Reshaping Embroidery Patterns; Selecting Points; Moving Points - Brother PE-DESIGN V7 Instruction Manual

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)

Reshaping Embroidery Patterns

Selecting points

1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ Two buttons appear:
2.
Click .
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
.
3.
Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→ The points in the pattern appear as small
empty squares.
b
Memo:
The pattern can be a broken line, a curve, an
arc, a fan shape, an arc & string, a manual
punching pattern, or stitch data.
4.
To select a single point, click an empty square.
To select additional points, hold down the
Ctrl key and click each point, or drag the
pointer over the points that you want to select.
To select all points between the selected point
and the next point selected, hold down the
Shift key while clicking the next point.
To select an additional point in the direction of
the end point, hold down the
press the → or ↓ key. To select an additional
point in the direction of the start point, hold
key and press the ← or ↑
down the Shift
key. Holding down the
pressing the opposite arrow key deselects the
point.
.
Shift key and
Shift key and
To deselect the current point and select the
following point in the direction of the end point,
hold down the
Ctrl
↓ key. To deselect the current point and
select the following point in the direction of the
start point, hold down the
the ← or ↑ key.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square.
a
Note:
The points of some patterns cannot be
selected.

Moving points

1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ Two buttons appear:
2.
Click .
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
3.
Click the pattern that you want to edit.
→ The points in the pattern appear as small
empty squares.
b
Memo:
The pattern can be a broken line, a curve, an
arc, a fan shape, an arc & string, a manual
punching pattern, or stitch data.
4.
Click the point that you want to move.
→ The selected point appears as a small
black square.
a
Note:
If you click the outline of the pattern instead
of a point, a new point is inserted.
key and press the → or
key and press
Ctrl
.
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