Drawing A Line - Brother PEDESIGN 5.0 Instruction Manual

End point
Start point
Open line
End point
Start point
Open curve
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Drawing a line

1
Click on the Tool Box.
Three buttons appear:
is for drawing straight lines. (Shortcut key:
is for drawing curves. (Shortcut key:
is for semi-automatically drawing lines. (Shortcut key:
2
Click the button for the type of line that you want to draw. The shape of the cursor changes to
and displays together with the symbol for the selected line type. The Sewing Attributes bar now
looks like this:
You can select the path shape, colors and stitches at this step or after creating the pattern. See
"Path shape" on page 138, "Color" on page 144 and "Stitch" on page 146.
You can also set the sewing attributes using the
page 204).
3
Draw the outline.
Move the mouse to the start point and click.
Move the mouse to the end point of the first line and click again.
NOTE:
You can always remove the last-entered point by clicking the right mouse button.
4
Repeat until you arrive at the last end point. At that point double-click.
NOTE:
•
While drawing the pattern, you can freely switch between the different line types either by clicking
a different button or by pressing the shortcut key.
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When drawing a straight line, hold down the
cally or horizontally.
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A template image is needed in order to draw using the semi-automatic line drawing tool. If there
is no image, this tool will draw like the normal straight line drawing tool.
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Closed line
Closed curve
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X
Sew
Shift
This closed broken line has no region inside.
This closed curve has no region inside.
)
Z
)
C
menu (see "Sewing Attribute Setting" on
key while moving the mouse to draw verti-