Scaling Patterns; Flipping Patterns Horizontally Or Vertically; Rotating Patterns - Brother PE-Design Lite Manual

b
Memo:
• To move the pattern horizontally or
vertically, hold down the
dragging it.
• Pressing the arrow keys moves the
selected pattern 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch)
in the direction of the arrow on the key.
Holding down the arrow key for the
desired direction continues moving the
outline in that direction.
• If Snap to Grid is selected, each press of
an arrow key moves the pattern one grid
mark in the direction of the arrow on the
key. Refer to "Changing the grid settings"
on page 55.
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Moving embroidery patterns to
the center
The selected patterns can easily be moved to the
center of Design Page.
1.
Select one or more patterns.
2.
Click Edit, then Center.
→ All selected patterns move to the center of
Design Page.

Scaling patterns

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Scaling manually
1.
Select the patterns that you want to resize.
2.
Move the pointer over one of the handles of a
selected pattern or group of patterns.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, or
that the pointer is over.
b
Memo:
• is for scaling the width.
• is for scaling the height.
• and
dimensions at the same time. (The
height-to-width proportion is maintained.)
• If the
handle is dragged, the pattern is enlarged
or reduced from the center of the pattern.
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Arranging Embroidery Designs
key while
, depending on the handle
are for scaling both
key is held down while a
3.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected
pattern(s) to the desired size.
b
Memo:
As you drag the handle, the current size is
displayed on the status bar.
Flipping patterns
horizontally or vertically
1.
Select the pattern that you want to flip
horizontally (up/down) or vertically (left/right).
2.
To flip the pattern horizontally, click Edit, then
Mirror, then Horizontal, or click
Toolbar.
To flip the pattern vertically, click Edit, then
Mirror, then Vertical, or click
Toolbar.

Rotating patterns

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Rotating manually
1.
Select the pattern that you want to rotate.
2.
Click Edit, then Rotate, or click
Toolbar.
→ The handles around the selected pattern
are replaced by smaller squares at the
four corners of the selected pattern.
3.
, Move the pointer over one of the four rotation
handles.
→ When the pointer is moved over a rotation
handle, the shape of the pointer changes
to .
on the
on the
on the