Before Using Design Center Lay out & Editing File Utility
Programmable
Stich Creator
Contents
Quik Reference Alphabetic Index Getting Started
Line Drawing Mode ................................................... 63
• Drawing a broken line ......................................... 63
Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 63
Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 64
Zoom-out Mode ......................................................... 64
Enlarging Selected Outlines to the Screen Size ...... 64
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Using the Stage 4 Tool Box ................................... 65
Region Setting Mode ................................................ 65
• Applying the sewing attributes to a region ......... 65
• Checking the sewing attributes of a region ........ 66
Line (all) Setting Mode .............................................. 66
• Applying the sewing attributes to an outline ....... 66
• Checking the sewing attributes of an outline ..... 67
Line (part) Setting Mode ........................................... 68
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Applying the sewing attributes to a portion of the outline
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Checking the sewing attributes of a portion of an outline
68
Hole Sewing Mode .................................................... 69
Zoom-in Mode ........................................................... 70
Fit Design Page to Window ...................................... 70
Zoom-out Mode ......................................................... 70
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Using the Sewing Attributes Bar ........................... 71
Setting the Thread Color and Stitch ......................... 71
• Region sew.......................................................... 71
• Line sew ............................................................. 72
• Color ................................................................... 73
• Stitch ................................................................... 73
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Using the Menu Bar and the Toolbar ................... 74
File Menu ................................................................... 74
• New...................................................................... 75
• Open .................................................................... 75
• Save..................................................................... 76
• Save As ............................................................... 76
• Import Figure ....................................................... 77
• Exit ....................................................................... 78
Edit Menu .................................................................. 79
• Undo .................................................................... 79
• Redo .................................................................... 79
• Cut ....................................................................... 79
• Copy .................................................................... 80
• Duplicate.............................................................. 80
• Paste.................................................................... 80
• Delete .................................................................. 80
• Mirror – Horizontal ............................................... 81
• Mirror – Vertical ................................................... 81
• Rotate .................................................................. 82
• Numerical Setting-Size ....................................... 82
• Numerical Setting-Rotate .................................... 83
• Select All .............................................................. 84
Sew Menu ................................................................. 85
• Sewing Attributes ................................................ 85
• Sewing Order ...................................................... 88
Display Menu ............................................................. 90
• Grid Setup ........................................................... 90
• Preview ................................................................ 91
• Refresh Window ................................................. 91
• Realistic Preview ................................................ 91
• Realistic Preview Attribute Setting ..................... 91
• Toolbar ................................................................ 92
• Status Bar ........................................................... 92
Option Menu ............................................................. 93
• Layout & Editing ................................................. 93
• Programmable Stitch Creator ............................ 93
• File Utility............................................................. 93
• Design Page Property ........................................ 93
• Select System Unit ............................................. 94
Stage Menu .............................................................. 95
• To Original Image ............................................... 95
• To Line Image ..................................................... 95
• To Figure Handle ................................................ 97
• To Sew Setting ................................................... 98
Help Menu................................................................. 99
• Contents.............................................................. 99
• Using ................................................................. 100
• About Design Center ........................................ 100
Layout & Editing
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The Screen.............................................................. 101
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Using the Tool Box ................................................ 102
Selection Mode ....................................................... 103
• Selecting patterns ............................................. 103
• Selecting patterns 2 .......................................... 103
• Moving patterns ................................................ 103
• Scaling patterns ................................................ 104
• Flipping a pattern horizontally or vertically ....... 104
• Rotating a pattern ............................................. 105
Point Edit Mode ...................................................... 106
• Moving points.................................................... 106
• Reorienting a tangent to a point ....................... 107
• Inserting points ................................................. 107
• Deleting points .................................................. 108
• Realigning ......................................................... 108
• Selecting characters on a text pattern ............. 109
Zoom Mode............................................................. 109
• Zooming in ........................................................ 110
• Zooming out ...................................................... 110
• Zooming to the real size ................................... 110
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Enlarging selected objects to the screen size
.... 110
• Return to the standard scale ............................ 110
Text Input Mode ...................................................... 111
• Entering text ...................................................... 111
Circle and Arc Drawing Mode ................................ 112
• Drawing a circle or an ellipse ........................... 113
• Drawing an arc ................................................. 113
• Drawing a fan shape ........................................ 114
• Drawing an arc & string .................................... 114
Rectangle Drawing Mode ....................................... 115