Brother PE-Design 8.0 Instruction Manual page 104

Arranging Embroidery Designs (Layout & Editing)
Specify the sewing direction course.
This cannot be specified for text and manual punching
patterns.
Constant: Sews at a fixed angle.
Drag or select a value to specify the angle.
Direction
Variable:Automatically varies the sewing direction
according to the shape of the region.
To specify half stitching, select the check box.
If one side of the zigzag stitching is dense, half stitches
Half will be sewn automatically to provide a more even stitch
Stitch density.
This cannot be specified if the sewing direction is set to
Constant.
Specify the running path of the inside region.
Inside of region (shortest route inside the shape)
Along outline (shortest route along the inside of
the shape outline)
Running
On outline (shortest route on the outline of the
Stitch
Path
shape)
The inside of region setting is not available if the
Gradation check box is selected.
This cannot be specified under the following conditions.
• The sewing direction is set to Variable.
• Text and manual punching patterns
Pull
Lengthen the sewing region in the sewing direction to
compen-
adjust for pattern shrinkage during sewing.
sation
b
Memo:
"Manually Creating Professional-Level Embroidery Patterns (Manual Punching)" on page 77.
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Constant
Variable
Off On
The inside stitching is
The stitching is adjusted
to a more even density.
dense.
Inside of region
Along outline
On outline
No compensation Longest
compensation