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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 certiﬁed 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 modiﬁcations not expressly approved by the manufacturer or local sales distributor could

void the user’s 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

(220–240V 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 ﬁtted.

If the terminals of the plug are unmarked, consult a qualiﬁed 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 ﬁtted 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 ﬁtted, 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 ﬁnal result also

depends on your sewing machine. We recommend that you make a trial sewing sample with your

sewing data before sewing on the ﬁnal material.

For safe operation

• Do not use AC adapters other than the model speciﬁed 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.

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 ﬁlesin other formats (Dst, Hus, Pcs, and Exp)

• Undo and Redo buttons added to Toolbar

• Realistic Print function

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

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Quik Reference Alphabetic IndexGetting Started

Before Using

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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

... 5

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

. 68

•

Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an outline

Hole Sewing Mode.................................................... 69

Zoom-in Mode........................................................... 70

Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 70

Zoom-out Mode......................................................... 70

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

Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ......................... 71

• Region sew.......................................................... 71

• Line sew ............................................................. 72

• Color ................................................................... 73

• Stitch ................................................................... 73

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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

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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

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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

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

Operation ................................................................ 184

Error Messages ...................................................... 186

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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 ﬁrst 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.

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

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)

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4 Wait 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

. The

Choose Destina-

tion Location

shows the selected folder. Click

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.

7 Wait 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 ﬁle, just click

Finish.

•

If you don’t want to display the README ﬁle, 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

ﬁle by double-clicking the

My Computer

icon, then the name of your CD-ROM

drive and ﬁnally the

Setup.exe

ﬁle or by selecting the name of your CD-ROM drive, then the

Setup.exe

ﬁle 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 ﬁner 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 ﬁnal 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 ﬁnal material. Remember to sew your trial sample on

the same fabric, using the same needle and the same machine embroidery thread as your ﬁnal 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 (ﬁle 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁnal 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 ﬁle will be a bitmap image

saved with the extension pel. In stages 3 and 4, the ﬁle 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.

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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 ﬁle 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 ﬁll stitch pattern ﬁles

are saved as pas ﬁles. The application comes with a number of pas ﬁles, which you can use as such or

edit to enhance your embroidery patterns.

■ File Utility

This application is used to handle ﬁle 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 ﬁles 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 ﬁrst 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 ﬁle (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

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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 ﬁll 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 button

Title 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 ﬁt the work area.

◆ Select the ﬁle ﬂower.bmp in the Data

folder.

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If the

Preview

check box is checked, the

contents of the selected ﬁle displays in

the Preview window.

◆ Click Open to open the ﬁle.

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Double-clicking the ﬁle name will also

open the ﬁle and close the dialog.

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Step 3

Converting to Line Image

1 Move 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.

2 When 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.

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When the outline of the bitmap image uses more

than one color, you can repeat to select a total of

ﬁve colors. If you try to select more, colors are

scrolled down, and the color that was at the bot-

tom is deselected.

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If you selected a color by mistake, simply click its

check box to deselect it.

◆ Click View to see the effect of your selection.

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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 conﬁrm the outline of your pat-

tern.

◆ Click Cancel to exit and go back to the bitmap

image.

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At this stage, the data can be saved as a

*.pel

ﬁle.

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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 speciﬁc 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 magniﬁed 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 ﬁrst 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 satisﬁed 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 ﬁts 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 (ﬁgure 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.

2 When you click OK, the conversion process starts. After a while, the ﬁgure 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

ﬁgure 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 ﬁt 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.

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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 ﬁts 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

Click on the Tool Box.

The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small ﬁgure 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 mouse’s 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

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 ﬁll 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 ﬁgure handle image, see

“Point Edit Mode” on page 62.

◆ Set the direction of the ﬁll 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 ﬁle under its default ﬁle name and in the same folder as the original bitmap ﬁle, 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

ﬁle.

◆ A default name Flower.pem is dis-

played.

◆ If necessary, change the drive and

folder.

◆ Click Save to save the ﬁle.

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In this section, we are going to compose a complete embroidery ﬁle 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 ﬁle (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

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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 ﬁll 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 button

Title bar

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Step 2

Importing Embroidery Patterns from Design Center

The ﬁrst 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁle

name (Flower.pem), then click Open.

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If the

Preview

check box is checked,

you may view your ﬁles in the Preview

window.

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Be sure to select a

pem

ﬁle saved in

stage 4. You cannot import another ﬁle

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 speciﬁc 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 mouse’s 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 mouse’s button when the dotted-line rectangle matches the area that you want to

enlarge. When you release the mouse’s 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.

3 Move the cursor over the selected pattern.

The shape of the cursor will change to .

You can now drag the pattern to another location.

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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 ﬁt 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 don’t 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 ﬁnal oval (outline and region inside) appears

when you release the mouse’s 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

Region color

Region sew type

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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 ﬁnal 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 .

3 Move 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.

3 Move the cursor over the oval.

The shape of the cursor will change to .

4 You can now drag the oval to its ﬁnal 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.

Text color

Font

Text size Text sew type

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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 conﬁrm.

◆ Click Cancel to exit.

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Step 8

Fitting the Text around the Oval

We are going to ﬁt 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.

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For more details about this setting, see “Fit

Text to Path Setting” on page 154.

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5 Your text now ﬁts nicely on the oval.

Step 9

Moving the Oval and Text

Once the text is ﬁt 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

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

2 Move 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

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

2 Move 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 ﬁrst 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 ﬁrst 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 (ﬁll 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 ﬁll stitches.

Select in the

Region sew type

selector.

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.

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 ﬁles. These ﬁles have

the extension

pas

The

Browse

dialog shown hereafter

now allows you to preview and

browse through the existing

pas

ﬁles.

◆

Browse through the illustrated stitches and

click on the

wave1

illustration, which is then

highlighted.

◆

Either double-click the illustration or click

select that stitch. The dialog closes and the

selected stitch can now be previewed in the

Sewing Attribute Setting

dialog.

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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:

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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

Let’s 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 ﬁrst 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 ﬁrst 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 ﬁrst straight

line and click again.

NOTE:

You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouse’s 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

Delete

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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 ﬁrst,

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 sun’s circle to select it.

2 Hold the key down and click on the sun’s 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 ﬁrst 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 ﬁlls 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁle already exists on the disk (the ﬁle has been saved at least once), the ﬁle is saved imme-

diately.

2 If the ﬁle name is still Untitled or if, for any other reason, the ﬁle cannot be found on the disk, the

application will ask you to enter a ﬁle 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

ﬁle name.

◆ Click Save to save.

◆ Click Cancel to exit.

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

The new ﬁle 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 ﬁle. You can then enter

another ﬁle name.

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This application allows you to design your own ﬁll stitch patterns, which you can set as sewing attributes

to enclosed regions of patterns, both in Design Center and Layout & Editing. The stitch patterns ﬁll the

regions in a tile-like manner, resulting in particularly decorative embroidery patterns. You may create your

own ﬁll 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 ﬁle (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

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Step 1

Starting Programmable Stitch Creator

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.

To make the Programmable Stitch Creator window ﬁll 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 butto

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 ﬁle you want to open:

◆ Select a pas ﬁle in the Pattern folder by

clicking on it.

The contents of the selected ﬁle dis-

plays in the Preview window, provided

its check box is checked.

◆ Double-click the selected pas ﬁle or

click Open to open the ﬁle.

If you want to scroll through the available

ﬁles before opening one:

◆ Click Browse to preview all the available

pas ﬁles in the selected folder.

◆ Browse through the ﬁles 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁle 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.

2 Move 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.

3 Move the mouse to the ﬁrst angle and click again.

NOTE:

You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouse’s 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 ﬁrst

save it as a pas ﬁle. 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 ﬁles that come with your program are “Read Only” ﬁles and cannot be overwritten,

the Save as dialog opens.

2 Type in a ﬁle name and select another target folder if you want to save your own stitch pattern ﬁles

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 ﬁle as recommended in the previous step, the application will close immedi-

ately. If you have changed anything after the last time you saved the ﬁle, you will be asked whether

you want to save the ﬁle. Click Yes, then proceed as explained in the previous step.

◆ Select the drive, the folder and type the

ﬁle 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), ﬁrst 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

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 “*”.)

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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

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 ﬁt within

one single area (a, b, or c).

1: This pattern is correct since it ﬁts

completely within area a.

2: This pattern is correct since it ﬁts

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 ﬁt

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 speciﬁed 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

Click Option, then Design Property.

At the same time that the Design Property dialog appears, the Design Page is automatically

enlarged or shrunk to ﬁt 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 ﬁt 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 ﬁt 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 ﬁrst 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

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

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

If the ﬁle size or the number of color changes is larger than the speciﬁed number or if one of the

patterns do not completely ﬁt 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 ﬁle 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

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.

2 Writing 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 afﬁx 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 ﬁles 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 ﬁle must be in the uncompressed Windows DIB format, its ﬁle name extension must be BMP,

and it must be of the 16-color type.

Note that graphic ﬁles in other formats can be converted into the speciﬁed 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 ﬁle in Stage 2, its ﬁle 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 ﬁle in Stage 3, its ﬁle 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 ﬁle in Stage 4, its ﬁle name extension will be PEM.

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

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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 mouse’s left button.

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

drawn.

■ Erasing

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

2 To erase, drag while pressing the mouse’s 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 ﬁve ﬁrst 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 ﬁt 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 ﬁt in the window.

1 Click on the Tool Box. The Design Page is enlarged or shrunk automatically to ﬁt 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 ﬁt in the window. page 64

Sets the cursor in zoom-out mode.

Cursor shape:

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Fills the display with the selected objects. page 64

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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

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

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

Move 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

Select the data that you wish to ﬂip horizontally (up/down) or vertically(left/right). The buttons

below become active.

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

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

■ Rotating a pattern

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

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 ﬁlled 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

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 ﬁlled black square. The new point can be edited.

■ Deleting points

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 ﬁlled 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

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 ﬁrst straight line and click again.

NOTE:

You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the mouse’s 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 ﬁt in the window.

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

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 deﬁne

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:

page 70

Maximizes the selected Design Page to ﬁt 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

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 mouse’s 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

Click on the Tool Box.

◆ If necessary, change the settings.

See “Sewing Attributes” on page 85.

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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

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The shape of the cursor changes to and is displayed together with a small ﬁgure 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 deﬁne

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

Click on the Tool Box.

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

Box button.

2 Click the outline using the mouse’s 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.

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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

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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

Click on the Tool Box.

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

deﬁne 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

Click on the Tool Box.

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

Box button.

2 Click the line you want to check using the mouse’s 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 ﬁgure 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.

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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 ﬁt in the window.

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

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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

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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 ﬁle input/output, such as opening, saving and printing.

File Handles ﬁle 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 Modiﬁes 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 ﬁle (*.bmp ﬁles open in stage 1,

*.pel ﬁles open in stage 2, *.pem ﬁles open in stage 3 or

4). You can open *.pel and *.pem ﬁles created with Version

1.0 of this software.

page 75

Save

Saves your Design Page on the disk as latest Version ﬁle

(default). To read this ﬁle with Version 1.0, select the File

Type Version 1.0.

page 76

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

Import Figure

Adds a *.pem ﬁle to your Design Page (available only in

Stage 3).

page 77

Exit Exits the application. page 78

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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 ﬁle to be saved is a

*.pel ﬁle or a *.pem ﬁle or both.

A new ﬁle 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 ﬁle (*.bmp ﬁles open in stage 1, *.pel ﬁles open in stage

2, *.pem ﬁles open in stage 3 or 4).

You can open *.pel and *.pem ﬁles 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 ﬁrst.

◆ 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 ﬁle name).

◆ Select the drive, the folder and the ﬁle

name.

•

Be sure to select the right type of ﬁle

extensions in

List Files of Type

•

If the

Preview

check box is checked, the

content of the selected ﬁle displays in

the preview window.

◆ Click Open or double-click the ﬁle name

to open the ﬁle in Design Center.

◆ Click Cancel to exit.

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2 The selected ﬁle 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 ﬁle to be saved is a

*.pel ﬁle or a *.pem ﬁle or both.

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

■ Save

Purpose: Saves your Design Page on the disk as latest Version ﬁle (default).

NOTE:

Saved

*.pem

ﬁles 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 ﬁle already exists on the disk (the ﬁle has been saved at least once during the same stage as

the current one), the ﬁle is saved immediately.

2 If the ﬁle name is still Untitled or if, for any other reason, the ﬁle cannot be found on the disk, the

application automatically switches to Save As.

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:

Click on the Path shape selector.

Two options are available.

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.

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Operation:

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

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

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

Enter

50%

100%

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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 conﬁrm.

◆ 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 speciﬁed 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 appliqués: You can create appliqués using the three special colors shown in the

above illustration.

APPLIQUE MATERIAL marks the outline of the region to cut from the appliqué material.

APPLIQUE POSITION marks the position on the backing material where the appliqué must be sewn.

APPLIQUE sews the appliqué on the backing material.

Example:

1 Create an oval.

2 Duplicate the oval and move it apart from the ﬁrst 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 conﬁrm the appliqué 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

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When sewing, proceed as follows:

1 Place the appliqué material on the machine and start sewing. At this step, only the APPLIQUE

MATERIAL

outline will be sewn.

2 Remove the appliqué 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 Afﬁx the appliqué 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. ﬁll 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁtting text to a curved path. page 152

Sew Deﬁnes how each pattern will be sewn. page 159

Display Modiﬁes 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 ﬁle input/output, such as opening, saving and printing.

■

New

Purpose:

Creates a new blank Design Page.

Shortcut key:

Toolbar:

Operation:

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 ﬁle

(*.pes ﬁle).

page 132

Import

from File

Imports embroidery patterns from embroi-

dery cards (*.pec), original cards (*.pes)

and ﬁles 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.

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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 ﬁle (default).

page 137

Save As

Saves your Design Page on the disk under

a new ﬁle name.

page 137

Export

Exports the data shown in the Design Page

as a ﬁle 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

Prints your Design Page and some sewing

information.

page 141

Exit

Exits the application. page 142

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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 ﬁle (*.pes ﬁle).

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 ﬁrst.

◆ 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 ﬁle name).

◆ Select the drive, the folder and the ﬁle

name.

•

Be sure to select a folder containing

pes

ﬁles.

•

The contents of the selected ﬁle dis-

plays in the

Preview

window, provided

its check box is checked.

◆ Click Open or double click the ﬁle

name. The ﬁle 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 ﬁles).

◆ Click Cancel to exit.

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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.

4 When you click Open while viewing the File Open, Browse or Preview dialog, the selected ﬁle 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 ﬁles 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 ﬁle, click on its icon.

◆ To open the ﬁle, 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 ﬁle.

◆ Click Cancel to return to the Browse dialog.

◆ Click Yes to save the Design Page ﬁrst.

◆ 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 ﬁle 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 ﬁles are ﬁles 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 ﬁle

name.

•

Be sure to select the right type of ﬁle

extension in

Files of Type

•

If the

Preview

check box is checked,

the content of the selected ﬁle displays

in the preview window.

◆ Click Open or double-click the ﬁle

name to display the ﬁle 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 ﬁle format.

◆ Click Cancel to exit.

◆ To select a ﬁle, click on its icon.

◆ To open the ﬁle, 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 ﬁle, 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 ﬁt in

the Design Page.

When converted for this application, the colors of patterns imported from

dst

(Tajima),

exp

(Melco)

pcs

(Pfaff) and

Hus

(Husqvarna) ﬁles may be slightly changed. When this happens, you can

change the color with the

Sew – Change colors of a stitch object

function.

4 When importing some pec ﬁles 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:

“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:

Click

File

, then

Preview

Actual Size

was selected in the

Print Setup

dialog, the

Layout & Editing

window changes to the

following.

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

to open the

dialog

and print.

◆

Click

to display the next

page.

◆

Click

Two Page

to display both

pages at the same time.

◆

Click

Zoom In

and

Zoom Out

enlarge and reduce the page.

◆

Click

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 is replaced 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:

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.)

Prints the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the ﬁrst embroidery

frame installation position

Prints the color order for the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the

ﬁrst embroidery frame installation position

Prints the pattern in the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with the second embroi-

dery frame installation position

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:

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.)

Prints the pattern and its color order for the section of the Design Page that would be sewn with

the ﬁrst embroidery frame installation position

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:

Click

File

, then

Exit

If the current Design Page is not edited, the application closes immediately.

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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Before Using Design Center Layout & Editing File Utility

Programmable

Stich Creator

Contents

Quik Reference Alphabetic IndexGetting Started

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.

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