Drawing A Rectangle; Specifying The Geometric Attribute - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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Layout & Editing

Drawing a Rectangle

With the Rectangle tool, you can draw rectangles with sharp or rounded corners. A rectangle will automatically
have an outline and an inside region that can independently be assigned different sewing attributes.
Rectangle
1.
Click on the Tool Box.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, and the Sewing Attributes bar ap-
pears similar to the one shown below.
b
Memo:
• You can change the edge radius, color and
sew type either before or after drawing the
shape. For more details on changing these
settings, refer to "Edge radius" on
page 148, "Color" on page 169 and "Sew
type" on page 170.
• You can also use the settings in the
Sewing Attribute Setting dialog box to
define other attributes of the stitch. (For
more details, refer to "Specifying sewing
attributes" on page 171.) If you do not
change these settings at this time, the
current settings will be applied, however
you can modify them later.
2.
Drag the pointer in the Design Page.
→ The point where you start dragging is con-
sidered a corner of the rectangle. The
point where the mouse button is released
is the diagonally opposite corner of the
rectangle.
b
Memo:
To draw a square, hold down the
while dragging the pointer.
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Specifying the geometric
attribute
■
Edge radius
Square
Use this selector to select the shape of the rectangle
corners.
1.
Click in the Edge radius selector.
2.
Type the desired radius (0 to 100 mm (0 to
3.93 inches)) and press the
click the desired value.
Example 1
Edge radius: 0.0 mm
Shift key
Editing Embroidery Patterns
b
Memo:
The Edge radius selector appears in the
Sewing Attributes bar when
Tool Box is selected. It also appears when a
rectangle in the Design Page has been
selected.
→ The setting is applied to all patterns that
will be created with the Rectangle tool,
until the setting is changed.
→ If a rectangle was selected, the setting is
also applied to that rectangle.
Example 2
Edge radius: 20.0 mm
on the
Enter
key, or