Scaling Outlines; Flipping Outlines Horizontally Or Vertically; Rotating Outlines - Brother PE-Design 6.0 Instruction Manual

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b
Memo:
• To move the outline horizontally or
vertically, hold down the
dragging it.
• Pressing the arrow keys moves the
selected outline 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch)
in the direction of the arrow on the key.

Scaling outlines

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Scaling manually
1.
Select the outline that you want to resize.
2.
Move the pointer over one of the handles of a
selected outline or group of outlines.
→ The shape of the pointer changes to
, ,
on the handle that the pointer is over.
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Memo:
• is for scaling the width.
• is for scaling the height.
• and
dimensions at the same time.
3.
Drag the handle to adjust the selected
outline(s) to the desired size.
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Scaling numerically
1.
Select the outline that you want to resize.
2.
Click Edit, then Numerical Setting, then Size.
→ The Size dialog box appears.
3.
To change the width and height proportionally,
select the aspect check box.
4.
Select the whether the width and height will be
set as a percentage (%) or a dimension
(millimeters or inches).
Shift key while
or , depending
are for scaling both
Stage 3 (Figure Handle Stage)
5.
Type or select the desired width and height.
b
Memo:
• Select 100% to leave the outline
unchanged.
• If the aspect check box is selected,
changing one dimension automatically
changes the other so that the proportion of
the width and height remains unchanged.
6.
Click OK.
b
Memo:
• To preview the outline at the new size in
the Design Page, click Preview.
• To close the dialog box without applying
the changes to the settings, click Cancel.
a
Note:
• You cannot enter a size that will cause the
outline to exceed the size of the Design
Page.
• The minimum value is 1 mm (0.04 inch).
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"Changing the measurement units" on
page 105
Flipping outlines
horizontally or vertically
1.
Select the outline that you want to flip
horizontally (up/down) or vertically (left/right).
2.
To flip the outline horizontally, click Edit, then
Mirror, then Horizontal, or click
Toolbar.
To flip the outline vertically, click Edit, then
Mirror, then Vertical, or click
Toolbar.

Rotating outlines

■
Rotating manually
1.
Select the outline that you want to rotate.
2.
Click Edit, then Rotate, or click
Toolbar.
→ The handles around the selected outline
are replaced by small squares at the four
corners of the selected outline.
on the
on the
on the
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