using the Stage 3 Tool Box ................................... 59

Selection Mode......................................................... 60 Selecting patterns............................................... 60 Moving patterns .................................................. 60 Scaling patterns.................................................. 60 Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically......... 61 Rotating a pattern ............................................... 61

Point Edit Mode ........................................................ 62 Moving points...................................................... 62 Inserting points ................................................... 62 Deleting points.................................................... 62

Contents

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Line Drawing Mode ................................................... 63 Drawing a broken line ......................................... 63

Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 63 Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 64 Zoom-out Mode......................................................... 64 Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size ...... 64

Using the Stage 4 Tool Box ................................... 65

Region Setting Mode ................................................ 65 Applying the sewing attributes to a region ......... 65 Checking the sewing attributes of a region ........ 66

Line (all) Setting Mode .............................................. 66 Applying the sewing attributes to an outline....... 66 Checking the sewing attributes of an outline ..... 67

Line (part) Setting Mode ........................................... 68

Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of the outline

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Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an outline

68 Hole Sewing Mode.................................................... 69 Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 70 Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 70 Zoom-out Mode......................................................... 70

Using the Sewing Attributes Bar........................... 71

Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ......................... 71 Region sew.......................................................... 71 Line sew ............................................................. 72 Color ................................................................... 73 Stitch ................................................................... 73

Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................... 74

File Menu................................................................... 74 New...................................................................... 75 Open.................................................................... 75 Save..................................................................... 76 Save As ............................................................... 76 Import Figure ....................................................... 77 Exit....................................................................... 78

Edit Menu .................................................................. 79 Undo .................................................................... 79 Redo .................................................................... 79 Cut ....................................................................... 79 Copy .................................................................... 80 Duplicate.............................................................. 80 Paste.................................................................... 80 Delete .................................................................. 80 Mirror Horizontal............................................... 81 Mirror Vertical ................................................... 81 Rotate .................................................................. 82 Numerical Setting-Size ....................................... 82 Numerical Setting-Rotate.................................... 83 Select All.............................................................. 84

Sew Menu ................................................................. 85 Sewing Attributes ................................................ 85 Sewing Order ...................................................... 88

Display Menu............................................................. 90 Grid Setup ........................................................... 90 Preview................................................................ 91

Refresh Window................................................. 91 Realistic Preview ................................................ 91 Realistic Preview Attribute Setting..................... 91 Toolbar................................................................ 92 Status Bar ........................................................... 92

Option Menu ............................................................. 93 Layout & Editing ................................................. 93 Programmable Stitch Creator ............................ 93 File Utility............................................................. 93 Design Page Property ........................................ 93 Select System Unit ............................................. 94

Stage Menu .............................................................. 95 To Original Image............................................... 95 To Line Image..................................................... 95 To Figure Handle................................................ 97 To Sew Setting ................................................... 98

Help Menu................................................................. 99 Contents.............................................................. 99 Using................................................................. 100 About Design Center........................................ 100

Layout & Editing

The Screen.............................................................. 101

Using the Tool Box................................................ 102

Selection Mode....................................................... 103 Selecting patterns............................................. 103 Selecting patterns 2.......................................... 103 Moving patterns ................................................ 103 Scaling patterns................................................ 104 Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically....... 104 Rotating a pattern ............................................. 105

Point Edit Mode ...................................................... 106 Moving points.................................................... 106 Reorienting a tangent to a point....................... 107 Inserting points ................................................. 107 Deleting points.................................................. 108 Realigning......................................................... 108 Selecting characters on a text pattern ............. 109

Zoom Mode............................................................. 109 Zooming in ........................................................ 110 Zooming out...................................................... 110 Zooming to the real size................................... 110 Enlarging selected objects to the screen size.... 110 Return to the standard scale............................ 110

Text Input Mode...................................................... 111 Entering text...................................................... 111

Circle and Arc Drawing Mode ................................ 112 Drawing a circle or an ellipse ........................... 113 Drawing an arc ................................................. 113 Drawing a fan shape ........................................ 114 Drawing an arc & string.................................... 114

Rectangle Drawing Mode....................................... 115

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Drawing a box ................................................... 115 Line Drawing Mode ................................................. 115

Drawing a broken line ....................................... 115 Curve Drawing Mode .............................................. 116

Drawing a curve ................................................ 116 Manual Punching Mode.......................................... 117

Creating a manual punching pattern ................ 117

Using the Sewing Attributes Bar......................... 119

Setting Geometrical Attributes................................ 120 Arc shape ......................................................... 120 Edge radius ...................................................... 120 Path shape ....................................................... 121

Setting Text Attributes............................................. 121 Font ................................................................... 121 Text size ........................................................... 123 Transform level ................................................. 123 Text Sew Type ................................................. 124

Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ....................... 125 Line sew ............................................................ 125 Region sew........................................................ 126 Color ................................................................. 127 Stitch ................................................................. 129

Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................. 130

File Menu................................................................. 131 New.................................................................... 131 Open.................................................................. 132 Import from File .............................................. 133 Import from Design Center ............................ 135 Template Open ................................................. 136 Save................................................................... 137 Save As ............................................................. 137 Export ................................................................ 138 Write to Card ..................................................... 138 Print Setup......................................................... 139 Print Preview ..................................................... 140 Print ................................................................... 141 Exit..................................................................... 142

Edit Menu ................................................................ 143 Undo .................................................................. 143 Redo .................................................................. 143 Cut ..................................................................... 144 Copy .................................................................. 144 Duplicate............................................................ 144 Paste.................................................................. 144 Delete ................................................................ 145 Mirror Horizontal............................................. 145 Mirror Vertical ................................................. 145 Rotate ................................................................ 146 Numerical Setting-Size ..................................... 147 Numerical Setting-Rotate.................................. 148 Align................................................................... 148 Sew First............................................................ 150 Sew Last............................................................ 150 Select All............................................................ 151

Text Menu................................................................ 152 Edit Text Letters ................................................ 152

Text Attribute Setting........................................ 153 Fit Text to Path Setting..................................... 154 Release Text from Path ................................... 156 Transform Text ................................................. 156 Clear Transformation........................................ 157 TrueType Font Attribute Setting....................... 158

Sew Menu............................................................... 159 Sewing Attribute Setting................................... 159 Check Sewing Order ....................................... 163 Set hole sewing ................................................ 164 Cancel hole sewing .......................................... 165 Stitch to Block ................................................... 165 Change colors of a stitch object....................... 166 Select Sewing Area.......................................... 167 Optimize hoop change ..................................... 168

Display Menu.......................................................... 169 Grid Setup......................................................... 169 Preview ............................................................. 170 Refresh Window............................................... 170 Realistic Preview .............................................. 170 Realistic Preview Attribute Setting................... 171 Template-On, Faded, Off ................................. 171 Toolbar.............................................................. 172 Status Bar ......................................................... 172

Option Menu ........................................................... 173 Design Center................................................... 173 Programmable Stitch Creator .......................... 173 File Utility........................................................... 173 Design Property................................................ 174 Design Page Property ...................................... 175 Select System Unit ........................................... 176

Help Menu............................................................... 177 Contents............................................................ 177 Using................................................................. 177 About Layout & Editing..................................... 177

File Utility

The Screen.............................................................. 179

Reading from an Embroidery Card..................... 180

Operation ................................................................ 180 Error Messages ...................................................... 182

Writing to an Original Card .................................. 184

Operation ................................................................ 184 Error Messages ...................................................... 186

Using the Menu Bar............................................... 188

File Menu ................................................................ 188 Exit .................................................................... 188

Option Menu ........................................................... 188 Serial Port Setting............................................. 188

Help Menu............................................................... 189 Contents............................................................ 189

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Using.................................................................. 189 About File Utility ................................................ 189

Programmable Stitch Creator

The Screen.............................................................. 191

Using the Tool Box................................................ 192

Selection Mode........................................................ 192 Selecting lines ................................................... 192 Moving lines ...................................................... 192 Scaling lines ...................................................... 193

Point Edit Mode....................................................... 193 Moving points .................................................... 193 Inserting points .................................................. 194 Deleting points................................................... 194

Line Drawing Mode ................................................. 194 Drawing a broken line ....................................... 194

Using the Menu Bar............................................... 195

File Menu................................................................. 195 New.................................................................... 195 Open.................................................................. 195 Save................................................................... 196 Save As ............................................................. 197 Exit..................................................................... 197

Edit Menu ................................................................ 198 Undo .................................................................. 198 Redo .................................................................. 198 Cut ..................................................................... 199 Copy .................................................................. 199 Duplicate............................................................ 199 Paste.................................................................. 199 Delete ................................................................ 200 Mirror-Horizontal................................................ 200 Mirror-Vertical.................................................... 200 Rotate ................................................................ 200

Grid Menu................................................................ 201 Help Menu ............................................................... 203

Contents ............................................................ 203 Using.................................................................. 203 About Programmable Stitch Creator ................ 203

Color Palette........................................................... 204

Quick Reference

Design Center ......................................................... 205 Layout & Editing ...................................................... 206 File Utility ................................................................. 209 Programmable Stitch Creator ................................. 210

Alphabetic Index

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Before Using

Principal Parts

AC Adapter Connector Insert the AC adapter jack here.

Interface Cable Connector Insert the interface cable here.Card Slot

Insert an original or embroidery card here.

Power Indicator LED (green) is on when the unit is powered.

Busy Indicator LED (red) is on when the card is being accessed.

Never connect or disconnect the power supply or the interface cable and never insert or remove a card

while this LED is on.

Accessories

CD-ROM

Original Card (1)

Instruction Manuals

Interface Cable

Options

Original Cards

AC Adapter

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IMPORTANT: Be sure the PC is turned off before making any connection.

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Plug the supplied interface cable into an RS- 232C serial port of your PC.

Choose a port that is not used for another periph- eral.

In the

File Utility

application, choose the default port

AUTO

if no other peripheral is connected. Choose the rst available

COM

port if other peripherals are connected to your computer. See Serial Port Setting on page 188.

The PC end of the interface cable has two differ- ent pin connectors. Use the appropriate pin con- nector for your computer.

2 Plug the interface cable into the unit.

3 Connect the AC adapter to the unit.

4 Plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet to turn it on.

5 Turn the PC on.

IMPORTANT: It is not recommended to turn a peripheral on/off while the PC is on. Make it a habit to turn on all the peripherals (this unit, the printer, the CRT display) before you turn your PC on, and to turn the PC off before turning the peripherals off.

Setting Up

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System Requirements Before you start installing the software on your PC, check that your system meets the following require- ments. If it does not, consult your dealer.

Installing 1 Start Windows (refer to the Windows manual).

If you have other Windows applications running, click Cancel to exit, close all the other applications and start again.

If a previous version of this software is already installed, uninstall it before installing this version of the software.

2 Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The installer starts up automatically and displays a dialog allowing you to select the language.

If the installer does not start up automatically:

Click .

Click Run on the menu. The Run dialog appears.

Type the full path of the installation program. Example: D:\Setup if the CD-ROM is in drive D, or E:\Setup if the CD-ROM is in drive E.

3 Select the desired language, and then click OK.

PC IBM-PC or compatible

CPU 486 or Later (we recommend Pentium or higher)

Windows Windows 95 or Windows 98

Memory 32M or more (we recommend 64M or more)

Hard disk free space 15M or more

Display SVGA (800 600) or more, High color (65536 colors) or more

Serial port An RS-232C port that is not used with other peripherals

Mouse A mouse that is supported by your version of Windows.

Printer A graphic printer that is supported by your system (if you wish to print your images)

Installing the Software

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4Wait until the panel shown here is replaced with the Welcome dialog shown next.

5 Click Next to proceed with the installation.

If you have other Windows applications running, click Cancel to exit, close all the other applications and start again.

6 Click Next to install in the default folder.

If you want to install into another folder, click Browse. Select a drive and a folder (if necessary, type the name of a new folder). When the desired folder is selected, click OK. The Choose Destina- tion Location shows the selected folder. Click Next to install in that folder.

Click Back to move back to the previous step.

Click Cancel to exit.

When you click Next on the Choose Destination Loca- tion dialog, installation starts.

7Wait until this panel is replaced with the next dia- log.

Click Cancel to exit.

When the setup is completed, this dialog appears.

8 If you want to display the README le, just click Finish.

If you dont want to display the README le, click the check box to delete the check, then click Finish.

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The installation is complete. The program group win- dow shows the icons for the applications installed.

To start the installed applications:

Double-click the icon of the application you want to start.

NOTE: You may also set up the program in either of the following ways: Access the Setup.exe le by double-clicking the My Computer icon, then the name of your CD-ROM

drive and nally the Setup.exe le or by selecting the name of your CD-ROM drive, then the Setup.exe le in the Windows Explorer window.

Select Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel window, then click Install in the Install/Uninstall tab and follow the installation prompts.

Note on the use of Version 3.0 and the Internet Explorer Version 3.0 does not work properly on a PC which is running Internet Explorer Version 4.0. It does work properly, however, with Internet Explorer Version 4.01 (version nr. 4.72.2106.8 and later versions). If your PC is currently running Internet Explorer Version 4.0, please change it to Version 3.x or Version 4.01 (version nr. 4.72.2106.8 or later versions) before using your applications.

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When Satin stitch is used in a wide area, the stitched area may shrink after sewing, depending on the material and the type of thread used. When this happens, switch to this alternate method: Select Fill stitch and use a stabilizer material on the reverse side of the fabric.

Note: When using Satin stitch in a wide area, the needle may move out of position by about 10 mm with some machines. To avoid this, use the above mentioned alternate method.

To limit shrinking, set the stitch direction perpendicular to the larger edge of the area.

After creating an embroidery pattern made of several different parts (in Design Center or Layout & Edit- ing), make sure that you check the sewing order and correct it if necessary. With Design Center, the default sewing order is the order in which the sewing attributes are set. With Layout & Editing, the default sewing order is the order in which the elements are drawn.

There are two ways of enlarging or reducing an imported embroidery pattern in Layout & Editing. You may choose to simply scale your pattern with the selection cursor or apply the Stitch to Block function to the pattern and then scale it. When you scale an imported pattern, the number of stitches that will be sewn remain the same, resulting in a change of embroidery quality if the size of the pattern is greatly changed. Selecting the Sew Stitch to Block command, then scaling a pattern allows you to keep the original embroidery quality of the pattern, as the number of stitches that will be sewn automatically adapt to the new size. Selecting the Normal sensitivity setting of the Stitch to Block function will allow you to main- tain the embroidery quality in most cases. Selecting a ner density setting in the Stitch to Block Sensitiv- ity dialog will allow you to obtain a more complex embroidery; selecting a coarser density will create a simpler embroidery. When a pattern is scaled only moderately, it may not be necessary to apply the Stitch to Block function.

This system allows you to create a wide variety of embroidery patterns and supports wider ranges for the setting of the sewing attributes (thread density, sewing pitch, etc.). However, the nal result also depends on your particular sewing machine model. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sam- ple with your sewing data before sewing on the nal material.Remember to sew your trial sample on the same fabric, using the same needle and the same machine embroidery thread as your nal mate- rial.

Tips and Techniques for Creating Embroidery Patterns

Data After sewing

Shrinking more likely to occur Shrinking less likely to occur

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Introduction

This package contains four applications:

Design Center Design Center is used to create embroidery patterns from bitmap images. The bitmap images may come from scanning a printed image or can be created with an application like Paint. They must be uncom- pressed, 16-color bitmaps (le name extension bmp). Design Center automatically detects outlines in the bitmap image and replaces them with broken lines that can be edited and assigned sewing attributes. The procedure is divided in four steps:

Stage 1 Original Image: You open the bitmap image le and select one or more colors that the application will use to retrace the outlines.

Stage 2 Line Image: The original color bitmap image is replaced with a black and white bitmap image (the colors selected in Stage 1 become black, and all the other colors become white). You can edit this image using pens and erasers of different thicknesses. (You can also start at this step and draw a complete black and white image by hand.) When the image is ready, you set and start the automatic retracing process.

Stage 3 Figure Handle: The black and white bitmap image is replaced with a set of outlines made of editable broken lines. You can edit the broken lines by moving, inserting or deleting points.

Stage 4 Sew Setting: In this nal step, you apply sewing attributes (thread color and stitch type) to the outlines and regions inside.

At any stage, you can save your work to retrieve it later. Up to stage 2, the le will be a bitmap image saved with the extension pel. In stages 3 and 4, the le will be saved with the extension pem. Saving your work as you move through the stages will be helpful if you make changes and then decide to use the original pattern again.

When your image has reached stage 4, you can import it in Layout & Editing. The image will be consid- ered a single object by Layout & Editing, which means that you will be able to move and scale it, but you will not be able to edit the outline. You can however change the pattern and some of the sewing attributes after applying the Stitch to Block function.

Layout & Editing Layout & Editing is used to assemble a complete embroidery image from various components. These components include:

Embroidery patterns created with Design Center.

Embroidery patterns purchased on Embroidery cards from your dealer (installed using the File Utility application). Note that some patterns cannot be read.

Embroidery patterns in the Tajima, Melco, Pfaff and Husqvarna formats.

Patterns created within Layout & Editing itself. These patterns include text, circles and related shapes, rounded boxes, polygonal lines, curves and manual punching patterns.

Getting Started

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After gathering the different components of your embroidery picture, you can use the layout functions to modify their relative position, orientation and scale. When an embroidery image is complete, you can save it (the le name extension will be pes) and write it to an Original card. The Original card can then be inserted into your sewing machine and the embroidery process continued.

Programmable Stitch Creator Programmable Stitch Creator allows you to create, edit and save stitch patterns, which you can apply to the enclosed regions of patterns, both in Design Center and Layout & Editing. The ll stitch pattern les are saved as pas les. The application comes with a number of pas les, which you can use as such or edit to enhance your embroidery patterns.

File Utility This application is used to handle le exchanges between your disk and the card module. It has two func- tions:

Install Embroidery Card: This is used to transfer embroidery data from an optional embroidery card to your hard drive or another disk.

Write to Original Card: Transfers embroidery data les created with Layout & Editing to an original card.

About this Chapter

The next three sections of this chapter are organized as a tutorial to provide you with a hands-on intro- duction to the different features of the applications. You will rst create a pattern using Design Center. Next, the pattern will be imported into Layout & Editing. You will learn how to add a few components to the embroidery image and to organize the layout. In the third section, you will then learn how to use Programmable Stitch Creator to edit a programmed stitch in order to create your own.

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In this section, we are going to create an embroidery pattern. That pattern will be created by automatic retracing of a bitmap image. This pattern will be used later as the stepping stone to creating a more com- plex embroidery picture. The complete procedure will take us through the different steps of a normal working session with Design Center and will introduce you to its most important features.

Please follow these instructions step by step, in the sequence given. If you have to interrupt your training for any reason, it is recommended to save the le (see Step 9). You will be able to retrieve it later and resume your work.

Step 1 Starting Design Center page 10 Step 2 Opening a Bitmap Image page 11 Step 3 Converting to Line Image page 12 Step 4 Editing Lines page 13 Step 5 Converting to Figure Handle Image page 15 Step 6 Moving to Sew Setting page 16 Step 7 Setting Sewing Attributes page 16 Step 8 Previewing the Image page 20 Step 9 Saving the File page 21

Using Design Center

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Step 1 Starting Design Center

1 To start Design Center, click the button, then select Programs, Version 3.0, then double- click Design Center to open the Design Center window. You may also double-click the Design Center icon in the program group.

You can also click Option on the menu bar of Layout & Editing, then click Design Center on the sub- menu. The Design Center window appears.

The window size will be smaller than the display area on the screen of your personal computer.

2 To make the Design Center window ll up the available space on your screen, click the maximize button on the right side of title bar. If you are working with other programs, you can reduce the Design Center window temporarily to an icon (see icon below) by clicking the minimize button on the right side of the title bar. You can then access the other windows and icons on the display screen by using the mouse.

To return to the Design Center window, click the icon, bearing the name of the opened document, at the bottom of your screen.

Menu bar Toolbar

Status bar

Maximize button Minimize button

Close buttonTitle bar

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Step 2 Opening a Bitmap Image

We are now going to open a bitmap image and convert it into an embroidery image. 1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Open on the submenu.

The Open dialog appears.

The bitmap image displays and is maximized to t the work area.

Select the le ower.bmp in the Data folder.

If the Preview check box is checked, the contents of the selected le displays in the Preview window.

Click Open to open the le. Double-clicking the le name will also

open the le and close the dialog.

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Step 3 Converting to Line Image

1Move to line image: Click Stage on the menu bar, then click To Line Image on the submenu. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below:

NOTE: Many menu functions can be activated by clicking a button on the Toolbar.

The Cut out to Line Image dialog will display. In this dialog, you will select the color(s) that will be used to make the outline of the bitmap image.

2When you click OK, the line image displays.

If necessary, scroll and zoom the image.

Move the cursor over the image. Its shape

changes to . Click on any point of the outline.

The selected color displays in the upper box

under Pick Colors and a appears in the check box to show that the color is selected.

When the outline of the bitmap image uses more than one color, you can repeat to select a total of ve colors. If you try to select more, colors are scrolled down, and the color that was at the bot- tom is deselected.

If you selected a color by mistake, simply click its check box to deselect it.

Click View to see the effect of your selection. If you wanted to select another choice of color,

click Cancel. The bitmap image displays again and you can repeat this step with another color.

If your preview image looks like the one shown here, click OK to conrm the outline of your pat- tern.

Click Cancel to exit and go back to the bitmap image.

At this stage, the data can be saved as a *.pel le.

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Step 4 Editing Lines

At this step, you might normally need to correct a few lines. You should especially make sure that the lines around regions are completely closed or intersect to form a region. You may also wish to edit a line image and either add or remove some details or your image. You can do this at this stage using the pens and erasers of the Tool Box. In this example, you are going practice how to use an eraser to remove some of the outline.

1 To make your editing job easier, enlarge the image using the zoom function.

Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to when you move it over the

work area.

2 Drag the cursor over the pattern and click. The area is enlarged as soon as you release the mouse. You can repeat this step several times. To zoom in on a specic area, position the cursor to a point just next to the area, then click the left mouse button and hold it down as you move the cur- sor diagonally. A dotted box appears as you drag and the selected area will be magnied when you let go of the mouse button. For a more complete description of the zoom features, see Zoom-in Mode, Zoom-out Mode and Fit Design Page to Window on page 58.

3 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to when you move it over the

work area.

4 Position the cursor over the rst line you want to erase. Click and hold the right button of the

mouse. The shape of the cursor changes to .

5 Carefully erase the line, then move the cursor to the next line to erase and scroll the image as needed. Repeat this procedure to delete a few petals and leaves. NOTE: If you deleted parts of the outline by mistake, you may need to redraw some of lines. To do this, simply hold down the left mouse button and start drawing the line. If you are not satised with your editions, you can go back to Stage 1, convert your pattern and start editing again.

6 After editing your image, you will want to zoom out again to view the whole picture. There are two ways of proceeding.

Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to when you move it over the

work area. Click a point of the Design Page and the image shrinks toward that point. Repeat this step several times.

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Click on the Tool Box. The Design Page ts the Design Center window automatically.

Your window may now look like the following:

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Step 5 Converting to Figure Handle Image

In Stage 2, the image is just a collection of dots or pixels. Editing in Stage 2 means adding or removing black dots. When you move to Stage 3 (gure handle image) the application automatically follows adja- cent black dots to detect paths and replaces them with broken lines. Those broken lines can then be edited. 1 Click Stage on the menu bar, then click To Figure Handle on the submenu.

You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below:

The following dialog will display.

2When you click OK, the conversion process starts. After a while, the gure handle image appears.

The Tool Box provides editing tools to draw lines, move, delete points or insert new points, as well as zooming tools. In this example, we will however leave the image as is. For details on how to edit the gure handle image, see Using the Stage 3 Tool Box page 59.

NOTE: You may also change the Design Page properties at this stage using the menu command Option - Design Page Property, which will open the Design Page Property dialog.

This dialog allows you to preview how the image will t in the selected Design Page. The Design Page size is the actual size of the area to be sewn.

Leave all settings unchanged and click OK. For more details about the settings, see

Design Page Property on page 93 and To Figure Handle on page 97.

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Step 6 Moving to Sew Setting

1 Click Stage on the menu bar, then click To Sew Setting on the submenu. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below:

The Sew Setting window appears.

In this stage, you can set and check the sewing attributes of each part of the pattern. You can also set a pair of patterns for hole sewing in order to avoid sewing twice at the same place. The other tools available are for zooming.

2 To zoom in and out, use the and buttons on the Tool Box in the same way as you did at

the Figure Handle stage.

3 To maximize the Design Page so that it ts the window, click on the Tool Box.

Step 7 Setting Sewing Attributes

We are now going to apply sewing attributes to the different parts on the picture.

Setting the outlines

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool Box button. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

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2 To set the outline color: Click the Line color button on the Sewing Attributes bar to display the Line Thread Color dialog.

The Line color button shows the selected color.

3 To set the stitch type: Click the Line sew type selector on the Sewing Attributes bar, then click Zigzag Stitch.

4 To set the characteristics of the zigzag stitch, click Sew on the menu bar, then click Sewing Attribute on the submenu. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below.

The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog appears. The dialog displays the default settings for the line stitch (Line sewing tab).

Click the desired color if you want a color other than black.

Click Close only if you want to remove the dia- log from the screen.

Place the cursor on the title bar; click and drag the dialog box to a more convenient place on the screen.

To change the width from 2.0 mm to 1.5 mm, for example, type or select 1.5 in the Zigzag width selector.

Click Close if you want to remove the dialog from the screen.

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5 Click on the outline of the pattern to apply the settings (color and stitch type) to the outlines. Your image now looks like this:

If you think that the outline is still too thick, you can change it now.

6 To change the width of the outline: Click on the outline using the mouses right button. The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog displays. Proceed in the same way as described in point 4 to change the Zigzag width from 1.5 mm to 1 mm.

7 Click on the outlines to apply the new setting. Your image now looks like this:

Setting the regions

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small rectangle. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

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For the leaves:

Click the Region color button on the Sewing Attributes bar to display the Region Thread Color dialog, then select the LEAF GREEN color. Refer to the list of color names on page 204.

The Region color button shows the selected color.

Click the Region sew type selector on the Sewing Attributes bar, then click Fill Stitch. To set the characteristics of the ll stitch, click Sew on the menu bar, then click Sewing Attribute on the submenu. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below.

The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog appears. The dialog displays the default settings for the region stitch (Region sewing tab).

NOTE: Using different directions for different regions can add contrast and improve the appearance of the embroidery.

NOTE: To be able to apply the sewing settings to a region, the region has to be closed. If you cannot apply any setting to a given region, go back to the Figure Handle stage and make sure that region is closed. Edit any faulty line with the Point Edit tool. For details on how to edit the gure handle image, see Point Edit Mode on page 62.

Set the direction of the ll stitch as explained in the NOTE below.

Click on the regions of the leaves to which you want to apply a setting.

Repeat the same operation for each stitch direction.

Set the direction to 45 and click. Set the direction to 90 and click. Set the direction to 135 and click.

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After applying the sewing setting to the leaves, your image will look like this:

2 For one side of the petals: Select the CARMINE color and set the direction, then click each region you want to apply the set- tings to. Refer to the list of color names on page 204.

3 For the other side of the petals: Select the RED color and set the direction, then click each region you want to apply the settings to. Refer to the list of color names on page 204.

Step 8 Previewing the Image

To see how the pattern will look like once sewn, you can use the preview feature.

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Preview. You can also click on the button of the Toolbar shown above. A preview of your embroidery pattern will appear.

2 To return to the normal working screen, click Display, then Preview or the Toolbar button again.

NOTE: You cannot do any editing on the preview screen.

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Step 9 Saving the File

This image will be used as the basis of a more complex embroidery picture. For that reason, we need to save it.

1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Save As on the submenu. This dialog displays.

NOTE: To save the le under its default le name and in the same folder as the original bitmap le, you could use Save instead of Save As. If you did not save the line image data, you will be asked whether you want to save it as a *.pel le.

A default name Flower.pem is dis- played.

If necessary, change the drive and folder.

Click Save to save the le.

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In this section, we are going to compose a complete embroidery le combining a pattern imported from Design Center as well as patterns created with Layout & Editing, one of which we will apply a pro- grammed stitch to. The complete procedure will take you through the different steps of a normal working session with Layout & Editing and will introduce you to some of its most important features. At the end of this session, your embroidery picture will look like this:

Please follow these instructions step by step, in the sequence given. If you have to interrupt your training for any reason, feel free to save the le (see Step 18). You will be able to retrieve it later and resume your work.

Step 1 Starting Layout & Editing page 23 Step 2 Importing Embroidery Patterns from Design Center page 24 Step 3 Zooming In and Out page 25 Step 4 Moving the Embroidery Pattern page 28 Step 5 Adding an Oval page 29 Step 6 Adjusting the Size and Location of the Oval page 30 Step 7 Adding Text page 31 Step 8 Fitting the Text around the Oval page 33 Step 9 Moving the Oval and Text page 34 Step 10 Adding a Circle for Drawing the Sun page 34 Step 11 Selecting a Programmed Fill Stitch page 36 Step 12 Adding Broken Lines for Drawing the Sun Rays page 38 Step 13 Changing the Sewing Order of Sun and Rays page 39 Step 14 Adjusting the Rays page 39 Step 15 Setting Hole Sewing page 40 Step 16 Previewing the Sewing Image page 41 Step 17 Transferring the Data to a Card page 42 Step 18 Saving the File page 42

Using Layout & Editing

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Step 1 Starting Layout & Editing

1 To start Layout & Editing, click the button, then select Programs, Version 3.0, then double- click Layout & Editing to open the Layout & Editing window. You may also double-click the Layout & Editing icon in the program group.

The Layout & Editing window appears.

The window size will be smaller than the display area on the screen of your personal computer.

2 To make the Layout & Editing window ll up the available space on your screen, click the maximize button on the right side of title bar. If you are working with other programs, you can reduce the Layout & Editing window temporarily to an icon by clicking the minimize button on the right side of title bar. You can then access the other windows and icons on the display screen by using the mouse.

To return to the Layout & Editing window, click the icon.

NOTE: If needed, you may change the Design Page properties at this point using the menu command Option - Design Page Property, which will open the Design Page Property dialog. However, we will leave the settings as is in this example.

Menu bar Toolbar

Sewing attributes bar

Tool box Work area

Design Page

Status bar

Maximize button Minimize button

Close buttonTitle bar

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Step 2 Importing Embroidery Patterns from Design Center

The rst components of our embroidery picture will be a pattern imported from Design Center. If you interrupted the exercise and closed the Design Center window, you will have to start the application again and open the saved Flower.pem le again.

1 To start Design Center, click Option on the menu bar, then click Design Center on the submenu. The Design Center window displays.

2 Click File on the Design Center menu bar, then click Open on the submenu. An Open dialog similar to this will display.

3 The embroidery pattern appears on the Design Page of the Design Center application.

4 Click on the Layout & Editing window to bring it in the foreground of the screen.

5 Click File on the Layout & Editing menu bar, click Import on the submenu, then click from Design Center. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below.

Select the drive, the folder and the le name (Flower.pem), then click Open.

If the Preview check box is checked, you may view your les in the Preview window.

Be sure to select a pem le saved in stage 4. You cannot import another le type from Design Center.

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6 The Import Size dialog appears.

7 The embroidery pattern is imported into the Design Page of Layout & Editing.

The dotted line and the handles that appear around the image mean that the image is selected. An imported image is always selected as a single object. It is not possible to select a part of an imported image separately.

Step 3 Zooming In and Out

The quality of the display depends on the screen resolution of your computer. By default, the window is set so that the entire Design Page is visible. If you need to work on a specic part of the Design Page, you might wish to see a more detailed display of that part. This can be achieved by zooming in. When you want to see the whole Design Page again, you can zoom out. We are going to show how to zoom in on a portion of the picture and how to return to the standard dis- play. For a more complete description of the zoom features, see Zoom Mode on page 109.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Five buttons appear: .

2 Click .

The shape of the cursor changes to .

Select 70 %, for example.

Leave the default orientation setting as is.

Click Import.

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3 Drag the cursor across the area that you want to enlarge and click. Alternatively, position the cursor at a corner of the rectangular area that you want to enlarge, then click the mouses left button and keep the button down while moving the mouse toward the oppo- site corner of the area. A dotted-line rectangle showing the selected area appears.

Release the mouses button when the dotted-line rectangle matches the area that you want to enlarge. When you release the mouses left button, the selected area is enlarged.

The whole picture is enlarged at the same time. Repeat this procedure to enlarge the pattern even more.

4 To display the image with its real dimensions, click on the Toolbar.

Five buttons appear: .

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Step 4 Moving the Embroidery Pattern

When you import a pattern from Design Center, Layout & Editing puts the pattern at the center of the Design Page. We are now going to see how to move the imported pattern to a different location.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the pattern.

The Status bar shows the dimensions (width and height) of the selected pattern.

3Move the cursor over the selected pattern.

The shape of the cursor will change to . You can now drag the pattern to another location.

Handles

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Step 5 Adding an Oval

The next component of our embroidery picture will be an oval. Since this oval will be used only as a guide to t text that we will add later, we must set it so that it is not sewn.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing

Attributes bar now looks like this:

If you keep the cursor for a while on a button or selector of the Sewing Attributes bar, a small label indicating the function of the button will display. The Arc shape selector allows you to select the shape of the pattern. For example, Circle is used to draw circle and ellipses. The other options are used to draw circle-related patterns such as arcs. For more details, see Circle and Arc Drawing Mode on page 112. The Line stitch and Region stitch groups of buttons are for setting the stitch type and thread color for the outline (Line stitch) and for the region inside (Region stitch).

If you click on the Line sew button, the Line color button and the Line sew type selector disappear. This means that the outline will not be sewn. To make the Line color button and the Line sew type selector reappear, click the Line sew button again.

2 Select the shape: Since the default shape is Circle, you dont need to change the setting in the Arc shape selector. NOTE: When drawing a circle or other circle-related pattern, you must always select the shape that you want before drawing. You cannot, for example, draw a circle and change it to an arc afterward.

3 Disable the outline: Click the Line sew button. The Line color and Line sew type buttons disappear.

4 Disable the region inside: Click the Region sew button. The Region color and Region sew type buttons disappear.

5 Draw the oval: Move the cursor to a point, click and drag. As you drag, an outline of the oval is drawn. The nal oval (outline and region inside) appears when you release the mouses button. Do not worry now about the position, size or aspect ratio (ratio between the height and width) of the oval. We will adjust them later.

Line sew

Line color Line sew type

Region sew

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If, for any reason, you want to delete the oval and draw it again, click on the Tool Box, click on

the oval to select it, then press or click Edit Delete on the menu bar.

If you wanted to attribute a color or a stitch type to the oval after drawing it, click on the Tool

Box, then click on the oval to select it and click on the Line sew and Region sew buttons. The Sew- ing Attributes bar for the oval will show the current settings and allow you to change them.

Step 6 Adjusting the Size and Location of the Oval

We are going to adapt the size and aspect ratio of the oval and move it to its nal position.

To change the size of the oval If your oval looks very different from the one shown in the illustration above, proceed as follows to modify its size and proportions.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

2 Click the oval to select it. The shape of the cursor changes from to .

3Move the cursor over one of the handles of the oval.

The shape of the cursor will change to , , or , depending on the handle the cur- sor is on.

4 Drag the handle in the direction of the arrow to scale the pattern.

is for scaling the width.

is for scaling the height.

and are for scaling both dimensions at the same time.

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To center the oval on the pattern If your oval is not well centered, on the pattern, proceed as follows to move it.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the oval to select it.

3Move the cursor over the oval.

The shape of the cursor will change to .

4 You can now drag the oval to its nal location.

Step 7 Adding Text

The next component of our embroidery picture is a piece of text.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and this appears on the Sewing Attributes bar:

2 Set the text color: You can set the text color at this step. For this example, we are not going to change the default black color.

3 Set the font: You can set the font at this step. For this example, we are not going to change the default font, but if you click on the Font selector, you can scroll through the many different font styles available.

4 Set the text size: Click on the Text size selector and select the desired size of the characters (for this example, we will keep the default size of 10.0 mm). The value indicates the height of the characters.

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5 Set the text stitch: Click on the Text sew type selector and select the desired stitch for the text. For this example, we will keep the default stitch Satin stitch.

For more precise setting of the text attributes, see Text Attribute Setting on page 153.

6 Enter the text: Click anywhere in the Design Page. The actual location does not matter, because we can move the text after creating it. The Edit Text dialog displays.

The text appears on your Design Page when you click OK.

If you want to edit the entered text, click on the Tool Box, then click on the text to select it and

click Text Edit Text Letters on the menu bar to open the Edit Text dialog. You may then edit your

text as necessary. If you simply wanted to delete the text, select it, then press . If you want to change the text color, font or other attributes after entering the text, you can do so

while in the text mode or after clicking on the Tool Box, and selecting the text. The Sewing

Attributes bar for the text pattern will show the current settings and allow you to change them.

Type your text (ROSE, for example).

You can also enter a character by clicking it on the character table, then clicking Insert or simply by double-clicking it. This is specially useful if you have to enter accented characters that are not avail- able on your keyboard.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Step 8 Fitting the Text around the Oval

We are going to t the text around the oval.

1 Click on the Tool Box to set the cursor in selection mode .

2 Click the text (ROSE) to select it.

3 Press the key and hold it down while clicking on the oval. This allows you to select the oval without deselecting the text.

4 Click Text on the menu bar, then click Fit Text to Path Setting on the submenu. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below.

This dialog appears.

Click OK without changing any setting. For more details about this setting, see Fit

Text to Path Setting on page 154.

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5 Your text now ts nicely on the oval.

Step 9 Moving the Oval and Text

Once the text is t to 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 the oval.

To move both patterns as a group

1 Click on the Tool Box, then click on the oval to select it.

2Move the cursor over the oval, to change the shape of the cursor to .

3 Drag the oval: The text moves together with the oval.

To move the text over the oval

1 Click on the Tool Box, then click on the text to select it.

2Move the cursor over the text to change the shape of the cursor to .

3 Drag the text: The text can only move along the oval.

Step 10 Adding a Circle for Drawing the Sun

The next component will be a sun. We will rst draw a circle to get the basic shape. 1 Draw a circle.

To draw a circle, proceed as you did to draw the oval, but hold the key down while drag- ging. If you need to modify the size of the circle, drag a handle at one of the corners.

2 Set the stitch color and type of the outline.

To do this, you must rst select the circle using the button. Next, click on the Line sew button

so that the Line color button and the Line sew type selector appear and select a line color and stitch.

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3 Set the sewing attributes of the outline stitch. Select Sew Sewing Attribute Setting. You can also click the button of the Toolbar shown below.

The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog opens.

4 Set the sewing attributes of the region. Click on the Region sew button so that the Region color

button and the Region sew type selector appear and select a region color and a stitch. In this example, we will leave the other sewing attributes of the region as is. Your display will look as follows.

Set the width of the zigzag stitch to 1.0 mm.

Click Apply.

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Step 11

Selecting a Programmed Fill Stitch

You are going to see how to select a special stitch pattern (ll stitch) created with the Programmable Stitch Creator application, how to change its settings and how to apply it as the region stitch for the rays, which you will draw in Step 12. Stitch patterns are arranged in a tile-like manner within the selected regions, creating very decorative ll stitches.

1

Select in the

Region sew type

selector.

2

Click

Sew Sewing Attribute Setting

on the menu bar to open the

Sewing Attribute Setting

dialog. You can also click on the Toolbar button shown hereafter.

3

Change the stitch pattern size. Select a width and height of

10.0 mm

by clicking on the up arrow.

NOTE:

As soon as you click an arrow in this dialog, an illustration of the stitch pattern as well as the type of setting you are selecting are displayed in the other preview window of the dialog. You can see how each click on an arrow affects the pattern. You may also type in a value. In that case however, you cannot preview the setting immediately as you set it.

Click the

Region sewing

tab to display the region sewing attributes.

Click

Browse

to open the

Browse

dia- log.

Select the path Program Files/Version 3.0/Pattern. The Pattern folder contains the pro- grammed stitch les. These les have the extension

pas

. The

Browse

dialog shown hereafter now allows you to preview and browse through the existing

pas

les.

Browse through the illustrated stitches and click on the

wave1

illustration, which is then highlighted.

Either double-click the illustration or click

OK

to select that stitch. The dialog closes and the selected stitch can now be previewed in the

Sewing Attribute Setting

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4 Change the row offset. Make sure the row button is selected, then set a row offset of 50 % by click- ing and holding the mouse button down on either arrow or by typing the value directly in the edit box window. NOTE: You can only choose to change either the row or the column offset for a given pattern. You cannot select both for the same stitch pattern.

5 Change the direction of the pattern. Rotate the pattern to the right by clicking on the down arrow until a value of 340 degrees is selected. The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog will look like this:

For more information on the different settings of a programmed stitch, see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159.

6 Click Apply. The stitch and its settings are set. Until they are changed again, those sewing settings, just like any other, will be applied to every new region that you draw.

7 Finish setting the remaining sewing attributes for the ray pattern that you will create in the following step.

Select a region color using the Region color button.

8 Select a line color and stitch using the Line color button and the Line sew type selector

. (You can also set the characteristics of the pitch in the Line sewing tab of the Sew- ing Attribute Setting dialog.)

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Step 12 Adding Broken Lines for Drawing the Sun Rays

Lets draw a few rays around the sun. There are, of course, many ways to do this. You could, for example, draw a single straight line for each ray. Here, we are going to use a closed polygonal line (broken line) to make all the rays in one star-like pattern.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a

miniature image of the tool button. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

2 Be sure Close path is selected in the Path shape selector. When drawing a closed path, the rst point and the last point are automatically joined. The pattern has an outline and a region and you can apply sewing settings to both. With an open path, the broken line is left open (the rst and last point are not automatically joined). The pattern will not have a region, thus you can only apply sewing settings to the outline.

3 Draw the broken line around the circle using the circle as a guide. Move the mouse to the starting point and click. Move the mouse to the end point of the rst straight line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button.

4 Repeat until you arrive at the last ending point. At that point double-click. As soon as you have double-clicked, the display will look like the following.

If, for any reason, you want to delete the pattern and draw it again, click on the Tool Box, click on the pattern to select it, then press or click Edit Delete on the menu bar. If you want to change the pattern path shape, color, or stitch after drawing it, click on the Tool Box, then click on the pattern to select it. Then change the settings at the Sewing Attributes bar or the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog.

Now that the rays are drawn, you might want to have a quick preview of the programmed stitch pattern at this stage and come back to this exercise later. To see how to preview an embroidery pattern, refer to Step 18 Previewing the Sewing Image.

Path shape Line stitch Region stitch

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Step 13 Changing the Sewing Order of Sun and Rays

Since we have drawn the broken line after drawing the circle, the broken line pattern is in the foreground of the screen, and the circle is behind. A pattern that is in the foreground of the screen is sewn last. Since we do not want the embroidery to show the part of our broken line that is inside the circle of the sun, we are going to reverse the sewing order.

1 Click on the Tool Box, then click on the ray pattern to select it.

2 Click Edit on the menu bar, then click Sew First on the submenu. You can also click on the Toolbar button shown hereafter.

This will move the ray pattern to the back of the circle.

If necessary, move the circle so that it looks centered relative to the ray pattern.

Step 14 Adjusting the Rays

At this step you might wish to modify slightly the rays. You can do that by moving, deleting and adding points on the broken line pattern.

1 Click on the Tool Box and select the ray pattern.

2 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

3 Click .

The shape of the cursor changes to and the existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click the point that you want to move. The selected point is marked with a small black square.

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5 Drag the point to a new position. The point remains selected, so that you can drag it again.

To add or delete a point, see Inserting points on page 107 and Deleting points on page 108.

Step 15 Setting Hole Sewing

If the sun is sewn according to the current setting, the complete broken line for the rays will be sewn rst, then the circle will be sewn on top of the pattern of the rays. To avoid sewing twice at the same place, you can set the pair of patterns (circle and broken line) for hole sewing. This way, the part of the rays that is hidden behind the circle will not be sewn.

1 Click on the Tool Box, then click on the suns circle to select it.

2 Hold the key down and click on the suns rays. The circle and the broken line are now selected together.

3 Click Sew on the menu bar, then click Set Hole Sewing on the submenu. This message displays:

When a pair of patterns are set to hole sewing, they cannot be moved separately. If you need to readjust their relative position, you must rst select the circle or the broken line with the selection

cursor , then release the hole sewing setting by clicking Sew on the menu bar, then Cancel

Hole Sewing. NOTE: The Hole Sewing setting is not possible if one of the patterns in the pair is not completely inside the other pattern.

Click OK to remove the message.

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Step 16 Previewing the Sewing Image

Our embroidery image is now complete. You can preview it to have a more realistic view of how it will look once sewn. The preview function also shows how sewing will actually proceed. For example, you will be able to see clearly that the part of the broken line that is behind the circle is not sewn and how the selected programmed stitch lls the rays. 1 To preview the entire embroidery picture, deselect everything by clicking on the white space with

the selection cursor .

To preview a single pattern, or a group of patterns, select the pattern(s). To preview a region for which you selected programmed stitch pattern, select it and zoom in on it.

2 Click Display on the menu bar, then click Preview on the submenu. You can also click on the button of the Toolbar shown below:

The preview display will appear.

3 To return to the normal display, repeat step 2 or press the key.

NOTE: You cannot do any editing on the preview screen.

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Step 17 Transferring the Data to a Card

Before you can actually sew your embroidery pattern, you must transfer it to an Original card. 1 Insert an Original card in the module.

2 Click File on the menu bar, then click Write to Card on the submenu. You can also click on the button of the Toolbar shown below:

This dialog will display.

If the card module is not correctly connected or powered, if the card is not inserted or is defective, you will see an error message. Refer to Write to Card on page 138 for more details.

NOTE: You can also save the data to your disk as explained next, and then use the File Utility application to transfer the data to the card. See Writing to an Original Card on page 184.

Step 18 Saving the File

Before quitting the application, you should save your le on disk to be able to retrieve it later. 1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Save on the submenu.

You can also click on the button of the Toolbar shown below:

If the le already exists on the disk (the le has been saved at least once), the le is saved imme- diately.

2 If the le name is still Untitled or if, for any other reason, the le cannot be found on the disk, the application will ask you to enter a le name and select a target folder.

If the card is not brand new, make sure that you want to erase the data that is already stored on the card and click OK.

Click Cancel to exit.

Select the drive, the folder and type the le name.

Click Save to save.

Click Cancel to exit.

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If the new le name already exists, this dialog will appear:

The new le name displays in the title bar of the Layout & Editing window.

Click Yes to overwrite.

Click No if you do not want to overwrite the existing le. You can then enter another le name.

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This application allows you to design your own ll stitch patterns, which you can set as sewing attributes to enclosed regions of patterns, both in Design Center and Layout & Editing. The stitch patterns ll the regions in a tile-like manner, resulting in particularly decorative embroidery patterns. You may create your own ll stitch patterns or use the many stitches delivered with this application with or without editing them. In this exercise, you are going to see how to edit an existing stitch pattern. The complete procedure will take you through the different steps of a normal working session with Pro- grammable Stitch Creator and will introduce you to its most important features.

Please follow these instructions step by step, in the sequence given. If you have to interrupt your training for any reason, feel free to save the le (see Step 4). You will be able to retrieve it later and resume your work.

Step 1 Starting Programmable Stitch Creator page 45 Step 2 Opening a Programmed Stitch File page 46 Step 3 Drawing Lines to Edit the Programmed Stitch page 47 Step 4 Saving the Edited Programmed Stitch page 48 Step 5 Quitting Programmable Stitch Creator page 48

Using Programmable Stitch Creator

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Step 1

Starting Programmable Stitch Creator

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To start Programmable Stitch Creator, click the button, then select Programs, Version 3.0, then double-click Programmable Stitch Creator to open the Programmable Stitch Creator window. You may also double-click the Programmable Stitch Creator icon in the program group.

The Programmable Stitch Creator window displays.

The window size will be smaller than the display area on the screen of your personal computer.

2

To make the Programmable Stitch Creator window ll up the available space on your screen, click the maximize button on the right side of title bar. If you are working with other programs, you can reduce the Programmable Stitch Creator window temporarily to an icon by clicking the minimize button on the right side of title bar. You can then access the other windows and icons on the display screen by using the mouse.

To return to the Programmable Stitch Creator window, click the icon.

Menu bar

Toolbar

Tool box

Work area

Status bar

Close button

Maximize button

Minimize button

Title bar

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Step 2 Opening a Programmed Stitch File

1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Open on the submenu. You can also click on the Toolbar button shown below.

The Open dialog opens.

The Browse dialog opens.

The stitch pattern displays on the work area of the Programmable Stitch Creator application.

If you know which le you want to open:

Select a pas le in the Pattern folder by clicking on it. The contents of the selected le dis- plays in the Preview window, provided its check box is checked.

Double-click the selected pas le or click Open to open the le.

If you want to scroll through the available les before opening one:

Click Browse to preview all the available pas les in the selected folder.

Browse through the les with the help of the scroll bar.

Select a stitch pattern by clicking on it. The selected pattern is highlighted.

Double-click the selected pattern or click Open to open the le and to close both the Open and the Browse dialogs.

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Step 3 Drawing Lines to Edit the Programmed Stitch

We are going to draw a wave between the displayed ones using the Line drawing tool of the Tool Box. To draw these waves, we will use the grid setting medium with which the pes le stitch pattern was saved.

NOTE: Grid types should be selected according to the details you want to draw. Select a narrower grid for more detailed stitches and a wider grid for more simple ones. For more information on the grids and on how to select them, refer to Grid Menu on page 201.

1 Click on the Tool Box. Move the cursor over the work area. The shape of the cursor changes

to and displays together with a miniature illustration of the tool button.

2Move the mouse to the second vertical grid line following a wave and click. NOTE: The horizontal and vertical lines that you draw on the work area always follow the grid. The points you create by clicking the mouse are inserted at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid, enabling you to draw diagonal lines as well. So, regardless on where you click, a point will automatically be inserted at the nearest intersection.

3Move the mouse to the rst angle and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button.

4 Repeat until you reach the end of the line and double-click.

5 Repeat the procedure to add two more waves. Your display may look somewhat like the following.

If you want to edit some points of the pattern that you drew, you can do so in the Point edit mode, which you were introduced to in the Layout & Editing window. The Point edit mode lets you move, insert and delete points (see Point Edit Mode on page 193 or go back to Step 15 Adjusting the Rays on page 39).

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Step 4 Saving the Edited Programmed Stitch

In order to apply your edited stitch pattern to a region in Layout & Editing or Design Center, you must rst save it as a pas le. To do this, proceed as follows. 1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Save on the submenu.

You can also click on the button of the Toolbar shown below:

Since the pas les that come with your program are Read Only les and cannot be overwritten, the Save as dialog opens.

2 Type in a le name and select another target folder if you want to save your own stitch pattern les separately.

Step 5 Quitting Programmable Stitch Creator

Now that you have created a stitch pattern, you may close this application as you will no longer need it for this exercise. 1 Click File on the menu bar, then click Exit on the submenu.

If you have saved your le as recommended in the previous step, the application will close immedi- ately. If you have changed anything after the last time you saved the le, you will be asked whether you want to save the le. Click Yes, then proceed as explained in the previous step.

Select the drive, the folder and type the le name.

Click Save to save.

Click Cancel to exit.

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By attaching the enclosed (or optional) extra-large frame (130 300 mm or 100 172 mm) at each of its three installation positions, extra-large designs can be embroidered.

Although the size of the pattern that can be embroidered using an extra-large frame is 130 180 mm (or 100 100 mm, depending on the sewing area of the embroidery machine), rst determine which of the three installation positions (indicated as a, b, and c in the illustration above) the extra-large frame will be installed at and determine the orientation of the data.

Select the Design Page size 1 In Layout & Editing, click Option, then Design Page Property.

NOTE: The Design Page size shown above is not available in Design Center since the maximum sizes for a single pattern are 130 180 mm and 100 100 mm.

From the Size selector, choose a Design Page size of 130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, or 172 100 mm. (Settings for extra-large frames are indicated by *.)

Choose the appropriate setting after checking the size of the embroidery frame available for your machine.

Creating data for the extra-large frame

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Create the pattern 1 The Design Page appears on the screen as shown below.

2 Create the pattern, making sure that it meets the following conditions.

NOTE: If a pattern does not meet the conditions mentioned above, a warning will appear when continuing to the next step.

With the Optimize hoop change setting, the actual sewing order (including the embroidery frame instal- lation order) is optimized as explained below. (The Optimize hoop change setting can be found on the Sew menu. The setting is turned on when a check mark appears in front of the setting.)

When the Optimize hoop change setting is turned on:

Explanation of a, b, and c: a: Embroidering area when the

embroidery frame is installed at the top installation position.

b: Embroidering area when the embroidery frame is installed at the middle installation position.

c: Embroidering area when the embroidery frame is installed at the bottom installation position.

The broken lines indicate each area.

The size of one pattern must be no bigger than 100 100 mm (or 130 180 mm). (If the pattern is imported from Design Center, only these size settings are available.)

Each pattern must completely t within one single area (a, b, or c). 1: This pattern is correct since it ts

completely within area a. 2: This pattern is correct since it ts

completely within either area b or area c.

3: The size of this pattern is accept- able, but its position must be cor- rected since it does not t completely within any of the areas.

4: This pattern must be corrected since it is too large.

Specify the sewing order in the same way that it is specied for a normal frame.

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The sewing order that you have set is optimized to reduce the number of times that the embroidery frame installation position is changed.

When the Optimize hoop change setting is turned off:

Each pattern is sewn according to the sewing order that you have set. Therefore, since the number of times for changing the embroidery frame installation position is not optimized, it may be changed more often than if it was optimized.

NOTE: Since the pattern may not be sewn correctly or the fabric may not feed evenly if the embroidery frame installation position is changed too often, we recommend turning on the Optimize hoop change setting. Since turning on this setting will change the sewing order that you have set, check the sewing order before you begin embroidering.

Check the data 1 Click Option, then Design Property.

At the same time that the Design Property dialog appears, the Design Page is automatically enlarged or shrunk to t in the entire window.

NOTE: If an object is larger than the embroidering area or if an object is positioned so that it does not completely t within an embroidering area, the error message Please change the object size or position. is displayed instead of this dialog. After the object causing the error appears selected, change its size or position. (If more than one object causes the error message to appear, the objects will appear selected in the sewing order.) NOTE: Make sure that no pattern has been selected before clicking this command. If a pattern has been already been selected, only the information for that pattern is displayed.

2 To preview the image, click Display, then Preview or click on the Toolbar.

NOTE: Just like for the command Option Design Property, if an object is larger than the embroidering area or if an object is positioned so that it does not completely t within an embroidering area, the error message Please change the object size or position. is displayed instead of displaying a pre- view of the image. After the object causing the error appears selected, change its size or position.

The rst line of the dialog shows the position in the embroidery frame instal- lation order for the currently displayed design.

Only the designs that would be sewn at the current position in the embroidery frame installation order appear in the Design Page. In addition, the embroi- dering area for the current frame instal- lation position is outlined in red.

Click Previous or Next to display infor- mation for the designs at other posi- tions in the embroidery frame installation order.

At this time, the corresponding pattern and embroidery frame position appear in the Design Page.

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(If more than one object causes the error message to appear, the objects will appear selected in the sewing order.)

NOTE: Make sure that no pattern has been selected before clicking this command. If a pattern has been already been selected, only that pattern is previewed.

Save the data 1 Click File, then Save or Save As, and then save the data.

All of the data is saved as one le (*.pes).

If the le size or the number of color changes is larger than the specied number or if one of the patterns do not completely t within an embroidering area, the message Please change the object size or position. Do you want to save the data anyway? is displayed.

NOTE: The saved le cannot be opened in a previous version (ver. 2.0x or earlier) of Layout & Editing.

NOTE: If a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame (130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, or 172 100 mm) is selected, you can select only PES Version 2.5 as the File Type.

Write the data to an original card

1 Click File, then Write to Card or click on the Toolbar, and then write the data to an original

card.

Data for an extra-large embroidery frame is created by considering the data for each embroidery frame installation position as one pattern and combining them. Therefore, when this type of data is written to an original card, all of the data for one extra-large embroidery frame pattern is saved as a combination of multiple patterns. (For more details on the number of patterns that is written to a card, refer to 3. Check data.)

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If the pattern shown below at the right is written to an original card and the written pattern is checked on the embroidering machine, it will appears as follows.

Therefore, the frame installation position sewing order for the pattern shown above is b, a, then c.

2Writing data to an original card using File Utility.

When writing data to a card using File Utility, all of the data is written at the same time, like 1 explained above. However, the difference is that if there is space on the card, other patterns can also be written to the card.

: This pattern is sewn when the embroidery frame is installed at the top installation posi- tion (position a).

: This pattern is sewn when the embroidery frame is installed at the middle installation position (position b).

: This pattern is sewn when the embroidery frame is installed at the bottom installation position (position c).

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Notes on embroidering using the extra-large embroidery frame: Before embroidering your project, sew a trial sample of the pattern on a scrap piece of fabric

that is the same as that used for your project. In addition, use the correct needle and thread.

Be sure to afx stabilizer material to the back of the fabric and tightly stretch the fabric within the embroidery frame. When embroidering on thin or stretch fabrics, use two layers of stabilizer material. If no stabilizer material is used, the fabric may become over-stretched or wrinkled or the embroidery may not be sewn correctly.

Use the zigzag stitch for sewing the outlines in order to prevent embroidering outside the out- lines.

For patterns that require the embroidery frame to be installed at different installation posi- tions, design the embroidery pattern data so that the various parts of the pattern overlap in order to prevent misalignment while embroi- dering.

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Design Center is used to create individual patterns from bitmap image les created with other applica- tions. You can also apply stitch patterns created with Programmable Stitch Creator to regions of images displayed in Design Center. The resulting embroidery pattern can then be imported into the Layout & Editing Design Page and combined with other patterns.

The embroidery pattern is created in four stages:

STAGE 1: Original bitmap image You can open a bitmap image that you purchased from a commercial source, created using an applica- tion such as Paintbrush or scanned from a printed source using a scanner and the appropriate software. The image le must be in the uncompressed Windows DIB format, its le name extension must be BMP, and it must be of the 16-color type. Note that graphic les in other formats can be converted into the specied format if you have the proper conversion software. In Stage 1, the image is displayed with its original colors and you cannot modify it.

STAGE 2: Line image To move from Stage 1 to Stage 2, you select maximum 5 colors of the bitmap data that will be converted into black outlines. Unselected colors will be converted into white. You can then correct the black and white image using pens and erasers of different thicknesses. If you save the le in Stage 2, its le name extension will be PEL.

STAGE 3: Figure handle image When you move to Stage 3, the application automatically detects the outline of the black areas and replaces it with a set of broken lines. The broken lines can be edited (you can move and delete points or insert new points). If you save the le in Stage 3, its le name extension will be PEM.

STAGE 4: Sewing settings You can set the stitch, thread color, etc. for the outlines and regions to complete the embroidery data If you save the le in Stage 4, its le name extension will be PEM.

If you have to interrupt your work at stage 2, 3 and 4, save the le and retrieve it later to resume working.

Design Center

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Menu bar Gives access to the functions.

Toolbar Shortcut for the menu functions.

Sewing attributes bar Sets the sewing attributes (color, stitch) of the patterns (displays in Stage 4 only)

Tool box Used to select and edit the image. Stage 1 has no Tool Box; the other stages all have a different Tool Boxes.

Status bar Provides short information.

Design Page The actual part of the work area that can be saved and sewn.

The Screen

Menu bar Toolbar

Sewing attributes bar

Tool box

Design Page

Status bar

(different in each stage)

Title bar

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In Stage 2, the Tool Box is used to modify the line image generated from a bitmap image or to create a line image from scratch.

Drawing and Erasing

Drawing 1 Click the button with the desired pen thickness on the Tool Box. The cursor changes to .

2 To add a dot, click; to draw a line, drag with the mouses left button.

If the key is held down while moving the mouse, only vertical or horizontal lines will be drawn.

Erasing 1 Click the button with the desired eraser thickness on the Tool Box.

2 To erase, drag while pressing the mouses right button. The cursor changes to .

Zoom-in Mode

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to enlarge or drag the cursor across the area that you want to enlarge, then release it. You can repeat this step several times.

The ve rst buttons are used as pens and erasers of different thicknesses. Cursor shape when moved or dragged over the work area:

for the pens and for the erasers.

When you start the application, the number 2 Pen tool is active by default.

Sets the cursor in zoom-in mode.

Cursor shape:

Maximizes the selected Design Page to t in the window.

Sets the cursor in zoom-out mode.

Cursor shape:

Using the Stage 2 Tool Box

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Fit Design Page to Window

This feature allows you to maximize the selected Design Page so that it will t in the window.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The Design Page is enlarged or shrunk automatically to t the window.

Zoom-out Mode

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to shrink or drag the cursor across the area that you want to shrink, then release it. The image shrinks toward that point. You can repeat this step several times.

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In Stage 3, outline data that has been generated automatically can be edited using the Tool Box. Clicking a button of the Tool Box changes the cursor mode and shape. The left side of the Status bar tells you what you can do in each cursor mode.

Sets the cursor in selection mode.When you start the application, the selec-

tion mode is active by default. Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in point edit mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in line drawing mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in zoom-in mode.

Cursor shape:

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Maximizes the selected Design Page to t in the window. page 64

Sets the cursor in zoom-out mode.

Cursor shape:

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Selection Mode

The cursor selection mode is used to select one or more outlines. Once an outline is selected, you can move it, scale it, and change its direction by rotating it or inverting it.

Selecting patterns

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the pattern that you want to select. The cursor changes when it touches an outline.

You know that the object is selected when handles are displayed and the outlines display in blue. Note that a pattern will not be selected if you click on a transparent part of it.

3 To deselect the pattern, select another one, click on the white space or click another button of the Tool Box, except a Zoom tool.

4 To select an additional pattern, click it while holding the key down. Note that you can also select patterns by dragging the cursor across the whole pattern that you want to select. As you drag, a dotted rectangle appears. When you release the mouse button, all patterns that are completely contained in that rectangle will be selected.

Moving patterns 1 Select the data that you wish to move.

2 Position the cursor over the data and click (a dotted box appears around the data), then drag to a new destination. Holding down the key while dragging the pattern moves the pattern horizontally or vertically. NOTE: By pressing the arrow keys, the selected pattern can be moved 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) to the left, right, up or down.

Scaling patterns 1Move the cursor over one of the handles of a selected pattern or group of selected patterns.

The shape of the cursor will change to , , or , depending on the handle the

cursor is on.

2 Drag the handle in the direction of the arrow to scale the pattern.

is for scaling the width.

is for scaling the height.

and are for scaling both dimensions at the same time.

Handles

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Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically 1 Select the data that you wish to ip horizontally (up/down) or vertically(left/right). The buttons

below become active.

2 To ip horizontally, select the command Edit Mirror Horizontal or click on the Toolbar.

To ip vertically, select the command Edit Mirror Vertical or click on the Toolbar.

Rotating a pattern 1 Select the data that you wish to rotate.The button below becomes active.

2 Select the menu command Edit Rotate or click on the Toolbar. The handles around the selected pattern are replaced by smaller boxes on the four corners of the selected area.

3 To rotate the pattern, move the cursor on one of the four rotation handles.

The shape of the cursor changes to as soon as your cursor touches a rotation handle. Click

on a rotation handle and a lined box appears around the selected the pattern. You can rotate the pattern clockwise or counterclockwise by dragging the mouse.

A simple dragging of the mouse will rotate the pattern by 1 increments. Pressing the key will rotate it by 15 increments.

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Point Edit Mode

The point edit mode allows you to move, insert and delete points in an outline.

Moving points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the outline that you want to edit. The selected line displays in pink and existing points of the selected line are marked with small empty squares. The starting and ending points of a line are marked by bigger squares.

3 Click the point that you want to move.

To select an additional point, click that point while holding the key down. The selected points are marked by lled squares. NOTE: If you click on the line instead of a square, a new point is inserted.

4 Drag the cursor to a new position. All the selected points move in the same direction. Holding down the key while dragging the point moves the point horizontally or vertically. NOTE: By pressing the arrow keys, the selected point can be moved 0.1mm (about 0.01 inch) to the left, right, up or down.

Inserting points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the outline that you want to edit. The selected line displays in pink and existing points of the selected line are marked with small empty squares. The starting and ending points of a line are marked by bigger squares.

3 Click where you want to insert a new point on the outline. A new point appears, marked by a lled black square. The new point can be edited.

Deleting points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the outline that you want to edit. The existing points of the outline are marked with small empty squares.

3 Click the point that you want to delete.

To select an additional point, click that point while holding the key down. The selected points are marked by lled squares.

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4 Press the key to remove the point from the outline. Note that the points marked by red squares cannot be deleted.

Line Drawing Mode

The line drawing mode allows you to add broken lines to your pattern. A broken line is made of one or more contiguous straight lines, the ending point of a straight line being the starting point of the next one. If the broken line you drew did not create enclosed regions, it remains a simple outline and you can only set sewing attributes for the line itself in Stage 4. If the broken line did create enclosed regions, you can assign stitches and colors to both the outline and the regions in Stage 4. If you draw a line through an existing region, creating two separate regions, you will be able to set sewing attributes to both separately, as well as to the separating line.

Drawing a broken line

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small image of the tool

button.

2 Draw the line. Move the mouse to the starting point and click. Move the mouse to the ending point of the rst straight line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button. If needed, use the grid to help you draw the lines. You can set the grid so that each of its vertical and horizontal lines are visible. For more information on the grid, refer to Grid Setup on page 90.

3 Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click.

If the key is held down while moving the mouse, only vertical or horizontal lines will be drawn.

Zoom-in Mode

The zoom-in mode is used to magnify a part of the outline so that you can check it and edit it more easily.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to enlarge or drag the cursor across the area that you want to enlarge, then release it. You can repeat this step several times.

Delete

Broken line without a region Broken line with region

Starting point

Ending point

Broken lines with two regions

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Fit Design Page to Window

This feature allows you to maximize the selected Design Page so that it will t in the window.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The Design Page is enlarged or shrunk automatically to t the window.

Zoom-out Mode

The zoom-out mode is used to return to the normal display after zooming in.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to shrink or drag the cursor across the area that you want to shrink, then release it. The image shrinks toward that point. You can repeat this step several times.

Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size

The last button of the Tool Box allows you to quickly enlarge a selected outline to the screen size. 1 Select one or more outlines.

2 Click on the Tool Box.

The selected outlines now occupy all the available space on the screen.

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In Stage 4, outline data from Stage 3 are assigned line and region sewing attributes. This is done by using the Tool Box and the Sewing Attributes bar. Clicking a button of the Tool Box changes the cursor mode and shape. The left side of the Status bar tells you what you can do in each cursor mode.

Region Setting Mode

In this mode, you can apply the current sewing attributes to an enclosed region. You can also change the sewing attributes applied to a region.

Applying the sewing attributes to a region

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small rectangle. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the color and stitch at this step or after applying them to the region. See Color on page 73 and Stitch on page 73. You can also use the menu (see Sewing Attributes on page 85) or the following method to dene the density and other characteristics of the stitch. If you do not make these settings at this stage, the current settings will be applied, but you can modify them later.

Sets the cursor in region setting mode. When you start the application, this tool is active by default

Cursor shape: , with a miniature of the button

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Sets the cursor in line (all) setting mode.

Cursor shape: , with a small image of the button

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Sets the cursor in line (single) setting mode.

Cursor shape: , with a small image of the button

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Sets the cursor in hole sewing mode.

Cursor shape: , with a small image of the button

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Sets the cursor in zoom-in mode.

Cursor shape:

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Maximizes the selected Design Page to t in the window. page 70

Sets the cursor in zoom-out mode.

Cursor shape:

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2 Click the enclosed region that you want to set. The color and stitch selected on the Sewing Attributes bar are applied to the region.

Checking the sewing attributes of a region

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small rectangle.

2 Click the enclosed region using the mouses right button. The Sewing Attributes bar shows the color and stitch for the selection. You can change the color and stitch at this step (see Applying the sewing attributes to a region). The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog for the selected stitch displays.

Line (all) Setting Mode

In this mode, you can apply the current sewing attributes to the outline of patterns. You can also change the sewing attributes applied to outlines.

Applying the sewing attributes to an outline

1 Click on the Tool Box.

If necessary, change the settings. See Sewing Attributes on page 85.

To restore the default value of a set- ting after changing it, click the Default button at the left of that setting.

To apply the new settings to the region, click each region you want to apply those settings to using the left button.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

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The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool Box button. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the color and stitch at this step or after applying them to the outline. See Color on page 73 and Stitch on page 73. You can also use the menu (See Sewing Attributes on page 85) or the following method to dene the characteristics of the stitch. If you do not make these settings now, the current settings will be applied, but you can modify them later.

2 Click the outline that you want to set. The color and stitch selected on the Sewing Attributes bar are applied to the clicked outline.

Checking the sewing attributes of an outline

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool

Box button.

2 Click the outline using the mouses right button. The Sewing Attributes bar shows the color and stitch for the selection. You can change the color and stitch at this step (see Applying the sewing attributes to an outline above). The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog for the selected stitch displays.

If necessary, change the settings. See Sewing Attributes on page 85.

To restore the default value of a set- ting after changing it, click the Default button at the left of that setting.

To apply the new settings to the out- line, then click the outline of the pat- tern(s) using the left button.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

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Line (part) Setting Mode

In this mode, you can apply the current sewing attributes to a portion of the outline. You can also change the sewing attributes applied to a portion of the outline. A single line of the outline extends from both sides of the cursor position to the next branch points.

Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of the outline

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool Box button. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the stitch at this step or after applying them to a portion of the outline. See Stitch on page 73. The color cannot be set separately for a portion of the outline. If you set a portion of the outline before setting the whole outline, the default color will be black.

1 You can also use the menu (see Sewing Attributes on page 85) or the method described below to dene the characteristics of the stitch. If you do not make these settings now, the current settings will be applied, but you can modify them later.

2 Click the line of the outline that you want to set. The stitch selected on the Sewing Attributes bar are applied to the line.

Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an outline

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool

Box button.

2 Click the line you want to check using the mouses right button. The Sewing Attributes bar shows the color and stitch for the selection. You can change the stitch (not the color) at this step (see Applying the sewing attributes to a region on page 65).

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The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog for the selected stitch displays.

Hole Sewing Mode

The hole sewing mode is used to avoid sewing overlapping areas twice. It can be set only when one of the overlapping areas is completely enclosed in another area.

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small gure of the Tool Box button.

2 Click on the enclosing part of a pattern comprised of a region completely enclosed into another one.

3 This dialog will display.

If necessary, change the settings. See Sewing Attributes on page 85.

To restore the default value of a set- ting after changing it, click the Default button at the left of that setting.

To apply the new settings to single lines, click the lines you want to apply the settings to with the left button.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

Click on the central region to toggle hole sew- ing on/off.

Click OK to set hole sewing.

Click Cancel to exit without setting hole sewing.

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Zoom-in Mode

The zoom-in mode is used to magnify a part of the outline so that you can inspect it and edit it more eas- ily.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to enlarge or drag the cursor across the area that you want to enlarge, then release it. You can repeat this step several times.

Fit Design Page to Window

This feature allows you to maximize the selected Design Page so that it will t in the window.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The Design Page is enlarged or shrunk automatically to t the window.

Zoom-out Mode

The zoom-out mode is used to return to the normal display after zooming in.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click on the area you want to shrink or drag the cursor across the area that you want to shrink, then release it. The image shrinks toward that point. You can repeat this step several times.

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The Sewing Attributes, available in Stage 4, bar allows you to set the color and stitch of a region or out- line. The sewing attributes which are available depend on the cursor mode.

Example 1: The cursor is in the region setting mode.

Example 2: The cursor is in the line setting mode.

When the cursor is left for a while on an element of the Sewing Attributes bar, a label indicating the func- tion of that element appears.

Setting the Thread Color and Stitch

Region sew

Purpose: Switches the inside region on/off. When the inside region is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

Available: When you click on the Tool Box to put the cursor in the Region sewing

mode.

Operation:

1 Click the Region sew button. This button has two states: on: the Region color button and the Region sew type selector are displayed. off: the Region color button and the Region sew type selector are not displayed.

2 Click inside a region to turn it on or off.

Region sew: Switches the inside region on/off. page 71

Line sew: Switches line sew on/off. page 72

Region color, Line color: Sets the thread color for outline or region inside.

page 73

Region sew type, Line sew type: Sets the stitch for outline or region inside.

page 73

Using the Sewing Attributes Bar

Region sew

Region color Region sew type

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When you turn off the region, the region disappears.

When you turn on the region, the region gets the color displayed on the Region color button, and the stitch displayed on the Region sew type selector.

See also: Color on page 73 and Stitch on page 73

Line sew

Purpose: Switches the outline on/off. When the outline is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

Available: When you click or on the Tool Box to put the cursor in the Line (all or

parts) sewing mode.

Operation:

1 Click the Line sew button. This button has two states: on: the Line color button and the Line sew type selector are displayed. off: the Line color button and the Line sew type selector are not displayed.

2 Click an outline to turn it on or off. When you turn off the outline, it is replaced by a dotted line that will not be sewn.

When you turn on the outline, the outline gets the color displayed on the Line color button, and the stitch displayed on the Line sew type selector.

See also: Color on page 73 and Stitch on page 73

Line sew

Line color Line sew type

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Color

Purpose: Sets the thread color for outline or region inside.

Available: When the cursor is in Region setting mode or Line setting mode.

Operation:

1 Click the color button. In Region setting mode, the Region Thread Color dialog displays and in Line setting mode, the Line Thread Color dialog displays. The same color settings are available in both dialogs.

When you click the desired color, the new color is displayed on the Region color button or Line color button.

See also: Region sew on page 71, Line sew on page 72 and Special colors on page 127

Stitch

Purpose: Sets the stitch for outline or region inside.

Available: When the cursor is in Region setting mode or Line setting mode.

Operation:

1 Click the sew type selector. The available options display.

For outlines, Running Stitch and Zigzag Stitch are available. For regions Fill Stitch, Satin Stitch and Programmed Fill Stitch are available.

2 Click the desired stitch. The new setting displays on the selector. Region sew on page 71 and Line sew on page 72

Click the desired color. The four last spools have a special function.

See Special colors on page 127.

For a list of the different color names, see page 204.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

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Many functions available on the menu can also be accessed by clicking an icon on the Toolbar or by pressing a shortcut key or key combination. When you leave the cursor for a while on a button of the Toolbar, a label indicating the function of the but- ton displays.

File Menu

The File menu handles le input/output, such as opening, saving and printing.

File Handles le input/output, such as opening and saving. page 74

Edit Performs simple actions on selected objects, such as cutting and pasting. page 79

Sew Allows you to control the way the pattern will be sewn. page 85

Display Modies the appearance of the screen. page 90

Option Allows you to start the other applications and to set the Design Page size and unit system.

page 93

Stage Allows you to move from one stage to the next or previous one. page 95

Help Gives you access to the on-screen help information system. page 99

New Creates a new blank Design Page and switches to Stage 2. page 75

Open

Opens a previously saved le (*.bmp les open in stage 1, *.pel les open in stage 2, *.pem les open in stage 3 or 4). You can open *.pel and *.pem les created with Version 1.0 of this software.

page 75

Save Saves your Design Page on the disk as latest Version le (default). To read this le with Version 1.0, select the File Type Version 1.0.

page 76

Save As Saves the current le under a new le name. page 76

Import Figure Adds a *.pem le to your Design Page (available only in Stage 3).

page 77

Exit Exits the application. page 78

Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar

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New

Purpose: Creates a new blank Design Page and switches to Stage 2.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then New. If the current Design Page is not edited, a new blank Design Page appears immediately.

2 If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes, for example:

Depending on the stage you are currently using and the editing you did, the le to be saved is a *.pel le or a *.pem le or both. A new le opens automatically in Stage 2. In Stage 2, you can use the pens and erasers to create black and white drawings. You may also want to use this feature to create patterns that are easier to draw by hand, for example, free-hand writing.

See also: Open, Save and Save As in this section

Open

Purpose: Opens a previously saved le (*.bmp les open in stage 1, *.pel les open in stage 2, *.pem les open in stage 3 or 4). You can open *.pel and *.pem les created with Version 1.0 of this software.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Open. A Open dialog similar to this will display.

Click Yes to save the Design Page rst.

Click No to abandon the Design Page.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for exam- ple, modifying the current Design Page or saving it with another le name).

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

Be sure to select the right type of le extensions in List Files of Type.

If the Preview check box is checked, the content of the selected le displays in the preview window.

Click Open or double-click the le name to open the le in Design Center.

Click Cancel to exit.

Ctrl N

Ctrl O

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2 The selected le opens immediately if your current Design Page is not edited. If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

3 Depending on the stage you are currently using and the editing you did, the le to be saved is a *.pel le or a *.pem le or both.

See also: New, Save and Save As in this section

Save

Purpose: Saves your Design Page on the disk as latest Version le (default). NOTE: Saved *.pem les can be opened with Version 1.0 of this software when you select PEM Version 1.0 as the File Type. Note however that some information could be lost.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Save. If the le already exists on the disk (the le has been saved at least once during the same stage as the current one), the le is saved immediately.

2 If the le name is still Untitled or if, for any other reason, the le cannot be found on the disk, the application automatically switches to Save As.

See also: Save As below

Save As

Purpose: Saves the current le under a new le name.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Save As. A Save As dialog similar to this will display.

Click Yes to save the Design Page rst.

Click No to abandon the Design Page.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for example, modifying the current Design Page or saving it with another le name).

Select the drive, the folder and type the le name.

The correct extension is automatically set.

Click OK to save.

Click Cancel to exit.

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2 If the new le name already exists, this dialog will appear.

See also: Save above NOTE: Saved *.pel and *.pem les can be opened with Version 1.0 of this software when you select PEM Version 1.0 as the File Type. Note however that some informa- tion could be lost.

Import Figure

Purpose: Adds a *.pem le to your Design Page (available only in Stage 3).

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Import Figure. A dialog similar to this will display.

The selected pattern will be added to your Design Page.

See also: Open on page 75

Click Yes to overwrite.

Click No if you do not want to overwrite the existing le.

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

Click OK to open.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Exit

Purpose: Exits the application.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Exit. If the current Design Page is not edited, the application closes immediately.

2 If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

See also: Save and Save As on page 76

Alt F4

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Edit Menu

The functions of the Edit menu perform simple actions on selected patterns, such as cutting and pasting.

Undo

Purpose: Undoes the last operation.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Undo. The last operation is automatically undone.

See also: Redo below

Redo

Purpose: Cancels the effect of the last Undo.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Redo. The effect of the last Undo is cancelled.

See also: Undo above

Cut

Purpose: Removes the selected data from the screen while saving a copy in the clipboard.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Undo Undoes the last operation. page 79 Redo Cancels the effect of the last Undo. page 79

Cut Removes the selected data from the screen while sav- ing a copy in the clipboard.

page 79

Copy Saves the selected data in the clipboard without remov- ing them from the screen.

page 80

Duplicate Makes a copy of the selected data. page 80 Paste Pastes the contents of the clipboard on the screen. page 80

Delete Removes the selected data from the screen without saving them in the clipboard.

page 80

Mirror Horizontal Flips the selected data up/down. page 81 Vertical Flips the selected data left/right. page 81

Rotate Allows you to change the direction of the pattern. page 82

Numerical Setting

Size Resizes the selection numerically. page 82 Rotate Rotates the selected pattern numerically. page 83

Select All Selects all the data. page 84

Ctrl Z

Ctrl A

Ctrl X

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Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Cut. The selected outline data disappear. Since they are saved in the clipboard, you can paste them back using Edit Paste.

See also: Copy, Paste and Delete below

Copy

Purpose: Saves the selected data in the clipboard without removing them from the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Copy. The outline data are copied into the clipboard and are ready to be pasted.

See also: Cut above, Duplicate and Paste below

Duplicate

Purpose: Makes a copy of the selected data.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Duplicate. A copy of the outline data appears on the screen.

See also: Copy above and Paste below

Paste

Purpose: Pastes the contents of the clipboard on the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Paste (Stage 3 only). The outline data saved in the clipboard (using Cut or Copy) are pasted on the screen.

See also: Cut, Copy and Duplicate above

Delete

Purpose: Removes the selected data from the screen without saving them in the clipboard.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

Delete

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Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Delete. The selected outline data are removed from the screen. Since they are not saved in the clipboard, the only way to make them reappear is to use Edit Undo.

See also: Undo and Cut on page 79

Mirror Horizontal

Purpose: Flips the selected data up/down.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Horizontal. A horizontal mirror image (top and bottom inverted) of the outline data appears on the screen. Two successive executions of this command restores the original image.

See also: Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically on page 61 and Mirror Vertical

Mirror Vertical

Purpose: Flips the selected data left/right.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Vertical. A vertical mirror image (left and right inverted) of the outline data appears on the screen. Two successive executions of this command restores the original image.

See also: Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically on page 61 and Mirror Horizontal

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Rotate

Purpose: Allows you to change the direction of the pattern.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more outline data (Stage 3 only).

2 Click Edit, then Rotate. The handles around a selected pattern are replaced by smaller rectangle on the four corners of the selected area.

3 To rotate a pattern, move the cursor on one of the four rotation handles.

The shape of the cursor changes to as soon as your cursor touches a rotation handle. Click

a handle and a lined box appears around the selected pattern. You can rotate the pattern clockwise or counterclockwise by dragging the mouse.

A simple dragging of the mouse will rotate the pattern by 1 increments. Pressing the key will rotate it by 15 increments.

See also: Rotating a pattern on page 61

Numerical Setting-Size

Purpose: Resizes the selection numerically.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function.

Toolbar: No button for this function.

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Size. The Size dialog appears.

To change the width and height propor- tionally, check aspect.

Select the units (% or mm/inch) for the width and height.

The width and height can be entered by either typing in a value or clicking the arrows to select the desired value. Select 100% to leave the pattern unchanged. If aspect is selected, changing one dimension automatically changes the other so the proportion of the width and height remains unchanged.

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NOTE: The maximum value that can be entered is the largest value that will not allow the pattern to exceed the size of the Design Page. The minimum value is 1 mm (0.04 inch).

Numerical Setting-Rotate

Purpose: Rotates the selected pattern numerically.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function.

Toolbar: No button for this function.

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Rotate. The Rotate dialog appears.

NOTE: The range of values that can be entered is between 0 and 359 degrees, in 1-degree increments.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Preview to view the pattern at the new size in the Design Page.

Click Cancel to exit without making any changes.

The desired rotation angle can be entered by either typing in a value or clicking the arrows to select the desired value. Select 0 degree to leave the pattern unchanged.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Preview to view the pattern rotated the specied angle in the Design Page.

Click Cancel to exit without making any changes.

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Select All

Purpose: Selects all the data.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Select All (Stage 3 only).

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Sew Menu

The Sew menu allows you to control the way the pattern will be sewn.

Sewing Attributes

Purpose: Sets the sewing attributes for outlines and regions.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Sew, then Sewing Attribute.

In Line Sewing Mode, the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog displays the Line sewing tab. Here you can change the settings of the stitch selected in the Line sew type selector of the Sewing Attributes bar. The other stitch settings display in gray.

Sewing Attributes Sets the sewing attributes for outlines and regions. page 85

Sewing Order Allows you to check and modify the sewing order of the dif- ferent colors of a pattern as well as the sewing order of each color individually.

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Enter the desired values for each set- ting either by clicking on the arrows or by typing the value directly in the edit box window.

A preview image of the stitch reects your setting changes each time you click on an arrow, except for the Run time (s) setting.

To restore the default value of an indi- vidual setting, click its Default button.

Click the outline(s) you want to apply the selected settings to.

Click Close to exit.

Line sewing attribute

Zigzag stitch

ZigZag width Sets the width of the zigzag stitch (when Zigzag Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 2 mm (0.08 inch)

Density

Sets the number of lines per mm (inch) (when Zigzag Stitch is selected for the out- line). Range: 1 ~ 7 lines per mm (25 ~ 178 lines per inch) Default: 4.5 lines per mm (114 lines per inch)

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In Region Sewing Mode, the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog displays the Region sewing tab. Here you can change the settings of the stitch selected in the Region sew type selector of the Sewing Attributes bar. The other stitch settings display in gray.

Example of the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog for a Programmed Fill Stitch:

Running stitch

Run pitch Sets the pitch of the line sewing (when Running Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 2 mm (0.08 inch)

Run times

Sets the number of times the border will be sewn (when Running Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 2, 4, 6 Default: 2

Enter the desired values for each set- ting either by clicking on the arrows or by typing the value directly in the edit box window.

When you click a selector, a preview image of that setting displays. The image will change and reect your setting changes each time you click an arrow.

To restore the default value of an indi- vidual setting, click its Default button.

Click the region(s) you want to apply the selected settings to.

Click Close to exit.

Region sewing attribute Fill stitch, Satin stitch and Programmed ll stitch:

Under sewing Sets under sewing on/off. Try to use Under sewing for wide areas, in order to prevent shrinking during stitching. Depending on the shape of the region, however, it may not be possible to make this setting.

Density Sets the number of lines per mm. Range: 1 ~ 7 lines per mm (25 ~ 178 lines per inch) Default: 4.5 lines per mm (114 lines per inch)

Direction Sets the direction of the stitch. Range: 0 ~ 179 degrees Default: 45 degrees 0

45 90

135

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Note on the programmed ll stitch: When setting the stitch and pattern directions of a programmed stitch, take note that whenever the stitch and pattern direction settings cause the stitch to be sewn in the same direction as a line in a stitch pattern, that line will not be sewn. Use the preview function of your application to view exactly how your stitch pattern will be sewn and set the stitch direction and pattern direction according to the selected stitch or to the effect that you want to produce. To get an even better view, make test samples of different settings.

Fill stitch only:

Step pitch Sets the pitch of the steps. Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 4.0 mm (0.16 inch)

Frequency Sets the spacial frequency steps. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 30%

Note the difference between Fill and Satin stitches:

Programmed ll stitch only: This stitch type is created by the Programmable Stitch Creator application. The stitch pattern selected will ll a region in a tile-like manner.

Browse

Opens the Browse dialog. Select the directory of the folder containing the pas le you want to open. Scroll through the available stitch pat- terns and double-click the desired pattern or click OK to select the pattern.

Pattern size

Width Sets the stitch pattern width. Range: 5 ~ 10 mm (0.20 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 7.5 mm (0.30 inch)

Height Sets the stitch pattern height. Range: 5 ~ 10 mm (0.20 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 7.5 mm (0.30 inch)

Row/column offset

Row

Sets the position of the stitch pattern rows when the row radio button is clicked. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 0 %

Column

Sets the position of the stitch pattern columns when the column radio button is clicked. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 0 %

Pattern direction Allows you to rotate the angle of the stitch patterns. Range: 0 ~ 359 degrees Default: 0 degrees

Step pitch

0%

30%

Fill stitch Satin stitch

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Example of a programmed ll stitch:

See also: Preview on page 91, Programmable Stitch Creator on page 191

Sewing Order

Purpose: Allows you to check and modify the sewing order of the different colors of a pat- tern as well as the sewing order of each color individually.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Sew, then Sewing Order.

The Sewing Order dialog opens and displays the Color tab. The embroidery pattern is grayed.

2 To check and review the sewing order of the different colors of a pattern: Make sure the Color tab is displayed.

Ex. 2: Stitch direction: 90

Ex. 1: Stitch direction: Default: 45

Example 3: Stitch direction: 0

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3 To check and review the sewing order of the parts of the same color, select a color in the Color tab, then click the Part tab. The parts to which you attributed the selected color are displayed in gray.

Note that all inside regions are always sewn before the outlines. If you set an outline to be sewn rst, it will be the rst outline to be sewn, but will still be sewn after all inside regions.

See also: Preview on page 91

Click . The color that will be sewn rst displays.

Click or to review the colors that will be sewn between the rst and last.

As you click , , , or , the corre- sponding colors display.

Click to see the color that will be sewn last.

Click if you want the selected color to be sewn last.

Click if you want the selected color to be sewn rst.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click . The part that will be sewn rst displays.

Click or to review the parts that will be sewn between the rst and last.

As you click , , , or , the corre- sponding parts display.

Click to see the part that will be sewn last.

Click if you want the selected part to be sewn last.

Click if you want the selected part to be sewn rst.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Display Menu

The Display menu lets you modify the appearance of the screen.

Grid Setup

Purpose: Allows you to set up the grid, to switch it on or off and to display it with or without the horizontal and vertical lines.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Grid Setup (Stage 3 only). This dialog displays.

2 To set the grid interval, click the up and down arrows or type in the value. Setting range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 in) Click OK to conrm or Cancel to exit.

3 To switch the grid on or off, click the Show grid check box. The grid will display when the Show grid check box is checked.

4 To switch the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid on and off, click the with Axes check box. The lines will display when the with Axes check box is checked.

NOTE:

When the Show grid check box is checked and the with Axes check box is not checked, only the intersection points of the grid will be displayed.

See also: Select System Unit on page 176

Grid Setup Allows you to set up the grid, to switch it on or off and to display it with or without the horizontal and vertical lines.

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Preview Displays a realistic image of how the patterns will look like when embroidered.

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Refresh Window Updates the screen. page 91

Realistic Preview Displays a realistic image of how either selected patterns or all patterns will look after being embroidered.

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Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

Sets the preview attributes for Realistic Preview. page 91

Toolbar Turns the Toolbar on/off. page 92 Status Bar Turns the Status bar on/off. page 92

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Preview

Purpose: Displays a realistic image of how the patterns will look like when embroidered.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Preview (Stage 4 only). A preview of your embroidery patterns will appear. You cannot make any settings while previewing a pattern.

2 To return to the normal working screen, click Display, then Preview again or press the key.

See also: Sewing Order on page 88

Refresh Window

Purpose: Updates the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Refresh Window. Use this function when the screen does not seem to update correctly.

Realistic Preview

Purpose: Displays a realistic image of how either selected patterns or all patterns will look after being embroidered.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Realistic Preview (Stage 4 only). The patterns on the Design Page are displayed realistically according to the settings in the Realis- tic Preview Attribute Setting dialog.

2 To return to the normal working screen, click Display, then Realistic Preview again or press the

key.

NOTE: The Realistic Preview function cannot display a beautiful preview of the pattern if the monitor is set to 256 colors or less. The monitor should be set to at least 16-bit High Color (65536 colors).

See also: Realistic Preview Attribute Setting below

Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

Purpose: Sets the preview attributes for Realistic Preview.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

F9

Esc

Ctrl R

Shift F9

Esc

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Operation:

1 Click Display, then Realistic Preview Attribute Setting (Stage 4 only). The following dialog appears.

NOTE: This dialog can only be displayed while Realistic Preview appears in the menu. Clicking Apply saves the selected settings.

See also: Realistic Preview on page 91

Toolbar

Purpose: Turns the Toolbar on/off.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Toolbar. The Toolbar will be toggled on/off.

See also: Status Bar below

Status Bar

Purpose: Turns the Status bar on/off.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Status bar. The Status bar will be toggled on/off.

See also: Toolbar above

Use Thread Width to set how wide the thread will appear.

Use Contrast to set the contrast.

Use Brightness to set how bright the display is.

Click Apply to display a Realistic Preview of the patterns with the new settings.

Click Close to exit.

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Option Menu

The Option menu allows you to select the Design Page size and the unit system.

Layout & Editing

Purpose: Starts Layout & Editing and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Layout & Editing. Layout & Editing starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front.

Programmable Stitch Creator

Purpose: Starts Programmable Stitch Creator and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Programmable Stitch Creator. Programmable Stitch Creator starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front.

File Utility

Purpose: Starts File Utility and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then File Utility. File Utility starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front.

Design Page Property

Purpose: Allows you to change the size of the Design Page and the color of the Design Page and the Design Page background.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Layout & Editing Starts Layout & Editing and displays its window up front. page 93 Programmable Stitch Creator

Starts Programmable Stitch Creator and displays its win- dow up front.

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File Utility Starts File Utility and displays its window up front. page 93

Design Page Property Allows you to change the size of the Design Page and the color of the Design Page and the Design Page back- ground.

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Select System Unit Allows you to select the system unit (mm or inch). page 94

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Operation:

1 Click Option, then Design Page Property. At the Stage 3 only, the dialog will display as follows.

At the Stage 4 only, the dialog will display as follows.

See also: Select System Unit below

Select System Unit

Purpose: Allows you to select the system unit (mm or inch).

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Select System Unit. This dialog will display.

Select the size by clicking the appropriate radio button. The preview window allows you to view the selected size.

Before you select options 130 180 mm or 180 130 mm, make sure that your sewing machine supports that size.

The application can display the dimensions either in mm or inches.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Default to go back to the default setting.

Click Cancel to exit.

Select the Page color or the Background color by clicking its selector arrow, then by clicking the color. The preview window allows you to view the selected colors.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Default to go back to the default setting.

Click Cancel to exit.

Select the unit.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Stage Menu

The Stage menu allows you to move from one stage to the next or previous one.

To Original Image

Purpose: Moves back to Stage 1.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Stage, then To Original Image. You are back to Stage 1 (the original color bitmap image displays and is maximized to t the Design Page). Note that you can move back from Stage 2 to Stage 1 only if you have started your work by open- ing a bitmap le. If you have started with a new le (Stage 2), for example, the function is not enabled.

See also: To Line Image, To Figure Handle and To Sew Setting below

To Line Image

Purpose: Moves to Stage 2.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Stage, then To Line Image. If you were in Stage 3, you are returned to Stage 2, except when you have modied the image in

To Original Image Moves back to Stage 1. page 95 To Line Image Moves to Stage 2. page 95 To Figure Handle Moves to Stage 3. page 97 To Sew Setting Moves from Stage 3 to Stage 4. page 98

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Stage 3. In that case, a message will ask you to conrm that you want to abandon the changes made in Stage 3. Note that if you started in Stage 3 by opening a Stage 3 le, you cannot go to Stage 2. If you were in Stage 1, this dialog displays.

2When you click OK, the black and white image is displayed and you are in Stage 2.

Note that all the colors that you selected and turned on are converted to black. It is recommended to select just as many colors as necessary to have a good outline of the image. In the above exam- ple, a single color was selected. In Stage 2, you can edit the image using the pens and erasers and use the zooming tools. Note that if you do not like the result, you can go back to Stage 1 and select different colors.

See also: To Original Image above, To Figure Handle and To Sew Setting below

If necessary, scroll and zoom the image.

Select the color(s) that you want to convert into black. To do this, move the cursor over the

image. The shape changes to . Click on a

color. The color moves to the upper box under

Pick Colors and a appears in the check box to show that the color is on. You can repeat to select a total of ve colors. If you try to select more, colors are scrolled down, and the color that was at the bottom is deselected.

If you selected a color by mistake, simply click its check box to deselect it.

Click View to see the effect of your selection. You can repeat this step after clicking on the check boxes of the selected colors to toggle them on/off, or after selecting different colors.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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To Figure Handle

Purpose: Moves to Stage 3.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Stage, then To Figure Handle. If you were in Stage 4, a message warns you that may lose some data if you go back to Stage 3. If you want to make sure no data is lost, click Cancel in that dialog and save your settings. Other- wise, click OK and you are returned to Stage 3. If you were in Stage 2, this dialog displays.

Set the resolution. For details, see the follow- ing table.

Set the thinning process. For details, see the following table.

Set the size as a percentage of the original using the SIZE slider (setting range: 25 % ~ 400 %). You will not be able to enlarge the image beyond the limits of the Design Page area. If necessary, set the Design Page size by clicking Design Page Property and selecting one of the two other Design Page sizes in the dialog that opens.

The preview window reects the setting changes you make.

If necessary, click Pick Area. A cross-shaped cur- sor will appear. Select the desired area by mov- ing the cursor across the image. You will return to this screen as soon as you release the mouse.

The preview window reects the setting changes you make.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

Resolution

This setting determines how detailed the generated pattern image will be. Basically, the outline of the line image is converted into pieces of broken lines. To make a more detailed pattern, you need more points on the broken lines, which also increases the length of the le. In general, Normal provides a sufcient resolution without making the le too large. If Coarse gives a satisfactory result for a particular bitmap image, select Coarse in order to keep the le as small as possible. Select Fine only if the image contains many small details, and Normal does not give a satisfactory result.

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2When you click OK, the Figure Handle Image displays and you are in Stage 3.

In Stage 3, you can edit the patterns, by moving, deleting and inserting points and by drawing lines. Use the zooming tools available whenever you need to zoom your pattern.

See also: To Original Image and To Line Image on page 95, To Sew Setting below, Grid Setup on page 90 and Design Page Property on page 93

To Sew Setting

Purpose: Moves from Stage 3 to Stage 4.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar:

Thinning Process

This setting determines how the black lines of the line image are converted into pat- tern lines. ON: the black lines are replaced with pattern lines following the center of the black lines. You can set the degree of detailedness with the slider (if the degree is high, even very thick black lines will be replaced with a center line).

OFF: the black lines are replaced with pattern lines following the border of the black lines.

ON

OFF

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Operation:

1 Click Stage, then To Sew Setting. You are now in Stage 4.

You can set the sewing attributes. Use the zooming tools available whenever you need to scale your pattern.

See also: To Original Image and To Line Image on page 95 and To Figure Handle on page 97

Help Menu

The Help menu gives you access to the on-screen help information system.

Contents

Purpose: Starts the on-screen help information for this application.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then Contents. A table of contents of the on-screen help information displays.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Using and About Design Center below

Contents Starts the on-screen help information for this applica- tion.

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Using Explains how to use the on-screen help system. page 100

About Design Center Gives information about the version of this application. page 100

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Using

Purpose: Explains how to use the on-screen help system.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

1 Click Help, then Using. The Windows standard explanation about how to use the help system appears.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Contents and About Design Center above

About Design Center

Purpose: Gives information about the version of this application.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then About Design Center. A dialog will display.

2 Click OK to remove it.

See also: Contents and Using

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Layout & Editing is used to assemble an embroidery Design Page from different elements. The most complex elements are created with Design Center and imported in the Design Page. You can then add text, boxes, circles, broken lines, curves and manual punching patterns. You can move all the patterns to obtain the best layout, and dene sewing attributes (thread color and stitch type, including a stitch pattern created by Programmable Stitch Creator) for the different components of your Design Page. When you have nished, you can save your work on your hard disk, print it, and transfer it to a card. The card can be inserted in your sewing machine to automatically embroider your creation.

Menu bar Gives access to the functions.

Toolbar Shortcut for the menu functions.

Sewing attribute bar Sets the sewing attributes (color, stitch) of the patterns

Tool box Used to select and create patterns.

Status bar Provides short information.

Work area You create and handle the patterns in this area.

Design Page The actual part of the work area that can be saved and sewn.

Layout & Editing

The Screen

Menu bar Toolbar

Sewing attributes bar

Tool box Work area

Design Page

Status bar

Maximize button Minimize button

Close buttonTitle bar

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Patterns are created and edited using the Tool Box and the Sewing Attributes bar. Clicking a button of the Tool Box changes the cursor mode and shape. The left side of the Status bar tells you what you can do in each cursor mode.

Sets the cursor in selection mode. When you start the application, the selec-

tion mode is active by default. Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in point edit mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in zoom mode.

Cursor shape: or

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Sets the cursor in text input mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in circle and arc drawing mode.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Sets the cursor in rectangle drawing mode.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Sets the cursor in line drawing mode.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Sets the cursor in curve drawing mode.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Sets the cursor in manual punching mode.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Using the Tool Box

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Selection Mode

To apply settings to an existing pattern, you must rst select it.The cursor selection mode is used to select one or more patterns. Once a pattern is selected, you can move it, scale it, and change its direc- tion by rotating it or inverting it.

Selecting patterns

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the pattern that you want to select. You know that the object is selected when handles are displayed.

The Status bar shows the dimensions (width and height) of the selection.

3 To deselect the pattern, select another one, click on the white space or click another tool button of the Tool Box.

4 To select an additional pattern, click that pattern while holding the key down. Note that you can also select patterns by dragging the cursor across the Design Page. As you drag, a dotted rectangle appears. When you release the mouse button, all patterns that overlap that rectangle will be selected. If you select other patterns than you wanted to, click on the white space to deselect all, and start again.

Selecting patterns 2 With is selected, press the key to select the next object in the sewing order. Hold down the

key and press the key to select the previous object in the sewing order.

If the key (or the and keys) are pressed: and no object is selected, the rst object (or the last object) in the sewing order becomes selected. and multiple objects are selected, all objects become deselected except the soonest (or latest) object

within the sewing order. and the last (or rst) object in the sewing order is selected, the rst (or last) object in the sewing order

becomes selected.

Moving patterns 1Move the cursor over a selected pattern or group of selected patterns.

The shape of the cursor will change to .

2 You can now drag the pattern to another location.

Holding down the key while dragging the pattern moves the pattern horizontally or verti- cally.

NOTE: By pressing the arrow keys, the selected pattern can be moved 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) to the left, right, up or down. If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the pattern 1 grid mark in the

specied direction.

Handles

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The arrow keys cannot be used to move text on a path if just the text is selected. The path must also be selected in order to move using the arrow keys.

Scaling patterns 1Move the cursor over one of the handles of a selected pattern or group of selected patterns.

The shape of the cursor will change to , , or , depending on the handle the cursor is on.

2 Drag the handle in the direction of the arrow to scale the pattern.

is for scaling the width.

is for scaling the height.

and are for scaling both dimensions at the same time. As you drag the handle, you can check the changing size on the Status bar. Note that some patterns imported from cards cannot be scaled. When you scale imported patterns, the number of stitches remain the same, resulting in a quality loss. To maintain the quality of the embroidery, you need to adjust the number of stitches after scaling the pattern. This can be done in the Stitch to Block Sensitivity dialog, which you open by selecting the Sew Stitch to Block command. For more information on how to select this function, see Stitch to Block on page 165.

Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically 1 Select the data that you wish to ip horizontally or vertically. The buttons below become active.

2 To ip horizontally, select the command Edit Mirror Horizontal or click on the Toolbar.

To ip vertically, select the command Edit Mirror Vertical or click on the Toolbar.

NOTE: Images imported from embroidery cards cannot be ipped if they were designed with the mirror function turned off.

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Rotating a pattern 1 Select the data that you wish to rotate.The button below becomes active.

2 Select the menu command Edit Rotate or click on the Toolbar. The handles around the selected pattern are replaced by smaller boxes on the four corners of the selected area.

3 To rotate the pattern, move the cursor on one of the four rotation handles.

The shape of the cursor changes to as soon as your cursor touches a rotation handle. Click

on a rotation handle and a lined box appears around the selected the pattern. Rotate the pattern clockwise or counterclockwise by dragging the mouse. A simple dragging of the

mouse will rotate the pattern by 1 increments. Pressing the key will rotate it by 15 incre- ments.

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Point Edit Mode

The point edit mode is used to:

move a point of a broken line, a curve, an arc, fan shape and arc & string or of a manual punching pat- tern;

reorient the tangent to a point of a curve;

insert a new point in a broken line, curve or manual punching pattern;

delete a point in a broken line, curve or manual punching pattern;

realign the part of a broken line or a curve on both sides of a point;

select and set a character in a text pattern.

Moving points

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Click the pattern that you want to edit. The pattern can be a broken line, a curve, an arc, a fan shape, an arc & string or a manual punch- ing pattern. The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares

4 Click the point that you want to move. The selected point is marked with a small black square.

You can select more than one point by clicking them while holding the key down, or by dragging the mouse across the area. NOTE: If you click on the line of the pattern instead of a square, a new point is inserted.

5 Drag the point to a new position. All the selected points move in the same direction if more than one is selected. The point remains selected, so that you can drag it again.

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Holding down the key while dragging the point moves the point horizontally or vertically.

Note that you must drag a point that is selected. If you start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the outline, a new point will be inserted or the selected point(s) will be deselected. NOTE: By pressing the arrow keys, the selected point can be moved 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) to the left, right, up or down.

If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the point 1 grid mark in the specied direction.

The arrow keys cannot be used to move the endpoints of an arc or text on a path if just the text is selected.

Reorienting a tangent to a point

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Click the pattern that you want to edit. The pattern can only be a curve. The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click the point at which you want to reorient the tangent to the curve. The selected point is marked with a small black square and a control handle.

5 Click on one end of the handle and drag it without releasing the mouse.

Inserting points

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .

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3 Click the pattern that you want to edit. The pattern can be a broken line, a curve or a manual punching pattern. The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click at a point of the contour other than an existing point. A new point appears and is automatically selected (marked with a small black square and in the case of a curve, with a control handle). When a manual punching pattern is selected, a pair of new points is inserted. The new point can be immediately moved. In the case of a new point on a curve, you can also use the handle to reorient the tangent to the new point.

Deleting points

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Click the pattern that you want to edit. The pattern can be a broken line, a curve or a manual punching pattern. The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click the point that you want to delete. The selected point is now marked with a small black square.

You can select more than one point by clicking them while holding the key down, or by dragging the mouse across the area.

5 Press the key to remove the point from the path. When a manual punching pattern is selected, a pair of points is deleted.

Realigning

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

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2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small image of

the Tool Box button.

3 Click the pattern that you want to edit. The pattern can be a broken line or a curve. The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click the point that you want to realign. If the point was on a curved part, it is now on a broken line and vice versa.

NOTE: When the point is on a curved part, you can use the handle to reorient the tangent (see Reorient- ing a tangent to a point on page 107.

Selecting characters on a text pattern

1 Click on the Tool Box.

Two buttons appear: .

2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Click the text pattern that you want to edit. The existing points of the text are marked with small empty squares.

4 Click the square of the character that you want to select.

If you want to select more than one character, hold the key while clicking other squares or drag the cursor across. The selected characters are marked with black squares.

5When some characters of a text pattern are selected, you can apply a font, size, color, stitch and other attributes different from the rest of the text pattern.

Zoom Mode

The zoom mode is used to control the scale of the display. You can zoom in to work on details of a pattern with higher precision and you can zoom out again to see and work on parts of your Design Page that is hidden.

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Zooming in

1 Click .

Five buttons appear: .

2 Click .

The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Drag the cursor across the area that you want to enlarge. The area is enlarged as soon as you release the mouse. You can repeat the entire operation.

Zooming out

1 Click .

Five buttons appear: .

2 Click .

The shape of the cursor changes to .

3 Click a point of the Design Page where you want to do the next work. The image shrinks toward that point. You can repeat this step until the image has returned to its normal size.

Zooming to the real size

1 Click .

Five buttons appear: .

2 Click .

Your Design Page now appears in (almost) real size.

Enlarging selected objects to the screen size 1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click .

Five buttons appear: .

3 Click .

The selected objects now occupy all the available space on the screen.

Return to the standard scale

1 Click .

Five buttons appear: .

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2 Click .

The Design Page is zoomed in or out to return to the standard scale.

Text Input Mode

The text input mode is used to enter strings of text in your Design Page. You can enter accented charac- ters for European languages, that are not directly available on your keyboard. The basic settings for the text strings include font and size.

Entering text

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and this appears on the Sewing Attributes bar:

You can select a color, a font and a size at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on page 127, Font on page 121 and Text size on page 123. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159) and the text attributes using the Text menu (see Text Attribute Setting on page 153).

2 Click at a point where you want the text to appear. The Edit Text dialog displays.

Type your text. Press the key to enter new lines of text.

You can also enter a character by clicking it on the character table, then clicking Insert or simply by double-clicking it. This is specially useful if you have to enter accented characters that are not avail- able on your keyboard.

Click OK to conrm. Your text opens on the Design Page.

Click Cancel to exit. If a character that you entered is not

available for the selected font, a warning message displays. Click OK in that dialog to close it and to return to the Edit Text dialog where you can correct your text.

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(If a TrueType Font is selected) If a TrueType Font is selected, a dialog similar to the one shown below will appear.

Based on the set attributes, all characters for the selected font appear in the Insert Character chart. Enter characters in the same way that you would enter characters with a built-in font (as explained above). NOTE: Some TrueType fonts may not convert well into beautiful embroidery data due to their design and shape. NOTE: If you need to edit the entered text, you can do so in the Edit Text dialog which opens when you execute the Text Edit Text Letters command. See Edit Text Letters on page 152.

Circle and Arc Drawing Mode

The circle or arc drawing mode allows you to create several patterns related to the circle: normal circles (or ellipses), arcs, fan shapes and arc & strings.

All these patterns, except arcs have an outline and a region inside can independently be assigned differ- ent sewing attributes. Arcs are simple outlines. Note that you have to decide which pattern type you want to draw before drawing it. You cannot, for example, draw a normal circle and change it into an arc afterwards.

Circle Ellipse Arc Fan shape Arc & string

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Drawing a circle or an ellipse

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing

Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159).

You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need. 2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Circle.

3Move the mouse to a point, click and drag the mouse. The point where you start dragging is considered a corner of an imaginary rectangle. The point where you release the mouse will be the diagonally opposed point of the rectangle. The ellipse will t inside the imaginary rectangle (its great axis equal to the larger edge of the rectangle, and it small axis equal to the smaller edge).

Note that you can draw a perfect circle by holding the key down while dragging the mouse.

Drawing an arc

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing

Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159). You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need.

2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Arc.

3 Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an ellipse. When you release the mouse, a radial line appears on the ellipse.

4Move the cursor (without dragging) to the start point of the arc and click. The radial line disappears.

5Move the cursor (without dragging) to the end point of the arc and click.

Shift

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Drawing a fan shape 1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing

Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on

page 127 and Stitch on page 129.

You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on

page 159). You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need.

2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Fan Shape.

3 Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an ellipse. When you release the mouse, a radial line appears on the ellipse.

4Move the cursor (without dragging) to the start point of the fan shape and click. The radial line disappears.

5Move the cursor (without dragging) to the end point of the fan shape and click.

Drawing an arc & string 1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small ellipse. The Sewing

Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on

page 127 and Stitch on page 129.

You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on

page 159).

You must decide now which kind of circle-related graphic you need.

2 Click the Arc shape selector, then click Arc & String.

3 Proceed as you would to draw a circle or an ellipse. When you release the mouse, a radial line appears on the ellipse.

4Move the cursor (without dragging) to the start point of the arc & string and click. The radial line disappears.

5Move the cursor (without dragging) to the end point of the arc & string and click.

Click at start point Move to end point

Click at end point

Click at start point Move to end point

Click at end point

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Rectangle Drawing Mode

With the rectangle drawing mode, you can create rectangles (boxes) with sharp or rounded corners. A box will automatically have an outline and a region inside that can independently be assigned different sewing attributes.

Drawing a box

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small rounded box. The

Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can set the edge radius, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Edge radius on page 120, Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159).

2Move the mouse to a point, click and drag the mouse. The point where you start dragging is considered a corner of the box. The point where you release the mouse will be the diagonally opposed corner of the box.

Note that you can draw a perfect square by holding the key down while dragging the mouse.

Line Drawing Mode

The line drawing mode allows you to add broken lines to your pattern. A broken line is made of one or more contiguous straight lines, the ending point of a straight line being the starting point of the next one. If the broken line is open, the pattern will end at the last end point. An open broken line is considered a simple outline when setting the stitch and color. If the broken line is closed, the last point will be automatically joined with the rst one to form a polygon. A polygon has an outline and a region inside that can be assigned different stitches and colors. However, if two pieces of straight lines cross each other, the application cannot determine a region inside, and the pattern will be a simple outline.

Drawing a broken line

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small broken line. The Sew-

ing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the path shape, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See

Shift

Open broken line Closed broken line

Starting point

Ending point

This closed broken line has no region inside

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Path shape on page 121, Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159).

2 Draw the broken line. Move the mouse to the start point and click. Move the mouse to the end point of the rst straight line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button. If needed, use the grid to help you draw the lines. You can set the grid so that each of its vertical and horizontal lines are visible. For more information on the grid, refer to Grid Setup on page 169.

If you hold the key down while moving the mouse, only vertical or horizontal lines will be drawn.

3 Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click.

Curve Drawing Mode

With the curve drawing mode, you can create curved lines. You create curved lines the same way as you create a broken line. Like a broken line, a curved line can be open or closed. If the line is open, the pattern will end at the last end point. An open line is considered a simple outline when setting the stitch and color. If the line is closed, the last point will be automatically joined with the rst one to form a smooth contour. The contour has an outline and a region inside that can be assigned different stitches and colors. How- ever, if the curved line crosses itself, the application cannot determine a region inside, and the pattern will be a simple outline.

Drawing a curve

1 Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small curved line. The Sew-

ing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the path shape, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See Path shape on page 121, Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159).

2 Draw the curved line. Move the mouse to the starting point and click. Move the mouse to the ending point of the rst line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button.

3 Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click.

Shift

Open curve Closed curve

Starting point

Ending point

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Manual Punching Mode

This mode is used to create patterns that look like manual embroidery. When you use the standard Fill or Satin stitch to ll a region, the thread in the whole region has the same direction. Some patterns, how- ever, look better when the thread direction follows the curves of the pattern. The Manual Punching mode provides such a feature. Letters that you design yourself constitute a typical example of patterns that look better when using the Manual Punching mode. The illustrations below show the preview of two letters O. The rst one has been designed using two concentric ovals without a line sew setting, lling the larger oval with Fill stitch and turning off the region sew setting inside the small oval. The pair was then set for hole sewing. The second letter has been redrawn using Manual Punching. To do this, we duplicated the rst letter, removed the region inside, and created a manual punching pattern using the outlines of the ovals as guides. The ovals were then deleted. The stitch density for both letters was set to a minimum in order to make it easier to see the difference between the two patterns on the preview display.

When creating a manual punching pattern, it is easier to use something in the background as a guide. In the above example, we used two ovals that we removed after completing the manual punching pattern. Another possibility is to load a template bitmap image and redraw it using manual punching patterns. The advantage of this method over the automatic conversion provided by Design Center is that you have a better control on the thread orientation.

Creating a manual punching pattern 1Open a template or prepare a pattern that you will use as a guide.

2 Click on the Tool Box.

Three buttons appear: .

is for creating block-type punching patterns.

is for creating running-type punching patterns (the broken line is sewn).

is for creating feed-type punching patterns (the broken line is not sewn).

While creating a manual punching pattern, you can alternate the types. For example, you can start

Fill stitch Manual Punching (the thread has a constant direction) (the direction of the thread follows the curve)

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with a block-type pattern, then switch to a running-type pattern (to draw an outline of the block- type pattern) then switch to the feed type to move to the beginning of the next block-type pattern. The whole pattern, consisting of different types, will be considered a single object (all parts will have the same stitch and color). In the example below, we start with a block-type pattern, use the feed type to move the cursor, then create a run-type pattern.

3 Click to start creating a block-type pattern.

The shape of the cursor changes to and displays together with a small image of the block-

type button. The Sewing Attributes bar now looks like this:

You can select the color and stitch at this step or after creating the pattern. See Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129. You can also set the sewing attributes using the Sew menu (see Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159).

4 Click point 1 on the Design Page (start point). Click point 2 and next points referring to the illustration below.

Note that you can always click the mouses right button to remove the last entered point.

5 After clicking at point 8 (the last point of the above block-type pattern), click (feed-type pat-

tern button), then click at point 9 (the start point of the running-type pattern).

6 Click (running-type pattern button) and click at points 10, 11, and 12 shown in the above

illustration.

7When you reach point 13, (the last point of the entire pattern), double click to complete the pattern.

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The Sewing Attributes bar allows you to set the following characteristics:

geometrical attributes (arc shape, rectangle edge radius, and path shape);

text attributes (font, size, stitch and transformation level);

embroidery attributes (thread color and stitch, outline and region inside on/off). The sewing attributes which are available depend on the cursor mode and the type of embroidery pattern selected.

Example 1: The cursor is in selection mode, but nothing is selected.

Example 2: The cursor is in text input mode, or in selection mode with text selected.

When the cursor is left for a while on an element of the Sewing Attributes bar, a label indicating the func- tion of that element appears. In the following instructions, we will name the components of the Sewing Attributes bar according to these labels, for easier identication.

As a general rule, the different characteristics available for a given pattern can be set either just before creating the pattern, or after the pattern is created. For example, when drawing a rectangle, you can set the colors and the corner radius just after starting the Rectangle Drawing mode. When the rectangle is created, you can select it and change its characteristics. The only exception to that rule is when you use the Circle and Arc Drawing mode: you must decide what kind of pattern you want (circle, arc, etc.) before actually creating it. And you will not be able to change that once the pattern is created.

Geometrical attributes

Arc type: Selects the type of arc. page 120

Edge radius: Sets the corners of rectangles. page 120

Path shape: Opens and closes broken lines and curves. page 121

Text attributes

Font: Selects a font for text. page 121

Text Size: Selects the size for text. page 123

Transform level: Selects the level of transformation. page 123

Using the Sewing Attributes Bar

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Setting Geometrical Attributes

Arc shape

Purpose: Selects the type of arc.

Available: When you click on the Tool Box to start the Circle and Arc Drawing mode.

Operation:

1 Click the Arc shape selector. The options display.

2 Click one of the options. The setting applies to all the patterns that you will create in the Circle and Arc Drawing mode until you change the setting.

See also: Circle and Arc Drawing Mode on page 112

Edge radius

Purpose: Sets the corners of rectangles.

Available: When you click on the Tool Box to start the Rectangle Drawing mode.

When you select an existing rectangle with the cursor in Selection mode.

Text sew type: Selects the stitch type for the text. page 124

Embroidery attributes

Line sew: Switches the outline on/off. When the outline is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

page 125

Region sew: Switches the inside region on/off. When the inside region is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

page 126

Line color, Region color, Text color, Punch color: Sets the thread color for outline, region inside, text, manual punching pattern and imported pattern.

page 127

Line sew type: Sets the stitch for the outlines.

Region sew type: Sets the stitch for outline, region inside, text, manual punching pattern and imported pattern (after the Stitch to Block function has been applied).

page 129

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Operation:

1 Type the desired value on the Edge radius selector (0 ~ 100 mm or 0 ~ 3, 93 inches) and press the

key or click on the Edge radius selector to display the available values.

2

Click the desired value. The setting applies to all the patterns that you will create in the Rectangle Drawing mode until you change the setting. If a rectangle is selected, the setting also applies to that rectangle.

See also:

Rectangle Drawing Mode on page 115

Path shape

Purpose:

Opens and closes broken lines and curves.

Available:

When you click or on the Tool Box to start the Line or Curve Drawing

mode. When you select an existing broken line or curve with the cursor in Selection mode.

Operation:

1

Click on the Path shape selector. Two options are available.

2

Click the desired option. The setting applies to all the patterns that you will create in the Line or Curve Drawing mode until you change the setting. If a broken line or curve is selected, the setting applies to that broken line or curve.

See also:

Line Drawing Mode on page 115, Curve Drawing Mode on page 116

Setting Text Attributes

Font

Purpose:

Selects a font for text.

Available:

When you click on the Tool Box to start the Text Input mode.

When you select existing text patterns with the cursor in Selection mode. When you select characters with the cursor in Point Edit mode.

Enter

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Operation:

1 Click on the Font selector. A list of fonts displays.

2 Click the desired font. The setting applies to all the text patterns that you will create in the Text Input mode until you change the setting. If text patterns or characters of a text pattern are selected, the setting also applies to the selection. The following illustration shows the fonts available and, for each font, the kind of characters available:

In addition, the names and samples of installed TrueType fonts appear after the fonts listed in the table above.

Font Font sample Types of characters

number available

Upper case letters of the English alphabet

Lower case letters of the English alphabet

Numerals

Punctuation, brackets and other symbols

Upper case and lower case accented letters

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If one of these TrueType fonts are selected, the font data is automatically converted to embroidery data. Font settings can be changed in the TrueType Font Attribute Setting dialog, which is displayed by clicking Text - TrueType Font Attribute Setting. NOTE: Some TrueType fonts may not convert well into beautiful embroidery data due to their design and shape.

See also: Text Input Mode on page 111, Point Edit Mode on page 106, TrueType Font Attribute Setting on page 158

Text size

Purpose: Selects the size for text.

Available: When you click on the Tool Box to start the Text Input mode.

When you select existing text patterns with the cursor in Selection mode. When you select characters with the cursor in Point Edit mode.

Operation:

1 Type the desired value in the Text size selector (5 ~ 100 mm or 0.20 ~ 3.93 inches) and press the

key or click on the Text size selector to display the available values.

2 Click the desired value. The setting applies to all the text patterns that you will create in the Text Input mode until you change the setting. If a text pattern or characters of a text pattern are selected, the setting also applies to the selec- tion.

See also: Text Input Mode on page 111, Point Edit Mode on page 106

Transform level

Purpose: Selects the level of transformation.

Available: When you select an existing transformed text with the cursor in Selection mode.

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Operation:

1 Type the desired value in the Transform level selector (0 ~ 100%) and press the key or click on the Transform level selector to display the available values.

2 Click the desired value. The setting applies to all the transformed text patterns that you will create in the Text Input mode until you change the setting. If a text pattern is selected, the setting also applies to the selection.

See also: Text Input Mode on page 111 and Transform Text on page 156

Text Sew Type

Purpose: Selects the stitch type for the text.

Available: When you click on the Tool Box to start the Text Input mode.

When you select existing text patterns with the cursor in Selection mode. When you select characters with the cursor in Point Edit mode.

Operation:

1 Click the Text Sew Type selector. The list of the available stitches displays.

2 Click the desired stitch. The setting applies to all the text patterns that you will create in the Text Input mode until you change the setting. If a text pattern or characters of a text pattern are selected, the setting also applies to the selec- tion.

See also: Text Input Mode on page 111, Point Edit Mode on page 106

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Setting the Thread Color and Stitch

All patterns can be assigned at least one color. Patterns with an outline and a region inside can be assigned two different thread colors. Characters in a text pattern can be assigned individual thread col- ors. All patterns can be assigned at least one stitch type. Patterns with an outline and a region inside can be assigned two different stitch types. Patterns with an outline and a region inside are: Circle, Fan Shape, Arc & String, Rectangle, Closed Bro- ken Line, and Closed Curve. For these patterns, it is possible to switch the outline and the regions on and off. Patterns with only an outline are: Arc, Open Broken Line, and Open Curve. For these patterns, it is still possible to switch the outline on and off. Patterns with only a region are: Text, manual punch patterns and converted imported patterns (to which the Stitch to block function has been applied). For those three types of patterns, it is not possible to switch the region inside on and off. Manual punch patterns: You can set a color to all three manual punch pattern types (block, running and feed), but you can only set a stitch sew type to the block patterns. Imported patterns converted with the Stitch to Block function: You can modify globally the sewing attributes of the blocks of the same color.

Line sew

Purpose: Switches the outline on/off. When the outline is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

Available: When the cursor is in Selection mode with nothing selected. When you select a pattern that has an outline (Circle, Arc, Fan Shape, Arc & String, Rectangle, Broken Line, Curve)

When you click , , , on the Tool Box to start drawing such a

pattern.

Operation:

1 Click the Line sew button. This button has two states: on: the Line color button and the Line sew type selector are displayed off: the Line color button and the Line sew type selector are not displayed. Clicking the button toggles between the two states.

The setting applies to all the patterns with an outline that you will create until you change the set- ting.

Line sew

Line color Line sew type

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If a pattern is selected, the setting applies to that pattern. Line sew on: Line sew off:

2 To restore the outline click the Line sew button again.

See also: Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129

Region sew

Purpose: Switches the inside region on/off. When the inside region is switched off, it is not sewn (and you cannot set its color or stitch).

Available: When the cursor is in Selection mode with nothing selected. When you select a pattern that has an inside region (Circle, Fan Shape, Arc & String, Rectangle, closed Broken Line and Curve)

When you click , , , on the Tool Box to start drawing such a

pattern.

Operation:

1 Click the Region sew button. This button has two states: on: the Region color button and the Region sew type selector are displayed off: the Region color button and the Region sew type selector are not displayed. Clicking the button toggles between the two states.

The setting applies to all the patterns with an inside region that you will create until you change the setting. If a pattern is selected, the setting applies to that pattern.

2 To restore the inside region click the Region sew button again.

See also: Color on page 127 and Stitch on page 129

Region sew

Region color Region sew type

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Color

Purpose: Sets the thread color for outline, region inside, text, manual punching pattern and imported pattern (after the Stitch to Block function has been applied).

Available: When the cursor is in Selection mode with nothing selected, the Line color and Region color buttons are displayed (if they have not been turned off with the Line sew or Region sew buttons). When you start one of the drawing modes or Text Input mode, or select an existing pattern, the Color button for the corresponding pattern appears.

Operation:

1 Click the color button. In Region setting mode, the Region Thread Color dialog displays and in Line setting mode, the Line Thread Color dialog displays. The same color settings are available in both dialogs.

The setting applies to all the patterns of the same categories that you will create until you change it. The color button of each category shows the current color for that category. If a pattern is selected, the setting also applies to that pattern. Note that the color name shown on the dialog will be displayed on sewing machines that can dis- play color names.

See also: Line sew on page 125 and Region sew on page 126

Special colors

Click the desired color. The four last spools have a special function.

See Special colors below.

For a list of the different color names, see page 204.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

NOT DEFINED APPLIQUE MATERIAL APPLIQUE POSITION APPLIQUE

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NOT DEFINED: Sewing machines that feature automatic thread color display will automatically switch the display to the specied color. If you are using such a machine and if you wish to be able to select manually the color for a monochrome pattern, you can select the NOT DEFINED color.

Colors for creating appliqus: You can create appliqus using the three special colors shown in the above illustration. APPLIQUE MATERIAL marks the outline of the region to cut from the appliqu material. APPLIQUE POSITION marks the position on the backing material where the appliqu must be sewn. APPLIQUE sews the appliqu on the backing material. Example:

1 Create an oval.

2 Duplicate the oval and move it apart from the rst one. Repeat this step to obtain a total of three identical ovals.

3 Select the ovals one by one and make the following settings:

4 Bring the APPLIQUE POSITION oval and the APPLIQUE oval at the same position as the APPLIQUE MATERIAL oval (using the grid can make this operation easier). You can conrm the appliqu posi- tion using the preview function (see Preview on page 170).

5 Add details as you would with a normal embroidery picture.

Oval Sewing Attributes bar

Sewing Attributes Region sew button Line color Line sew type

1 OFF APPLIQUE MATERIAL Running RUN TIME = 1

2 OFF APPLIQUE POSITION Running RUN TIME = 1

3 OFF APPLIQUE Zigzag

APPLIQUE MATERIAL

APPLIQUE POSITION

APPLIQUE

APPLIQUE MATERIAL / APPLIQUE POSITION / APPLIQUE

APPLIQUE MATERIAL / APPLIQUE POSITION / APPLIQUE

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When sewing, proceed as follows:

1 Place the appliqu material on the machine and start sewing. At this step, only the APPLIQUE MATERIAL outline will be sewn.

2 Remove the appliqu material from the machine and cut along the outline.

3 Place the backing material on the machine and start sewing. At this step, only the APPLIQUE POSI- TION outline will be sewn.

4 Afx the appliqu on the marked position with a small amount of fabric glue.

5 Restart sewing. At this step, the APPLIQUE outline will be sewn.

6 Sew the other details of the picture. Note that the sewing order will be MATERIAL POSITION APPLIQUE.

Stitch

Purpose: Sets the stitch for outline, region inside, text, manual punching pattern and imported pattern (after the Stitch to Block function has been applied).

Available: When the cursor is in the selection mode, the Line sew type and Region sew type selectors are displayed (if they have not been turned off with the Line sew or Region sew buttons). When you start one of the drawing modes or select an existing pattern, the sew type button for that pattern appears. When you are in the text or manual punching mode or after applying a Stitch to block setting to an imported pattern.

Operation:

1 Click the sew type selector. The available options display.

For outlines, Zigzag and Running stitches are available. For regions, Text and manual punching patterns, Satin, Fill and Programmed Fill stitches are avail- able.

2 Click the desired stitch. The setting applies to all the patterns of the same categories that you will create until you change it. If a pattern is selected, the setting also applies to that pattern. NOTE: You can set the stitch attributes for the selected line and region stitches in the Sewing attribute Set- ting dialog. When you select Prog. ll Stitch, you also need to select a programmed stitch in the Sewing Attribute Setting dialog, as there is no default programmed stitch setting.

See also: Line sew on page 125, Region sew on page 126 and Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159

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Most functions available on the menu can also be activated by clicking a button on the Toolbar or by pressing a shortcut key or key combination. When you leave the cursor for a while on a button of the Toolbar, a label indicating the function of the but- ton displays.

File Handles le input/output, such as opening, saving and printing. page 131

Edit Performs simple actions on selected patterns, such as cutting and pasting. page 143

Text Performs actions on text patterns, such as tting text to a curved path. page 152

Sew Denes how each pattern will be sewn. page 159

Display Modies the appearance of the screen. page 169

Option Provides additional options. page 173

Help Gives you access to the on-screen help information system. page 177

Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar

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File Menu

The

File

menu handles le input/output, such as opening, saving and printing.

New

Purpose:

Creates a new blank Design Page.

Shortcut key:

+

Toolbar:

Operation:

1

Click

File

, then

New

. If the current Design Page is not edited, a new blank Design Page appears immediately.

New

Creates a new blank Design Page. page 131

Open

Opens a previously saved Design Page le (*.pes le).

page 132

Import from File

Imports embroidery patterns from embroi- dery cards (*.pec), original cards (*.pes) and les created in the Tajima (*.dst), Melco (*.exp), Pfaff (*.pcs) and Husqvarna (*.hus) formats and adds them to your current Design Page.

page 133

from Design Center

Imports an embroidery pattern from Design Center.

page 135

Template Open

Opens a background bitmap image that can be used as a guide to draw a new embroi- dery pattern.

page 136

Save

Saves your Design Page on the disk as a Version 3.0 le (default).

page 137

Save As

Saves your Design Page on the disk under a new le name.

page 137

Export

Exports the data shown in the Design Page as a le of a different format (dst, hus, exp, and pcs).

page 138

Write to Card

Writes your Design Page to an original card.

page 138

Print Setup

Allows you to change the printing settings for previewed embroideries.

page 139

Print Preview

Allows you to preview the contents of the Design Page and check the sewing color order, the dimensions and the needle count before printing.

page 140

Print

Prints your Design Page and some sewing information.

page 141

Exit

Exits the application. page 142

Ctrl N

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2 If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

See also: Open below and Save and Save As on page 137

Open

Purpose: Opens a previously saved Design Page le (*.pes le).

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Open. A File Open dialog similar to this will display.

Click Yes to save the Design Page rst.

Click No to abandon the Design Page.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for example, modify the current Design Page or saving it with another le name).

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

Be sure to select a folder containing pes les.

The contents of the selected le dis- plays in the Preview window, provided its check box is checked.

Click Open or double click the le name. The le will appear on the Design Page.

You can also select the drive and folder only and then click Browse to display a graphic contents of the currently selected folder (provided it contains *.pes les).

Click Cancel to exit.

Ctrl O

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2 If you choose to browse, a Browse dialog similar to this will display:

3 If you choose to preview, a Preview dialog similar to this will display.

4When you click Open while viewing the File Open, Browse or Preview dialog, the selected le opens immediately if your current Design Page is not edited. If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

Note that parts of the embroidery picture which are not within the Design Page cannot be pre- viewed.

See also: New on page 131, Save on page 137, Save As on page 137

Import from File

Purpose: Imports embroidery patterns from embroidery cards (*.pec), original cards (*.pes) and les created in the Tajima (*.dst), Melco (*.exp), Pfaff (*.pcs) and Husqvarna (*.hus) formats and adds them to your current Design Page.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

To select a le, click on its icon.

To open the le, click Open or double- click the icon.

To see a more detailed image, click Pre- view.

To return to the File Open dialog, click Cancel.

Click Open to open the le.

Click Cancel to return to the Browse dialog.

Click Yes to save the Design Page rst.

Click No to abandon the Design Page.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for example, modifying the current Design Page or saving it with another le name).

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Operation:

1 Click File, then Import, then from File. An Import from File dialog similar to this displays.

Note that *.pec les are les installed from a card. See Reading from an Embroidery Card on page 180.

2 If you choose to browse, a Browse dialog similar to this will display:

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

Be sure to select the right type of le extension in Files of Type.

If the Preview check box is checked, the content of the selected le displays in the preview window.

Click Open or double-click the le name to display the le on the Design Page.

You can also select the drive and folder only and then click Browse to display a graphic contents of the currently selected le format.

Click Cancel to exit.

To select a le, click on its icon.

To open the le, click Import or double-click the icon.

To see a more detailed image, click Preview.

To return to the Import from File dialog, click Cancel.

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3 If you choose to preview, a Preview dialog similar to this will display.

When you import a le, its contents are added to your current Design Page. You can repeat the operation and assemble your Design Page from a library of patterns that you have created. NOTE: When importing patterns from other makers, make sure to choose a pattern whose size will t in the Design Page. When converted for this application, the colors of patterns imported from dst (Tajima), exp (Melco), pcs (Pfaff) and Hus (Husqvarna) les may be slightly changed. When this happens, you can change the color with the Sew Change colors of a stitch object function.

4When importing some pec les from embroidery cards, the Select Import size dialog will display. If this happens, select the import size by clicking the appropriate radio button, then click OK to import the data.

See also: Save As on page 137

Import from Design Center

Purpose: Imports an embroidery pattern from Design Center.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Start Design Center and open the le that you want to import into Layout & Editing.

2 Click File, then Import, then from Design Center. The Import size dialog displays.

Click Import to import the le.

Click Cancel to return to the Browse dialog.

Select the magnication factor. You can type it or increase/decrease it using the arrow but- tons.

The application will not allow you to magnify the embroidery data to a size such that it would not t in your Design Page area.

Select the Orientation by clicking the Orienta- tion radio button opposite the appropriate icon.

Click Import to import the data.

Click Cancel if you want to exit the function.

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3 If you are not running Design Center or if it does not contain a pem le, the rst or the second mes- sage will appear.

See also: Design Center on page 55

Template Open

Purpose: Opens a background bitmap image that can be used as a guide to draw a new embroidery pattern.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Template Open. A Open template le dialog similar to this will display.

2 Your Design Page will display the bitmap image:

See also: Template-On, Faded, Off on page 171

Click OK to exit.

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

If the Preview check box is checked, the contents of the selected le displays in the Preview window.

Click Open to open the le. Double-clicking the le name will also

open the le and close the dialog.

Click Cancel if you want to exit the func- tion.

This application can handle only uncompressed bitmap les.

The le name extension must be bmp.

The bitmap image cannot be directly embroi- dered. You can only use it as a guide to draw an embroidery pattern (using broken lines, curves or manual punching).

Design Center allows you to make an embroi- dery pattern from a bitmap image with more pre- cision.

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Save

Purpose: Saves your Design Page on the disk as a Version 3.0 le (default). NOTE: Saved *.pes les can be opened with Version 1.x or 2.x of this software when you select PES Version 1.0 or 2.x as the File Type. Note however that some informa- tion could be lost.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Save. If the le already exists on the disk (the le has been saved at least once), the le is saved imme- diately.

2 If the le name is still Untitled or if, for any other reason, the le cannot be found on the disk, the application automatically switches to Save As.

See also: Save As on page 137, Write to Card on page 138

Save As

Purpose: Saves your Design Page on the disk under a new le name.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Save As. A File Save As dialog similar to this will display.

2 If the new le name already exists, this message will appear:

The new le name displays in the title bar of the Layout & Editing window.

See also: Save on page 137, Write to Card on page 138

Select the drive, the folder and type the le name.

Click OK to save.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click Yes to overwrite.

Click No if you do not want to overwrite the existing le.

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Export

Purpose: Exports the data shown in the Design Page as a le of a different format (dst, hus, exp, and pcs).

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Export. A dialog like the one shown below appears.

NOTE: Some patterns installed from a card cannot be exported.

Write to Card

Purpose: Writes your Design Page to an original card.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then Write to Card. This message will display.

If the card module is not connected, this message displays.

Select the drive and the folder, and then type the le name.

Select the format (DST,EXP,PCS,HUS) in which you wish to export the le.

Number of jumps for trim: With the DST format, jump codes are used to indicate when the thread must be cut in order to change the thread color. Since the number of codes differ depending on the sewing machine being used, this setting allows you to select the appropriate value. (This setting can only be speci- ed if the DST format is selected.)

If the card is not brand new, make sure that you want to erase the data that is already stored on the card and click OK.

Click Cancel to exit.

Correct the problem, then click Retry.

Click Cancel to exit.

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2 If you click OK, your current embroidery patterns will be saved on the card. A Now writing message displays while the data is being transferred to the card. After a while, the following message will appear.

See also: Save on page 137, Save As on page 137

Print Setup

Purpose: Allows you to change the printing settings for previewed embroideries.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Print Setup. A Print Setup dialog similar to this will display.

You can choose to print the preview image on one or two pages for one pattern or one hoop posi- tion.

The Actual Size will print two pages: The image in its actual size on the rst and the dimensions of the embroidery, the sewing color order and the needle count on the second page. The le name is printed on both pages. The Reduced Size will print a reduced illustration of the image and all the above mentioned items on a single page. NOTE: If a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame (130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, or 172 100 mm) is selected, each Print type will print the whole image of Design Page on the rst page. And in this case, the number of pages depends on your design.

Print sewing area box & center axes

Select Print sewing area box & center axes to print black lines to indicate the sewing area (see Select Sewing Area) and the center axes for the data. This setting is only available when Actual Size is selected.

Click OK.

Click Properties to set the printer properties.

Choose the appropriate Paper and Orientation settings.

Choose the Print type and Print Option of the preview image and sewing information.

Click OK to conrm the settings.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Print template grid

Select

Print template grid

to print green lines to represent the grid printed on the embroidery sheet included with the embroidery frame.

NOTE:

The size of the grid that is printed may be slightly different from the grid printed on the embroidery sheets for some embroidering machines.

If

Stitch Image

is set to

Normal

, the pattern is printed as lines and dots. If

Stitch Image

is set to

Realistic

, the pattern is printed as a realistic image.

NOTE:

To change the settings of a realistic image, click

Attributes

. See Realistic Preview Attribute Setting for more details. These attributes are stored separately from the Realistic Preview attributes

See also:

Realistic Preview Attribute Setting on page 171

Print Preview

Purpose:

Allows you to preview the contents of the Design Page and check the sewing color order, the dimensions and the needle count before printing.

Shortcut key:

No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar:

No button for this function

Operation:

1

Click

File

, then

Print

Preview

. If

Actual Size

was selected in the

Print Setup

dialog, the

Layout & Editing

window changes to the following.

2

Enlarge the image either by clicking

Zoom In

or by clicking directly on the point of the page that you want to enlarge. Scroll the page as needed to view its hidden parts. When you reach the limit of the zooming in function, the

Zoom In

button becomes inactive and the

Zoom Out

button becomes active. Click the

Zoom Out

button or the image to reduce its size again. One of the zooming function is always active.

The buttons that are selectable dis- play in black and the other ones are grayed.

Click

Print

to open the

Print

dialog and print.

Click

Next Page

to display the next page.

Click

Two Page

to display both pages at the same time.

Click

Zoom In

and

Zoom Out

to enlarge and reduce the page.

Click

Close

to return to the Design Page.

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3 Click Next Page to display page 2 containing the sewing information (not available if Reduced Size was selected in the Print Setup dialog). This button becomes inactive and the Prev Page button becomes active.

4 Click Prev Page to go back to the display of the embroidery (not available if Reduced Size was selected in the Print Setup dialog). This button becomes inactive and the Next Page button becomes active.

5 Click Two Page to display both pages at the same time.The Two Page button isreplaced by the One Page button. Click One Page to display one page at a time. The Next Page and Prev Page become inactive. NOTE: If you need to view an image in detail, displaying only one page at a time allows you to enlarge it more. If you want to check the sewing information for individual objects composing your embroidery, you can do that by clicking Option Design Property.

See also: Print Setup above, Print below and Design Property on page 174

Print

Purpose: Prints your Design Page and some sewing information.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Print. A Print dialog similar to this will display.

2 Follow the instructions in the Windows manuals and in the manuals of your printer for the next operations. Depending on the Print Type setting, one or two pages will be printed for one pattern or one hoop position.

Printing a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame (130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, or 172 100 mm) If a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame is selected, each section of the design is printed on a separate page. If a 130 300 mm or 300 130 mm Design Page is selected, the design is divided into sections of

130 180 mm or 180 130 mm and each section is printed on a separate page.

If a 100 172 mm or 172 100 mm Design Page is selected, the design is divided into sections of 100 100 mm and each section is printed on a separate page.

Make the necessary setting.

Click OK to print.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click Properties to change the default settings of the printer.

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Printing a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame

When

Actual Size

is selected:

1

Prints the entire Design Page at actual size (However, for a 130

300 mm or 300

130 mm Design Page, a reduced image of the Design Page is printed.)

2

Prints the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the rst embroidery frame installation position

3

Prints the color order for the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the rst embroidery frame installation position

4

Prints the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the second embroi- dery frame installation position

5

Prints the color order for the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the second embroidery frame installation position

: This continues until all of the sewing data is printed.

When

Reduced Size

is selected:

1

Prints the entire Design Page at actual size (However, for a 130

300 mm or 300

130 mm Design Page, a reduced image of the Design Page is printed.)

2

Prints the pattern and its color order for the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the rst embroidery frame installation position

3

Prints the pattern and its color order for the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the second embroidery frame installation position

: This continues until all of the sewing data is printed.

NOTE:

In addition, when the

File Print Preview

command is selected, each section of the pattern is dis- played as mentioned above.

Exit

Purpose:

Exits the application.

Shortcut key:

+

Toolbar:

No button for this function

Operation:

1

Click

File

, then

Exit

. If the current Design Page is not edited, the application closes immediately.

2

If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes. See Open on page 132.

See also:

Save on page 137, Save As on page 137

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Edit Menu

The functions of the Edit menu perform simple actions on selected patterns, such as cutting and pasting.

Undo

Purpose: Undoes the last operation.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Undo. The last operation is automatically undone. For example, if you have mistakenly deleted an pat- tern, this function will make it reappear.

See also: Redo

Redo

Purpose: Cancels the effect of the last Undo.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Redo. The effect of the last Undo is cancelled. For example, you have used Undo just after drawing a cir- cle. Undo deleted the circle. Using Redo will make the circle reappear.

See also: Undo

Undo Undoes the last operation. page 143 Redo Cancels the effect of the last Undo. page 143

Cut Removes the selected pattern(s) from the screen while sav- ing a copy in the clipboard.

page 144

Copy Saves the selected pattern(s) in the clipboard without removing them from the screen.

page 144

Duplicate Makes a copy of the selected pattern(s). page 144 Paste Pastes the contents of the clipboard on the screen. page 144

Delete Removes the selected pattern(s) from the screen without saving them in the clipboard.

page 145

Mirror Horizontal Flips the selected pattern(s) up/down. page 145 Vertical Flips the selected pattern(s) left/right. page 145

Rotate Allows you to manually rotate the selected pattern(s) by an arbitrary angle.

page 146

Numerical Setting

Size Resizes the selected pattern numerically. page 147 Rotate Rotates the selected pattern numerically. page 148

Align Aligns the selected patterns as indicated. page 148

Sew First Sends the selected patterns behind every other patterns. Allows you to set the sewing order of many patterns.

page 150

Sew Last Brings the selected patterns in the foreground of every other patterns. Allows you to set the sewing order of many patterns.

page 150

Select All Selects all the patterns. page 151

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Ctrl A

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Cut

Purpose: Removes the selected pattern(s) from the screen while saving a copy in the clip- board.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Cut. The selected patterns disappear. Since they are saved in the clipboard, you can paste them back using Edit Paste.

See also: Copy, Paste and Delete below

Copy

Purpose: Saves the selected pattern(s) in the clipboard without removing them from the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Copy. The patterns are copied into the clipboard and are ready to be pasted.

See also: Cut, Duplicate and Paste

Duplicate

Purpose: Makes a copy of the selected pattern(s).

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Duplicate. A copy of the patterns appears on the screen.

See also: Copy and Paste

Paste

Purpose: Pastes the contents of the clipboard on the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Ctrl X

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

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Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Paste. The patterns saved in the clipboard (using Cut or Copy) are pasted on the screen.

See also: Cut, Copy and Duplicate above

Delete

Purpose: Removes the selected pattern(s) from the screen without saving them in the clip- board.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Delete. The selected pattern(s) are removed from the screen. Since they are not saved in the clipboard, the only way to make them reappear is to use Edit Undo.

See also: Undo on page 143, Cut on page 144

Mirror Horizontal

Purpose: Flips the selected pattern(s) up/down.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Horizontal. The selected pattern(s) are replaced by their horizontal mirror image (top and bottom inverted). Two successive applications of this function restores the original image.

Note that some patterns installed from a card cannot be ipped.

See also: Mirror Vertical on page 145, Rotate on page 146

Mirror Vertical

Purpose: Flips the selected pattern(s) left/right.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

Delete

Ctrl H

Ctrl J

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2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Vertical. The selected pattern(s) are replaced by their vertical mirror image (left and right inverted). Two successive applications of this function restores the original image.

Note that some patterns installed from a card cannot be ipped.

See also: Mirror Horizontal on page 145, Rotate on page 146

Rotate

Purpose: Allows you to manually rotate the selected pattern(s) by an arbitrary angle.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Rotate. The shape of the handles changes.

3Move the cursor to one of the handles. The shape of the cursor changes.

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4 Drag the handle to rotate the pattern the desired angle and release the mouse button.

A simple dragging of the mouse will rotate the pattern by 1 increments. Pressing the key will rotate it by 15 increments.

See also: Mirror Horizontal on page 145, Mirror Vertical on page 145

Numerical Setting-Size

Purpose: Resizes the selected pattern numerically.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Size. The Size dialog appears.

NOTE: The maximum value that can be entered is the largest value that will not allow the pattern to

To change the width and height proportion- ally, check aspect.

Select the units (% or mm/inch) for the width and height.

The width and height can be entered by either typing in a value or clicking the arrows to select the desired value. Select 100% to leave the pattern unchanged. If aspect is selected, changing one dimen- sion automatically changes the other so the proportion of the width and height remains unchanged. The specied size is for the region. If the pattern has a line, the size of the entire pat- tern can be checked under Region + Line Size at the bottom of the dialog.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Preview to view the pattern at the new size in the Design Page.

Click Cancel to exit without making any changes.

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exceed the size of the Design Page. The minimum value is 1 mm (0.04 inch).

Numerical Setting-Rotate

Purpose: Rotates the selected pattern numerically.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Rotate. The Rotate dialog appears.

NOTE: The range of values that can be entered is between 0 and 359 degrees, in 1degree increments.

Align

Purpose: Aligns the selected patterns as indicated.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select the patterns.

The desired rotation angle can be entered by either typing in a value or clicking the arrows to select the desired value. Select 0 degree to leave the pattern unchanged.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Preview to view the pattern rotated the specied angle in the Design Page.

Click Cancel to exit without making any changes.

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Click

Edit

, then

Align

, then

Left

,

Center

,

Right

,

Top

,

Middle

, or

Bottom

, depending on how you wish to align the patterns. The selected patterns are aligned as shown below.

Text on a path:

Text on a path can be aligned by selecting just the text, just the path, or both the text and the path. Each selected patterns is aligned on its outline.

Objects set for hole sewing:

If just the inside of a pattern is selected, the pattern is aligned on the outline of the inside area. If the outside of the pattern is also selected, the pattern is aligned on the outline of the outside area.

BottomRightCenterLeft

Middle

Top

1. Text is selected 2. Path is selected 3. Both the text and path are selected

1. Inside area is selected

2. Outside area is selected

3. Both the inside and outside areas are selected

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Sew First

Purpose: Sends the selected patterns behind every other patterns. Allows you to set the sewing order of many patterns.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Sew First. The parts of the selected pattern that are overlapping other patterns are now invisible.

To use this function to set the sewing order of, say three overlapping patterns, apply Sew First to pattern 1, then pattern 2, then pattern 3. The patterns will be sewn in order 3, 2, 1.

See also: Sew Last on page 150, Check Sewing Order on page 163

Sew Last

Purpose: Brings the selected patterns in the foreground of every other patterns. Allows you to set the sewing order of many patterns.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Sew Last. The parts of the selected pattern that are overlapped by other patterns are now visible.

To use this function to set the sewing order of, say three overlapping patterns, apply Sew Last to pattern 3, then pattern 2, then pattern 1. The patterns will be sewn in order 3, 2, 1.

See also: Sew First above and Check Sewing Order on page 163

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Ctrl F

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Select All

Purpose: Selects all the patterns.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1Make sure that the cursor is in Selection mode.

2 Click Edit, then Select All.

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Text Menu

The functions of the Text menu performs actions on text patterns, such as tting text to a curved path.

Edit Text Letters

Purpose: Allows you to edit an entered text.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select the text you want to edit. You cannot edit more than one text pattern at a time. If you select more than one text pattern, this function is not available.

2 Click Text, then Edit Text Letters. The Edit Text dialog displays.

NOTE: If text converted from a TrueType font is selected, the list of characters displayed is for the font of the rst letter of the text.

Edit Text Letters Allows you to edit an entered text. page 153

Text Attribute Setting Allows for precise control of character attributes.

page 153

Fit Text to Path Setting Fits a line of text along a path. page 154 Release Text from Path Release the text from the path. page 156 Transform Text Applies a preset transformation to text. page 156 Clear Transformation Restores the original shape of the text. page 157

True Type Font Attribute Setting Sets the attributes, such as the style, for Tru- eType fonts that are converted to embroidery data.

page 158

The selected text is highlighted in the text eld.

Edit your text as needed by deleting unwanted characters and typing or enter- ing other characters by clicking them one at the time on the character table, then clicking Insert or simply by double-clicking

them. Press the key to enter new lines of text.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit. If a character that you entered is not avail-

able for the selected font, a warning mes- sage displays. Click OK in that dialog to close it and to return to the Edit Text dialog where you can correct your text.

Ctrl L

Enter

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If text made from multiple TrueType fonts is selected, the list of characters displayed is for the font of the rst letter of the text.

See also: Entering text on page 111

Text Attribute Setting

Purpose: Allows for precise control of character attributes.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more text patterns.

2 Click Text, then Text Attribute Setting. The Text Attribute Setting dialog displays.

Enter the desired values for each set- ting.

To restore the default value of an indi- vidual setting, click its Default button.

Click Apply to conrm the effect of the setting.

Click Close to remove the dialog.

Kerning

Sets the spacing between individual characters. Range: -100 ~ 100 mm (-3.94 ~ 3.94 inches) Default: 0

0.0 mm 5.0 mm (between A and b)

Vertical Offset

Moves the text vertically. Range: -100 ~ 100 mm (-3.94 ~ 3.94 inches) Default: 0

0.0 mm 2.0 mm

Rotate angle Rotates the characters. Range: 0 ~ 359 degrees Default: 0

0 degree 20 degree

Character Spacing

Sets the spacing between all charac- ters. Range: -100 ~ 100 mm (-3.94 ~ 3.94 inches) Default: 0

0.0 mm 2.0 mm

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Note: The vertical letters will be displayed in a vertical manner on design page. Note: Both Kerning and Character Spacing set the spacing between characters. The difference is that Char- acter Spacing is always applied to the entire text pattern, while Kerning can be applied to individual characters. If you apply Kerning to the entire text pattern, it works exactly like Character Spacing. See Selecting characters on a text pattern on page 109 for more details about selecting individual char- acters in a text pattern.

See also: Fit Text to Path Setting and Transform Text on page 156

Fit Text to Path Setting

Purpose: Fits a line of text along a path.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select a line of text and a path.

2 Click Text, then Fit Text to Path Setting.

Line Spacing

Sets the spacing between lines in per- cents of the character height. Range: 0 1000% Default: 0

100% 150%

Alignment Aligns several lines of text to the left, center or right.

Center Right

Direction Species whether characters will be positioned horizontally or vertically.

Lateral Vertical

Select Horizontal and Vertical Alignment and Text Orientation.

Check the other side if you want the characters to be reversed.

Click OK to conrm the setting.

Click Cancel to exit.

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See also: Release Text from Path below

Horizontal Alignment Sets the distribution of charac- ters along the path.

Vertical Alignment Sets the distance between the text and the path.

Text Orientation Sets the orientation of the characters relative to the path.

The other side Reverses the characters.

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Release Text from Path

Purpose: Release the text from the path.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select a text tted to a path.

2 Click Text, then Release Text from Path.

See also: Fit Text to Path Setting above

Transform Text

Purpose: Applies a preset transformation to text.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select a line of text.

2 Click Text, then Transform Text. The Text Transform Setting dialog displays.

3 If necessary, set the level of transformation. See Transform level on page 123.

See also: Clear Transformation below

Click on the desired transformation.

Click OK or double-click to apply the transfor- mation.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Clear Transformation

Purpose: Restores the original shape of the text.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select transformed text.

2 Click Text, then Clear Transformation.

See also: Transform Text on page 156

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TrueType Font Attribute Setting

Purpose: Sets the attributes, such as the style, for TrueType fonts that are converted to embroidery data.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Text, then TrueType Font Attribute Setting. A dialog similar to the one shown below appears.

For details on entering text, refer to Text Input Mode (page 111). NOTE: The settings for Font Style and Script may differ depending on the TrueType font that is selected. NOTE: If text created from multiple TrueType fonts is selected, this dialog cannot be displayed. In addition, if text of the same font but different font styles or scripts is selected, this dialog appears with the attribute settings for the rst letter in the text. In either case mentioned above, selecting only one character from within text displays a dialog containing only that characters attributes.

See also: Text Input Mode on page 111, Setting Text Attributes on page 121

If any characters converted from a True- Type font is selected, the attributes for the selected characters are displayed.

The Font attribute indicates the name of the selected font.

The Sample box shows a sample of the font with the selected attributes.

Use Font Style to select the desired font style.

Use Script to select the desired char- acter set for the font.

Click OK to set the attributes and close the dialog. Any entered TrueType font text will be converted to embroidery data with the fonts new attribute settings. In addition, selecting text data con- verted from a TrueType font creates embroidery data based on the new attribute settings.

Click Cancel to close the dialog with- out changing any settings.

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Sew Menu

The Sew menu allows you to control the way each pattern will be sewn.

Sewing Attribute Setting

Purpose: Sets the sewing attributes of the regions and the outlines of a pattern.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one of the buttons of the Tool Box used to draw or select an existing pattern.

2 Click Sew, then Sewing Attribute Setting. The Sewing Attribute Setting dialog displays the Line sewing tab, except when you selected a text pattern or the Text entering mode, where it displays the Region sewing tab.

Sewing Attribute Setting Sets the sewing attributes of the regions and the outlines of a pattern.

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Check Sewing Order Allows you to check the sewing order of pat- terns.

page 163

Set hole sewing Sets a pair of patterns for hole sewing (to avoid sewing twice at the same place when a pattern covers another one).

page 164

Cancel hole sewing Cancels hole sewing setting. page 165

Stitch to Block

Converts imported stitch patterns into blocks (manual punching data), allowing you to set sewing attributes and to keep the stitching quality when scaling.

page 165

Change colors of a stitch object Changes the color of imported stitch data. page 166

Select Sewing Area Sets the sewing area page 167

Optimize hoop change

Optimizes the sewing order of patterns in a Design Page for extra-large embroidery frames (100 172 mm, 172 100 mm, 130 300 mm, or 300 130 mm)

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You can only change the settings of the stitch selected in the Line sew type selector of the Sewing Attributes bar. The other stitch settings display in gray.

To set the region sewing attributes, click the Region sewing tab. You can only change the settings of the stitch selected in the Region sew type selector of the Sewing Attributes bar. The other stitch settings display in gray. When you select a text pattern or the Text entering mode, the Region sew-

ing tab displays automatically.

Enter the desired values for each set- ting either by clicking on the arrows or by typing the value directly in the edit box window.

A preview image of the stitch reects your setting changes each time you click on an arrow, except for the Run time(s) setting.

To restore the default value of an indi- vidual setting, click its Default button.

Click Apply to conrm the settings.

Click Close to exit.

Line sewing attributes

Zigzag stitch

ZigZag width Sets the width of the zigzag stitch (when Zigzag Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 2 mm (0.08 inch)

Density Sets the number of lines per inch (when Zigzag Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 7 lines per mm (25 ~ 178 lines per inch) Default: 4.5 lines per mm (114 lines per inch)

Running stitch

Run pitch Sets the pitch of the line sewing (when Running Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 2 mm (0.08 inch)

Run times

Sets the number of times the border will be sewn (when Running Stitch is selected for the outline). Range: 1 ~ 5 Default: 1

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When the Fill Stitch is selected in the of the Region sew type selector, the Sewing Attribute Setting displays like this.

Enter the desired values for each set- ting either by clicking on the arrows or by typing the value directly in the edit box window.

When you click a selector, a preview image of that setting displays. The image will change and reect your setting changes each time you click an arrow.

To restore the default value of an indi- vidual setting, click its Default button.

Click Apply to conrm the settings.

Click Close to exit.

Region sewing attributes Fill stitch, Satin stitch and Programmed ll stitch:

Under sewing Sets under sewing on/off. Try to use Under sewing for wide areas, in order to prevent shrinking during stitching. Depending on the shape of the region, however, it may not be possible to make this setting.

Density Sets the number of lines per mm. Range: 1 ~ 7 lines per mm (25 ~ 178 lines per inch) Default: 4.5 lines per mm (114 lines per inch)

Direction Sets the direction of the stitch. Range: 0 ~ 179 degrees Default: 45 degrees

Fill stitch only:

Step pitch Sets the pitch of the steps. Range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0.04 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 4 mm (0.16 inch)

Frequency Sets the spacial frequency steps. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 30%

Note the difference between Fill and Satin stitches:

Programmed ll stitch only: This stitch type is created by the Programmable Stitch Creator application. The stitch pattern selected will ll a region in a tile-like manner.

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45 90

135

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Step pitch

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30%

Fill stitch Satin stitch

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Note on the programmed ll stitch: When setting the stitch and pattern directions of a programmed stitch, take note that whenever the stitch and pattern direction settings cause the stitch to be sewn in the same direction as a line in a stitch pattern, that line will not be sewn. Use the preview function of your application to view exactly how your stitch pattern will be sewn and set the stitch direction and pattern direction according to the selected stitch or to the effect that you want to produce. To get an even better view, make test samples of different settings.

Example of a programmed ll stitch

See also: Preview on page 170, Programmable Stitch Creator on page 191

Browse

Opens the Browse dialog. Select the directory of the folder containing the pas le you want to open. Scroll through the available stitch pat- terns and double-click the desired pattern or click OK to select the pattern.

Pattern size

Width Sets the stitch pattern width. Range: 5 ~ 10 mm (0.20 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 7.5 mm (0.30 inch)

Height Sets the stitch pattern height. Range: 5 ~ 10 (0.20 ~ 0.39 inch) Default: 7.5 mm (0.30 inch)

Row/column offset

Row

Sets the position of the stitch pattern rows when the row radio button is clicked. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 0 %

Column

Sets the position of the stitch pattern columns when the column radio button is clicked. Range: 0 ~ 99% Default: 0 %

Pattern direction Allows you to rotate the angle of the stitch patterns. Range: 0 ~ 359 degrees Default: 0 degrees

Ex. 2: Stitch direction: 90

Ex. 1: Stitch direction = Default: 45

Example 3: Stitch direction: 0

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Check Sewing Order

Purpose: Allows you to check the sewing order of patterns.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select a set of patterns.

2 Click Sew, then Check Sewing Order. The Check Sewing Order dialog displays.

If you want to modify the sewing order, use Edit Sew First or Edit Sew Last.

See also: Sew First and Sew Last on page 150 and Set hole sewing below

Click to see the pattern that will be sewn

rst.

Click to see the pattern that will be sewn

last.

Click or to see the patterns that

will be sewn between the rst and last. At the beginning, all patterns are grayed. As you

click , , , or , the corre-

sponding pattern will appear in normal color.

Click Close to exit.

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Set hole sewing

Purpose: Sets a pair of patterns for hole sewing (to avoid sewing twice at the same place when a pattern covers another one).

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select a pair of patterns, for example, a rectangle included in another rectangle.

2 Click Sew, then Set Hole Sewing. This message will display.

3Once a pair of patterns has been set for hole sewing, they are grouped and will move together if you try to move one of the patterns. To change their relative position, you will have to cancel hole sewing rst.

If the selected pair cannot be set for hole sewing, this message displays.

For a pair to be valid, one of the pattern must be completely enclosed within the other pattern of the pair.

Note that you can see better what the hole sewing setting does by previewing the pair before and after setting the pair for hole sewing (see Preview on page 170).

See also: Cancel hole sewing

Click OK to remove the message.

Click OK to remove the message.

Hole sewing not set Hole sewing set

Sewn twice Sewn once

Valid Invalid

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Cancel hole sewing

Purpose: Cancels hole sewing setting.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select a pattern that has been set for hole sewing.

2 Click Sew, then Cancel Hole Sewing. The pair of patterns can now be moved independently.

See also: Set hole sewing on page 164

Stitch to Block

Purpose: Converts imported stitch patterns into blocks (manual punching data), allowing you to set sewing attributes and to keep the stitching quality when scaling.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select the imported stitch data opened in the Design Page to which you want to apply the setting to.

2 Click Sew, then Stitch to Block. This dialog displays.

NOTE: Applying this function may affect the content of some patterns. You may further modify the pattern if needed with the help of the Point Edit Mode.

3 After applying this function, the Sewing Attributes bar displays as follows:

You can select and modify the sewing settings of the blocks of the same color. To do this, select a block whose color or sewing settings you want to change. All the blocks of that color are selected and the block color and stitch type display in the Sewing Attributes bar. NOTE: The sewing setting changes apply globally to the blocks of the same color.

Select the sensitivity by dragging the slider.

The normal setting should provide satis- factory results in most cases, but depend- ing on the complexity of a pattern, you may need to select a coarser or a ner stitch density.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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4When you enlarge or reduce a converted pattern with the selection cursor, the number of stitches sewn automatically adapt to the new size of the pattern, allowing you to keep the original embroi- dery quality.

NOTE: The selected color blocks can be moved or scaled individually, therefore, if you want to move the whole pattern once it has been converted, be sure to select the whole pattern.

See also: Sewing Attribute Setting on page 159, Scaling patterns on page 104 and Point Edit Mode on page 106

Change colors of a stitch object

Purpose: Changes the color of imported stitch data.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select the pattern.

2 Click Sew, then Change colors of a stitch object. The Change colors dialog appears, listing and displaying the colors used for the selected pattern.

See also: Color on page 127

Click the color you want to change.

Click the Change Colors button.

Select the desired color in the Region Thread Color dialog which displays. The new color displays in the Change Col- ors dialog and the pattern displays the new setting. Repeat this procedure for each color you want to change.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

Without Stitch to Block With Stitch to block

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Select Sewing Area

Purpose: Sets the sewing area

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Sew, then Select Sewing Area. This dialog displays.

With Design Page area, the patterns will be sewn so that the place where the needle is when you start coincides with the center of your Design Page. NOTE: When Design Page area is selected, the dimension of the pattern matches the size of the Design Page, therefore reducing the ability to move a pattern around the layout screen of your embroidery machine. With Use existing design area, the patterns will be sewn so that the place the needle is when you start coincides with the center of the actual patterns. NOTE: When Use existing design area is selected, the actual pattern size is maintained, therefore allowing greater mobility when using the layout function of your embroidery machine.

See also: Design Page Property on page 175

Select Design Page area or Use existing design area.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

Design Page (on your screen) Sewing area = Use existing designSewing area = Design Page

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Optimize hoop change

Purpose: Optimizes the sewing order of patterns in a Design Page for extra-large embroi- dery frames (100 172 mm, 172 100 mm, 130 300 mm, or 300 130 mm)

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Sew, then Optimize hoop change. This setting can be turned on or off. A check mark appears when this setting is turned on; no check mark is displayed when this setting is turned off.

NOTE: Depending on the pattern, turning on the Optimize hoop change setting may reduce the number of times that the embroidery frame installation position is changed. More importantly, it reduces the chances of the embroidery not being sewn correctly or the fabric becoming wrinkled when the embroidery frame installation position is changed too often.

When the Optimize hoop change setting is turned on: The sewing order that you have set is optimized to reduce the number of times that the embroi- dery frame installation position is changed. For the example shown at the right, the sewing order is: a (pattern 1) b (pattern 2) a (pat- terns 3 & 5) c (patterns 4 & 6)

When the Optimize hoop change setting is turned off: Each pattern is sewn according to the sewing order that you have set. Therefore, since the num- ber of times for changing the embroidery frame installation position is not optimized, it may be changed more often than if it was optimized. For the example shown at the right, the sewing order is: a (pattern 1) b (pattern 2) a (pattern 3) c (pattern 4) a (pattern 5) c (pattern 6)

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Display Menu

The Display menu lets you modify the appearance of the screen.

Grid Setup

Purpose: Controls the display and characteristics of the grid.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Grid. The Grid Setting dialog appears.

Grid Setup Controls the display and characteristics of the grid.

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Preview Displays a realistic image of how the pat- terns will look like when embroidered.

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Refresh Window Updates the screen. page 170

Realistic Preview Displays a realistic image of how either selected patterns or all patterns will look after being embroidered.

page 170

Realistic Preview Attribute Setting Sets the preview attributes for Realistic Pre- view.

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Template-On, Faded, Off Turns on or off the template bitmap image or displays it faded.

page 171

Toolbar Turns the Toolbar on/off. page 172 Status Bar Turns the Status bar on/off. page 172

Check Snap to Grid when you want to use the grid for aligning patterns or creating patterns of the same size. The cursor will move by the amount set in Grid Interval.

The snap feature works whether or not the grid is displayed.

Check Show Grid to see the grid on your Design Page.

Type in the Grid Interval to set both horizontal and vertical steps of the grid. Grid interval range: 1 ~ 10 mm (0,04 ~ 0,39 inch)

Check with Axes to turn the horizontal and ver- tical lines of the grid on.

When the Show grid check box is checked and the with Axes check box is not checked, only the intersection points of the grid will be dis- played.

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See also: Select System Unit on page 176

Preview

Purpose: Displays a realistic image of how the patterns will look like when embroidered.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Preview. A preview of your embroidery patterns will appear. You cannot make any settings while previewing a pattern.

2 To return to the normal, working screen, click Display, then Preview again or press the key.

See also: Check Sewing Order on page 163

Refresh Window

Purpose: Updates the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Refresh Window. Use this function when the screen does not seem to respond correctly, for example, when residue of a pattern remains on the screen after the pattern has been cut.

Realistic Preview

Purpose: Displays a realistic image of how either selected patterns or all patterns will look after being embroidered.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Realistic Preview. The patterns on the Design Page are displayed realistically according to the settings in the Realis- tic Preview Attribute Setting dialog.

2 To return to the normal working screen, click Display, then Realistic Preview again or press the

key. NOTE: The Realistic Preview function cannot display a beautiful preview of the pattern if the monitor is set to 256 colors or less. The monitor should be set to at least 16-bit High Color (65536 colors).

See also: Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Esc

Ctrl R

Shift F9

Esc

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Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

Purpose: Sets the preview attributes for Realistic Preview.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Realistic Preview Attribute Setting. The following dialog appears.

NOTE: This dialog can only be displayed while Realistic Preview appears in the menu. Clicking Apply saves the selected settings.

See also: Realistic Preview on page 170

Template-On, Faded, Off

Purpose: Turns on or off the template bitmap image or displays it faded.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Template, then select the desired setting.

Click On to display the original bitmap image.

Click Faded to fade the bitmap image before displaying it.

Click Off to hide the bitmap image. This function is not available if a template bitmap image is not open. Press the shortcut key to switch between displaying the template bitmap image to displaying it faded to hiding the image.

See also: Template Open on page 136

Use Thread Width to set how wide the thread will appear.

Use Contrast to set the contrast.

Use Brightness to set how bright the display is.

Click Apply to display a Realistic Preview of the patterns with the new settings.

Click Close to exit.

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Toolbar

Purpose: Turns the Toolbar on/off.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Toolbar. The Toolbar will be toggled on/off.

See also: Status Bar

Status Bar

Purpose: Turns the Status bar on/off.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Display, then Status bar. The Status bar will be toggled on/off.

See also: Toolbar

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Option Menu

The Option menu provides additional options.

Design Center

Purpose: Starts Design Center and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Design Center. Design Center starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front. After creating a pattern with the Design Center Application, you can import it in Design Page of Layout & Editing.

See also: Import from Design Center on page 135

Programmable Stitch Creator

Purpose: Starts Programmable Stitch Creator and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Programmable Stitch Creator. Programmable Stitch Creator starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front.

File Utility

Purpose: Starts File Utility and displays its window up front.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Design Center Starts Design Center and displays its win- dow up front.

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Programmable Stitch Creator Starts Programmable Stitch Creator and dis- plays its window up front.

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File Utility Starts File Utility and displays its window up front.

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Design Property Opens a dialog containing sewing informa- tion for the selected pattern(s).

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Design Page Property Allows you to change the size of the Design Page and the color of the Design Page and the Design Page background.

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Select System Unit Allows you to select the unit of length (mm or inch).

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Operation:

1 Click Option, then File Utility. File Utility starts if its window wasnt open and if it was open, the window comes up front.

Design Property

Purpose: Opens a dialog containing sewing information for the selected pattern(s).

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Design Property. The Design Property dialog displays.

This dialog allows you to quickly check the dimensions, the needle count, the color count and color order of the selected pattern(s). You can select and check the properties of individual objects composing your embroidery pattern.

If a Design Page for an extra-large embroidery frame (130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, or 172 100 mm) is selected: If no object in the Design Page is selected, the following Design Property dialog displays.

When this dialog appears, the Design Page is automatically enlarged or shrunk to t in the entire window.

The Previous button cannot be clicked when the design corresponding to the rst embroidery installa- tion position is already displayed. In addition, the Next button cannot be clicked when the design corre- sponding to the last embroidery installation position is already displayed.

Click Close to close the window.

The rst line of the dialog shows the position in the embroidery frame installation order for the currently displayed design.

Only the designs that would be sewn at the current position in the embroidery frame instal- lation order appear in the Design Page. In addition, the embroidering area for the current frame installation position is outlined in red.

Click Previous or Next to display information for the designs at other positions in the embroidery frame installation order.

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NOTE: If an object is larger than the embroidering area or if an object is positioned so that it does not completely t within an embroidering area, the error message Please change the object size or position. is displayed instead of this dialog. After the object causing the error appears selected, change its size or position. (If more than one object causes the error message to appear, the objects will appear selected in the sewing order.)

Design Page Property

Purpose: Allows you to change the size of the Design Page and the color of the Design Page and the Design Page background.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Design Page Property. The Design Page Property dialog displays.

The Design Page sizes 130 300 mm, 300 130 mm, 100 172 mm, and 172 100 mm, indi- cated by *, are used to embroider extra-large designs using a special embroidery frame attached to the sewing machine at three installation positions. Check that that you have the extra-large embroidery frame and that these extra-large designs can be embroidered using your sewing machine.

See also: Select System Unit on page 176

Select the size by clicking the appropriate radio button. Select the Page color or the Background color by clicking its selector arrow, then by clicking the color.

The preview area allows you to view the set- ting changes. The sewing machine picture shows the direction of the Design Page (frame) on the machine.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Default to go back to the default setting.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Select System Unit

Purpose: Allows you to select the unit of length (mm or inch).

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Select System Unit. This dialog will appear.

See also: Grid Setup on page 169, Design Page Property on page 175

Select the unit (mm or inch).

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

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Help Menu

The Help menu gives you access to the on-screen help information system.

Contents

Purpose: Starts the on-screen help information for this application.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then Contents. A table of contents of the on-screen help information displays.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Using, About Layout & Editing below

Using

Purpose: Explains how to use the on-screen help system.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

1 Click Help, then Using. The Windows standard explanation about how to use the help system appears.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Contents, About Layout & Editing

About Layout & Editing

Purpose: Gives information about the version of this application.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then About Layout & Editing. A dialog will display.

2 Click OK to remove it.

See also: Contents and Using above

Contents Starts the on-screen help information for this application.

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Using Explains how to use the on-screen help sys- tem.

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About Layout & Editing Gives information about the version of this application.

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File Utility has two functions:

Install Embroidery Card: Transfers embroidery data from an embroidery card to your hard disk or to another disk.

Write to Original Card: Transfers embroidery data les created with Layout & Editing to an original card.

Menu bar Gives access to the functions.

Install Embroidery Card Click the arrow button in this area to start the card reading process.

Write to Original Card Click the arrow button in this area to start the card writing process.

File Utility

The Screen

Menu bar

Install Embroidery Card

Write to Original Card

Title bar

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Operation

To transfer embroidery data from an embroidery card to your hard disk, proceed as follows: 1 Click the arrow button in the Install Embroidery Card area.

An Install Embroidery Card dialog similar to this displays.

2 If you click Browse, this dialog will display.

3When you click Install on the Install Embroidery Card dialog, you are asked to enter a prex for the le. The resulting le name will be made of the characters that you input here (the prex), followed with the three digits. The le name extension PEC will be added automatically.

The current folder and the *.PEC les it contains are shown.

Click Browse to change the folder.

Click Install to install the data in the current folder.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

Select the drive and folder. If necessary, type a new folder name.

Click OK to conrm the new folder and return to the Install Embroidery Card dialog. (If the folder is new, a message will inform you that the folder is going to be created. Click OK to remove the message.)

Click Cancel to return to the Install Embroidery Card dialog without changing the folder.

Type a name for the le.

Click OK to start.

Click Cancel to return to the Install Embroidery Card.

Reading from an Embroidery Card

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4 If you dont type anything, this message will appear.

5When you click OK on the Prex Setting dialog with a valid prex, this message displays.

Note that it is better to switch your computer off before connecting any peripheral.

6 If the card module is ready and no problems are detected, the application starts transferring the data from the card to the specied folder. The application informs you that the transfer is in progress.

7Wait until the transfer is completed. When the transfer is complete, the Installation is completed message displays.

8 The Install Embroidery Card dialog reappears, showing the new le.

Click OK to remove the message and return to the previous dialog.

Check that the card module is con- nected and powered, and that a card is inserted. If necessary, connect the module and its power adaptor, and insert a card.

Click OK to start installing.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click OK to remove the message.

Check that the new le appears in the Files box.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

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Error Messages

The application is able to detect problems that may occur before or during data transfer. Here is the com- plete list of error messages that may appear. 1 If the card module is not correctly connected:

2 If there is no card in the card module:

3 If an incorrect or defective card is inserted:

4 If a defect is detected after reading has already started, or if you remove the card while reading is in progress, reading will stop and this message will display:

You should never remove a card while the red indicator light in on. If you do so, you will have to restart the operation from the start. If you did not remove the card and the above message appears, then the card is defective or was not well inserted. Reinsert the card correctly and try reading again. If you get the same message, then the card is defective. Try with another card.

Correct the connection between the card module and the computer. Check that the module is powered.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Insert a Embroidery card in the module.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Insert another Embroidery card in the module.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click OK to remove the message.

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5 If the data cable between the card module and the computer or the power adaptor is disconnected while reading is in progress, reading will stop and this message will display:

Check all the connections and correct as necessary, then try again from the start. If the connections are correct, then a cable may be defective. Consult your dealer.

6When every COM port is already in use for other peripherals, the following message appears.

Disconnect a peripheral connected to your computer and try again.

Click OK to remove the message.

Click Cancel to remove the mes- sage.

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IMPORTANT: If you are using our companys scanner system, use two separate sets of original cards: one for the scanner system, and one for this system.

Operation

To transfer an embroidery le that you have created or edited with Layout & Editing to an original card, proceed as follows: 1 Click the arrow button in the Write to Original Card area.

The application will rst check that there is no problem with the card module and the card inserted. If no problem is detected, a Write to Original Card dialog similar to this displays.

As you select a le to be transferred to the card, its le name moves to the list on the right. However, if the avail- able space on the card is not sufcient, the le is not selected, and this message appears:

The same message appears when you click Select All and there is not enough space on the card. Click OK to remove the message and try with other le(s).

The current folder and the *.PES les it contains are shown.

Click a le name in the left le box, then click Select. You can repeat this step to select more than one le.

Click Select All to select all les in the folder.

To deselect a le, click its le name in the right le box, then click Dese- lect.

To deselect all selected les, click Deselect All.

Click a le name, then click Preview to see the embroidery image. Click OK to remove the preview.

Click Browse to change the folder.

Click Write to write the selected le(s) to the card.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen.

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2 If you click Browse, this dialog will display.

3When you click Write on the Write to Original Card dialog, you are asked whether you want to delete existing data on the card.

4 The application starts transferring the selected les to the card and informs you that the transfer is in progress.

5Wait until the transfer is completed. When the transfer is completed, the Writing is Complete message displays.

6 The Write to Original Card dialog reappears.

Select the drive and folder.

Click OK to conrm the new folder and return to the Write to Original Card dialog.

Click Cancel to return to the Write to Original Card dialog without chang- ing the folder.

Click OK if you want to write the selected les and delete old data from the card.

If you do not want to delete old les on the card, click Cancel to exit.

Click OK to remove the message.

Click Close to remove the dialog from the screen, or select other les to transfer.

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Error Messages

The application is able to detect problems that may occur before or during data transfer. Here is the com- plete list of error messages that may appear. 1 If the card module is not correctly connected:

2 If there is no card in the card module:

3 If a read-only card is inserted:

4 If an incorrect or defective card is inserted:

5 If a defect is detected after writing has already started, or if you remove the card while writing is in progress, writing will stop and this message will display:

Correct the connection between the card module and the computer. Check that the module is powered.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Insert an Original card in the mod- ule.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Insert an Original card in the mod- ule.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Insert an Original card in the mod- ule.

Click Retry to start reading.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click OK to remove the message.

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You should never remove a card while the red indicator light in on. If you do so, you will have to restart the operation from the start. If you did not remove the card and the above message appears, then the card is defective or was not well inserted. Reinsert the card correctly and try writing again. If you get the same message, then the card is defective. Try with another card.

6 If the data cable between the card module and the computer or the power adaptor is disconnected while writing is in progress, writing will stop and this message will display:

Check all the connections and correct as necessary, then try again from the start. If the connections are correct, then a cable may be defective. Consult your dealer.

7When every COM port is already in use for other peripherals, the following message appears.

Disconnect a peripheral connected to your computer and try again.

Click OK to remove the message.

Click Cancel to remove the mes- sage.

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File Menu

The File menu is used only to exit this application.

Exit

Purpose: Exits the application.

Shortcut key: +

Operation:

1 Click File, then Exit. The application closes immediately.

Option Menu

The Option menu is used only to set up the serial port.

Serial Port Setting

Purpose: Allows you to set up the computer serial port connection to the card writer module.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Operation:

1 Click Option, then Serial Port Setting. A Serial Port Setting dialog similar to this one displays. The number of COM ports selectable depends on your computer settings.

When the default setting AUTO is selected, the COM port to which the card writer module is connected is automatically recognized.

When COM 1 ~ 4 is selected, the data is sent to the selected COM port. Check the port to which your card writer module is connected, then select the appropriate COM port.

Click OK to conrm.

Click Cancel to exit.

Using the Menu Bar

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Help Menu

The Help menu gives you access to the on-screen help information system.

Contents

Purpose: Starts the on-screen help information for this application.

Shortcut key:

Operation:

1 Click Help, then Contents. A table of contents of the on-screen help information displays.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Using on page 189, About File Utility on page 189

Using

Purpose: Explains how to use the on-screen help system.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then Using. The Windows standard explanation about how to use the help system appears.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Contents on page 189, About File Utility on page 189

About File Utility

Purpose: Gives information about the version of this application.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then About File Utility. A dialog will display.

2 Click OK to remove it.

See also: Contents on page 189, Using on page 189

Contents Starts the on-screen help information for this applica- tion.

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Using Explains how to use the on-screen help system. page 189

About File Utility Gives information about the version of this application. page 189

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This application allows you to design your own ll stitch patterns, which you can set as sewing attributes to enclosed regions of patterns, both in Design Center and Layout & Editing. The ll stitch patterns ll the regions in a tile-like manner, resulting in particularly decorative embroidery patterns. You may create your own ll stitch patterns or use the many stitches delivered with this application with or without editing them.

Menu bar Gives access to the functions.

Toolbar Shortcut for the menu functions.

Tool box Used to select and create ll stitch patterns.

Status bar Provides short information.

Work area The actual part of the work area that can be saved and sewn.

Programmable Stitch Creator

The Screen

Menu bar Toolbar

Tool box

Work area

Status bar

Title bar

Maximize button

Minimize button

Close button

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Selection Mode

The cursor selection mode is used to select one or more lines. Once a line is selected, you can move it, scale it, and change its direction by rotating it or inverting it.

Selecting lines

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the line that you want to select. You know that the line is selected when handles are displayed.

Note: Apattern will not be selected if you do not click on a part of it.

3 To deselect the line, select another one, click on an empty space or click another button of the Tool Box.

4 To select an additional line, click that line while holding the key down. NOTE: You can also select lines by dragging the cursor across the Work Area. As you drag, a dotted rect- angle appears. When you release the mouse button, all lines that are completely contained in that rectangle will be selected. If other lines that you did not want selected are selected, click on an empty space to deselect all lines, and then start again.

Moving lines 1Move the cursor over a selected pattern or group of selected patterns.

The shape of the cursor will change to .

2 You can now drag the pattern to another location.

Sets the cursor in select mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in point edit mode.

Cursor shape:

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Sets the cursor in line drawing mode. When you start the application, the drawing mode is active by default.

Cursor shape: with a miniature of the tool button

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Using the Tool Box

Shift

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Scaling lines 1Move the cursor over one of the handles of a selected line or group of selected lines.

The shape of the cursor will change to , , or , depending on the handle the cur-

sor is on.

2 Drag the handle in the direction of the arrow to scale the pattern.

is for scaling the width.

is for scaling the height.

and are for scaling both dimensions at the same time.

Point Edit Mode

The point edit mode allows you to move, insert and delete points of a stitch pattern. The points you move or insert are positioned at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. So, regardless on where you drag a point to or insert a point on the line, it will automatically position itself at the nearest intersection. Depending on the stitch you want to create, you may need to select a different working grid. For more information on the grids and on how to select them, refer to Grid Menu on page 201.

Moving points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the broken line that you want to edit. You can only select one broken line at a time. The existing points of the selected broken line are marked with small empty squares.

3 Click the point that you want to move.

To select an additional point, click that point while holding the key down. You may also click and drag the cursor over the area which includes all the points that you want to select. When you release the mouse, the points included in that area are selected. The selected points are marked by lled squares. NOTE: If you click on the line instead of a square, a new point is inserted.

4 Drag the cursor to a new position. All the selected points move in the same direction.

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Inserting points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to .

2 Click the broken line that you want to edit. You can only select one broken line at a time. The existing points of the selected broken line are marked with small empty squares.

3 Click where you want to insert a new point on the broken line. A new point appears, marked by a lled black square. The new point can be edited.

Deleting points

1 Click on the Tool Box. The shape of the cursor changes to when you move it over the

Work page.

2 Click the broken line that you want to edit. You can only select one broken line at a time. The existing points of the broken line are marked with small empty squares.

3 Click the point that you want to delete.

To select an additional point, click that point while holding the key down. The selected points are marked by lled squares.

4 Press the key to remove the selected points from the outline. If the point is composed of a single line, the line is deleted.

Line Drawing Mode

The line drawing mode allows you to draw broken lines to create your stitch pattern. A broken line is made of one or more contiguous straight lines, the ending point of a straight line being the starting point of the next one. The horizontal and vertical lines that you draw on the work area always follow the grid. The points you create by clicking the mouse are inserted at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid, enabling you to draw diagonal lines as well. So, regardless of where you click, a point will automati- cally be inserted at the nearest intersection. Depending on the stitch pattern you want to draw, you may need to select a different working grid. For more information on the grids and on how to select them, refer to Grid Menu on page 201.

Drawing a broken line

1 Click on the Tool Box. When you move it over the Work page, the cursor changes to and

is displayed together with a small image of the tool button.

2Move the mouse to the starting point of your broken line and click.

3Move the mouse to the ending point of the rst straight line and click again. NOTE: You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouses right button.

4 Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click. Repeat the whole procedure if you want to include other broken lines in a stitch pattern.

Shift

Delete

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File Menu

The File menu allows you to execute commands regarding the les, such as opening and saving.

New

Purpose: Creates a new blank work area.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click File, then New. If the current work area is not edited, a new blank work area appears immediately.

2 If the current work area is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes, for example:

A new blank work area appears.

See also: Open, Save and Save As in this section

Open

Purpose: Opens a previously saved programmed stitch le.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

New Creates a new blank work area. page 195 Open Opens a previously saved programmed stitch le. page 195 Save Saves your work area on the disk. page 196 Save As Saves the current stitch pattern under a new le name. page 197 Exit Exits the application. page 197

Click Yes to save the work area rst.

Click No to abandon the work area.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for exam- ple, modify the current work area or saving it with another le name).

Using the Menu Bar

Ctrl N

Ctrl O

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Operation:

1 Click File, then Open. A Open dialog similar to this will display.

2When you click Browse, the Browse dialog opens.

3 The selected le opens immediately if your current work area is not edited. If the current work area is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

4 The edited stitch pattern is now saved and the selected le opens.

See also: New, Save and Save As in this section

Save

Purpose: Saves your work area on the disk.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Select the drive, the folder and the le name.

Be sure thefolder you select contains pas les.

If the Preview check box is checked, the content of the selected le displays in the preview window.

Click Open or double-click the le name to open the le in the work area.

Click Browse to preview all the available pas les in the selected folder.

Click Cancel to exit.

Browse through the les with the help of the scroll bar.

Select a stitch pattern by clicking on it. The selected pattern is highlighted.

Double-click the selected pattern or click Open to open the le and to close both the Open and the Browse dialogs.

Click Cancel to go back to the Open dia- log.

Click Yes to save the work area rst.

Click No to abandon the work area.

Click Cancel to do anything else (for example, modifying the current work area or saving it with another le name).

Ctrl S

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Operation:

1 Click File, then Save. If the le already exists on the disk (the le has been saved at least once), the le is saved imme- diately.

2 If the le name is still Untitled, if it is one of the Read Only pas les which come with this applica- tion or if, for any other reason, the le cannot be found on the disk, the application automatically switches to Save As.

See also: Save As below

Save As

Purpose: Saves the current stitch pattern under a new le name.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click File, then Save As. A Save As dialog similar to this will display.

2 If the new le name already exists, this dialog will appear.

See also: Save above

Exit

Purpose: Exits the application.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Select the drive, the folder and type the le name.

The correct extension is automatically set.

Click Save to save.

Click Cancel to exit.

Click Yes to overwrite.

Click No if you do not want to overwrite the existing le.

Alt F4

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Operation:

1 Click File, then Exit. If the current stitch pattern is not edited, the application closes immediately.

2 If the current stitch pattern is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.

See also: Save and Save As above

Edit Menu

Undo

Purpose: Undoes the last operation.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Undo. The last operation is automatically undone. For example, if you have mistakenly deleted a line, this function will make it reappear.

See also: Redo below

Redo

Purpose: Cancels the effect of the last Undo.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Redo. The effect of the last Undo is canceled. For example, if you have used Undo just after drawing a line, the line is deleted. Using Redo will make the line reappear.

See also: Undo above

Undo Undoes the last operation. page 198 Redo Cancels the effect of the last Undo. page 198

Cut Removes the selected line(s) from the screen while sav- ing a copy in the clipboard.

page 199

Copy Saves the selected line(s) in the clipboard without remov- ing them from the screen.

page 199

Duplicate Makes a copy of the selected line(s). page 199 Paste Pastes the lines of the clipboard on the screen. page 199

Delete Removes the selected line(s) from the screen without saving them in the clipboard.

page 200

Mirror Holizontal Flips the selected line(s) up/down. page 200 Vertical Flips the selected line(s) left/right. page 200

Rotate Allows you to manually rotate the selected line(s) by an arbitrary angle.

page 200

Ctrl Z

Ctrl A

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Cut

Purpose: Removes the selected line(s) from the screen while saving a copy in the clipboard.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Cut. The selected lines disappear. Since they are saved in the clipboard, you can paste them back using Edit - Paste.

See also: Copy, Paste, Delete below

Copy

Purpose: Saves the selected line(s) in the clipboard without removing them from the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Copy. The patterns are copied into the clipboard and are ready to be pasted.

See also: Cut above, Duplicate and Paste below

Duplicate

Purpose: Makes a copy of the selected line(s).

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Duplicate. A copy of the lines appears on the screen.

See also: Copy above and Paste below

Paste

Purpose: Pastes the lines of the clipboard on the screen.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Click Edit, then Paste. The lines saved in the clipboard (using Cut or Copy) are pasted on the screen.

See also: Cut, Copy and Duplicate above

Ctrl X

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

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Delete

Purpose: Removes the selected line(s) from the screen without saving them in the clip- board.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Delete. The selected line(s) are removed from the screen. Since they are not saved in the clipboard, the only way to make them reappear is to use Edit - Undo.

See also: Undo on page 198 and Cut on page 199

Mirror-Horizontal

Purpose: Flips the selected line(s) up/down.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Horizontal. The selected line(s) are replaced by their horizontal mirror image (top and bottom inverted). Two successive applications of this function restores the original image.

See also: Mirror-Vertical and Rotate below

Mirror-Vertical

Purpose: Flips the selected line(s) left/right.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Operation:

1 Select one or more lines.

2 Click Edit, then Mirror, then Vertical. The selected line(s) are replaced by their vertical mirror image (left and right inverted). Two suc- cessive applications of this function restores the original image.

See also: Mirror-Horizontal above and Rotate below

Rotate

Purpose: Allows you to manually rotate the selected line(s) by an arbitrary angle.

Shortcut key: +

Toolbar:

Delete

Ctrl H

Ctrl J

Ctrl Y

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Operation:

1 Select one or more patterns.

2 Click Edit, then Rotate. The shape of the handles changes.

3Move the cursor to one of the handles. The shape of the cursor changes.

4 Drag the handle to rotate the pattern the desired angle, and then release the mouse button.

A simple dragging of the mouse will rotate the line by 1degree increments. Pressing the Shift key will rotate it by 15degree increments.

Grid Menu

The horizontal and vertical lines that you draw on the work area always follow the grid. The points you create by clicking the mouse are inserted at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid, enabling you to draw diagonal lines as well. Regardless of where you click, a point will automatically be inserted at the nearest intersection. Select a different work grid according to the type of stitch you want to draw. Select a narrower grid for drawing ner details or to give curve-like or circle-like looks to your stitch lines and select a wider grid if you want to draw a simpler stitch pattern.

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The Grid menu allows you to select the grid setting only. You cannot turn the grid off.

Purpose: Selects the work grid.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function.

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Grid. The selected grid is preceded by a radio button.

2 Click the grid setting you need for the stitch pattern that you are creating or editing. You can also switch grids while you are working on a stitch pattern, then continue drawing. Click Wide: The grid step changes to 1/8 of a work areas side. Click Medium: The grid step changes to 1/16 of a work areas side. Click Narrow: The grid step changes to 1/32 of a work areas side.

Example 2: Medium gridExample 1: Narrow grid Example 3: Wide grid

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Help Menu

The Help menu gives you access to the on-screen help information system.

Contents

Purpose: Starts the on-screen help information for this application.

Shortcut key:

Operation:

1 Click Help, then Contents. A table of contents of the on-screen help information displays.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Using and About Programmable Stitch Creator below

Using

Purpose: Explains how to use the on-screen help system.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

1 Click Help, then Using. The Windows standard explanation about how to use the help system appears.

2 Refer to your Windows manual for the next operation.

See also: Contents and About Programmable Stitch Creator

About Programmable Stitch Creator

Purpose: Gives information about the version of this application.

Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function

Toolbar: No button for this function

Operation:

1 Click Help, then About Programmable Stitch Creator. A dialog will display.

2 Click OK to remove it.

See also: Contents and Using above

Contents Starts the on-screen help information for this applica- tion.

page 203

Using Explains how to use the on-screen help system. page 203

About Programmable Stitch Creator

Gives information about the version of this application. page 203

F1

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Color Palette

Black White Pink Deep Rose

Flesh Pink

Dark Fuschia

Carmine Royal Purple

Ma- genta

Salmon Pink

Amber Red

Lemon Yellow

Yellow Harvest Gold

Orange Pump- kin

Tan- gerine

Cream Brown

Cream Yellow

Khaki Deep Gold

Brass

Linen Dark Brown

Reddish Brown

Gray Brown

Beige Warm Gray

Russet Brown

Light Brown

Sea Crest

Mint Green

Leaf Green

Olive Green

Dark Olive

Teal Green

Emerald Green

Fresh Green

Lime Green

Moss Green

Blue Ultra marine

Light Blue

Sky Blue

Electric Blue

Peacoc Blue

Prussia Blue

Corn Flower

Light Lilac

Lilac Violet Purple Lav- ender

Wisteria Violet

Not Dened

Pewter Dark Gray

Silver Gray Applique material

Applique Position

Applique

Red Vermil- ion

Deep Green

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Design Center

Menu Shortcut key

Toolbar Page

File New + 75

Open + 75

Save + 76

Save As 76

Import Figure 77

Exit + 78

Edit Undo + 79

Redo + 79

Cut + 79

Copy + 80

Duplicate + 80

Paste + 80

Delete 80

Mirror Horizontal + 81

Mirror Vertical + 81

Rotate + 82

Numerical Setting-Size

82

Numerical Setting-Rotate

83

Select All 84

Sew Sewing Attributes + 85

Sewing Order 88

Quick Reference

Ctrl N

Ctrl O

Ctrl S

F8

Alt F4

Ctrl Z

Ctrl A

Ctrl X

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

Delete

Ctrl H

Ctrl J

Ctrl Y

Ctrl W

F10

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Layout & Editing

Display Grid Setup 90

Preview 91

Refresh Window + 91

Realistic Preview + 91

Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

91

Toolbar 92

Status Bar 92

Option Layout & Editing

93

Programmable Stitch Creator

93

File Utility 93

Design Page Property

93

Select System Unit

94

Stage To Original Image

95

To Line Image 95

To Figure Handle

97

To Sew Setting 98

Help Contents 99

Using 100

About Design Center

100

Menu Shortcut

key Toolbar Page

File

New + 131

Open + 132

Import from File

133

Import from Design Center

135

Template Open 136

Menu Shortcut key

Toolbar Page

F9

Ctrl R

Shift F9

F5

F1

Ctrl N

Ctrl O

F8

F7

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File

Save + 137

Save As 137

Export 138

Write to Card 138

Print Setup 139

Print Preview 140

Print + 141

Exit + 142

Edit Undo + 143

Redo + 143

Cut + 144

Copy + 144

Duplicate + 144

Paste + 144

Delete 145

Mirror Horizontal + 145

Mirror Vertical + 145

Rotate + 146

Numerical Setting-Size

147

Numerical Setting- Rotate

148

Align 148

Sew First + 150

Sew Last + 150

Select All 151

Text Edit Text Letters + 152

Text Attribute Setting + 153

Fit Text to Path Setting + 154

Release Text from Path + 156

Ctrl S

F4

Ctrl P

Alt F4

Ctrl Z

Ctrl A

Ctrl X

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

Delete

Ctrl H

Ctrl J

Ctrl Y

Ctrl B

Ctrl F

Ctrl L

Ctrl K

Ctrl T

Ctrl Q

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Transform Text 156

Clear Transformation

157

True Type Font Attribute Setting

158

Sew Sewing Attributes Setting

+ 159

Check Sewing Order

163

Set Hole Sewing

164

Cancel Hole Sewing

165

Stitch to Block 165

Change Colors of a Stitch Object

166

Select Sewing Area

167

Optimize hoop change

168

Display Grid Setup 169

Preview 170

Refresh Window + 170

Realistic Preview + 170

Realistic Preview Attribute Setting

171

Template-On, Faded, Off

171

Toolbar 172

Status Bar 172

Option Design Center 173

Programmable Stitch Creator

173

File Utility 173

Design Property

174

Design Page Property

175

Select System Unit

176

F2

F3

Ctrl W

F10

F9

Ctrl R

Shift F9

F6

F5

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File Utility

Help Contents 177

Using 177

About Layout & Editing

177

Menu Shortcut

key Toolbar Page

File Exit + 188

Option Serial Port Setting

188

Help Contents _ 189

Using 189

About File Utility

189

F1

Alt F4

F1

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Programmable Stitch Creator

Menu Shortcut

key Toolbar Page

File

New + 195

Open + 195

Save + 196

Save As 197

Exit + 197

Edit

Undo + 198

Redo + 198

Cut + 199

Copy + 199

Duplicate + 199

Paste + 199

Delete 200

Mirror- Horizontal + 200

Mirror-Vertical + 200

Rotate + 200

Grid

Wide 188

Medium 201

Narrow 188

Help Contents _ 189

Using 189

About Programmable Stitch Creator

189

Ctrl N

Ctrl O

Ctrl S

Alt F4

Ctrl Z

Ctrl A

Ctrl X

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl V

Delete

Ctrl H

Ctrl J

Ctrl Y

F1

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A About Design Center 100 About File Utility 189 About Layout & Editing 177 About Programmable Stitch Creator 203 AC adapter 1, 2 AC adapter connector 1 Alignment 154 Arc shape 120

B Bitmap image 7, 9, 11 Browse programmed stitch 87, 162 Busy indicator LED 1

C Cancel Hole Sewing 165 Card 42 Card slot 1 Change colors of a stitch object 166 Character Spacing 153 Check Sewing Order 163 Circle and Arc Drawing mode 112 Clear Transformation 157 Color button 73, 127 Color Palette 204 Color tab 88 Contents 99, 177, 189, 203 Copy 80, 144 CPU 3 Creating a manual punching pattern 117 Curve Drawing mode 116 Cut 79, 144

D Delete 80, 145 Deleting points 62, 108, 194 Design Center 7, 9, 173 Design Center window 10 Design Page Setup 93 Direction 154 Direction of programmed stitch 87, 162 Display 3 Display menu 90, 169 Drawing a box 115 Drawing a broken line 63, 115, 194 Drawing a circle or an ellipse 113 Drawing a curve 116 Drawing a fan shape 114 Drawing an arc 113 Drawing an arc & string 114 Duplicate 80, 144

E Edge radius 120 Edit Menu 198 Edit menu 79, 143 Edit text letters 152 Embroidery attributes 120 Entering text 111 Eraser 57 Exit 78, 142

F Figure handle image 7, 15, 55 File menu 74, 131, 188, 195 File Utility 8, 179 Fit Design Page to window 58, 64, 70, 110 Fit Text to Path Setting 154 Font 31

G Geometrical attributes 119, 120 Grid 169 Grid menu 201 Grid Setup 90

H Hard disk free space 3 Help menu 99, 177, 189, 203 Hole sewing 40 Hole sewing mode 69

I Import from Design Center 135 Import from File 133 Import Figure 77 Importing from Design Center 24 Inserting points 62, 107, 194 Install Embroidery Card 179, 180 Interface cable 2 Interface cable connector 1

K Kerning 153

L Layout & Editing 7 Line (all) setting mode 66 Line (part) setting mode 68 Line color 17 Line Drawing mode 63, 115, 194 Line image 7, 55 Line sew button 72, 125 Line sew tab 85, 159 Line Spacing 154

Alphabetic Index

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M Manual Punching mode 117 Maximize button 10 Memory 3 Menu bar 74, 130 Minimize button 10 Mirror Horizontal 61, 81, 104, 145 Mirror Vertical 61, 81, 104, 145 Mouse 3 Moving patterns 60, 103 Moving points 62, 106, 193

N New 75, 131, 195

O Open 75, 132, 195 Optimize hoop change 168 Option menu 93, 173, 188 Original bitmap image 55 Original card 1, 138, 184 Original image 7 Oval 29

P Page display 70 Part tab 89 Paste 80, 144 Path shape 121 Pattern direction 87, 162 Pattern size 87, 162 Pen 57 Point Edit mode 62, 106, 193 Power indicator LED 1 Preview 20, 41, 91, 170 Print 141 Print Preview 140 Print Setup 139 Printer 3 Programmable Stitch Creator 8, 44, 191 Programmed fill stitch 36, 47, 87, 161

R Realining 108 Realistic Preview 91 Realistic Preview Attribute Setting 91 Rectangle Drawing mode 115 Redo 79, 143 Refresh Window 91, 170 Region color 19 Region setting mode 65 Region sew button 126 Region sew tab 86, 160 Region sew type 19 Release Text from Path 156 Reorienting a tangent to a point 107 Resolution 97 Rotate 61, 82, 105, 146

Rotate angle 153 Row/column offset 87, 162

S Save 76, 137, 196 Save As 76, 137, 197 Scaling patterns 60, 104 Select All 84, 151 Select Design Page Size 93, 175 Select Sewing Area 167 Select System Unit 94, 176 Selecting characters on a text pattern 109 Selecting patterns 60, 103 Selecting patterns 2 103 Selection mode 60, 103 Serial port 3 Serial port setting 188 Set Hole Sewing 164 Sew First 150 Sew Last 150 Sew menu 85, 159 Sew Setting 7, 16, 55, 98 Sewing Attribute Setting 159 Sewing Attributes 16, 85 Sewing Attributes bar 71, 119 Sewing Order 39, 88 Size of programmed stitch 87, 162 Stage 7, 55 Status bar 92, 172 Stitch 71, 125 Stitch selector 129 Stitch to block 165 System requirements 3

T Template Open 136 Text 31 Text Attribute Setting 153 Text attributes 119, 121 Text Input mode 111 Text menu 152 Text Sew Type 124 Text size 123 Thinning Process 98 Thread color 71, 125 To Figure Handle 97 To Line Image 95 To Original Image 95 To Sew Setting 98 Tool Box 57, 59, 65, 102 Toolbar 74, 92, 130, 172 Transform Text 156 TrueType Font 112, 123, 158 Typeface 121

U Undo 79, 143 Using 100, 177, 189, 203

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W Windows 3 Write to Card 138 Write to Original Card 179, 184

Z Zoom mode 25, 109 Zoom-in mode 57, 63, 70 Zooming to the real size 110 Zoom-out mode 58, 64, 70

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