Brother Embroidery Design Software System- User Manual

4 Before Use Features What You Can Do With This Software This software provides digitizing and editing capabilities, allowing you the creative freedom to design original embroidery. Easily turn illustrations, photos and lettering into custom embroidery designs. Automatically Create an Embroidery Pat...

5 Features Have Fun Creating Embroidery Patterns Manually You can combine embroidery patterns or apply stitching to drawings and text. In addition, you can design a wider variety of embroidery patterns by using the many sew types available. “Arranging Embroidery Patterns (Layout & Editing)” in t...

6 New Features of Version 7 ■ Stitch generation features • Added Line Sewing Type: Triple Stitch• Added Region Sewing Type: Random Walking Stitch (stippling-style stitch)• Variations of under sewing - Added new under sewing type to the Region Sewing Attributes - Under sewing can be set for zigzag st...

7 Features Applications of the Software This package consists of fi ve applications. ■ Layout & Editing Layout & Editing is used to automatically create embroidery patterns from images, and to com-bine images and text to create embroidery patterns that can be written to an original card. The...

8 ■ Design Center Design Center is used to manually create embroidery patterns from images using a four-stage pro-cedure. The images may come from scanning a printed image or can be created with an appli-cation like Paint ® . Design Center automatically detects outlines in the image and replaces the...

9 Basic Operation Map Basic Operation Map Design Center Manually create embroidery patterns from image •file name: .pel, .pem Create custom stitch patterns •file name: .pas, .pmf Manage design files Combine different patterns into an embroidery design •file name: .pes Create custom font patterns •fi...

10 Introduction Package Contents Check that the following items are included. If anything is missing or damaged, contact your author-ized dealer or Brother Customer Service. Version 7 (full version): Version 7 upgrade for version 5 or 6: Note: • The USB card writer module and the original card are n...

11 Introduction Optional Supplies Note: • The only original cards that can be used with this USB card writer module are those like the one enclosed or optional original cards of the same type. Memo: • Additional blank original cards can be purchased through an authorized dealer. Principal Parts Memo...

12 Installation (Please read before Installing!) Please Read Before Installation • Before beginning the installation, check that the computer meets the system requirements.• In order to install the software, you must log on to the computer using an account with administra- tor privileges. For detail...

13 Installation System Requirements Before installing the software on your computer, make sure that the computer meets the following minimum PC requirements. Computer IBM-PC or compatible computer Operating system Windows ® 2000, XP Processor Pentium III 800 MHz or higher Memory 128 MB (512 MB or mo...

16 Step 2: Installing the Driver for the Card Writer Module This section describes how to install the driver for the card writer module. a Plug the USB connector into the USB port on the computer. Make sure that the connector is fully inserted. b Install the driver for the card writer module. ■ For ...

17 Installation ■ For Windows ® XP without Service Pack 2 in- stalled and connected to the Internet: The installation of the driver is completed automatically (Steps b through c are not required.). ■ For Windows ® XP not connected to the In- ternet: Note: • Depending on the computer, this dialog box...

19 Installation c Follow the instructions of the Found New Hardware Wizard (or Add New Hardware Wiz-ard) to complete the installation of the driver. d Remove the CD-ROM from the computer’s CD-ROM drive. Step 3: Upgrading the USB Card Writer Module This section describes how to upgrade the USB card w...

21 Installation → If the upgrade has been completed successfully, the dialog box shown below appears. Note: • If a warning appears at any time, follow the instructions that are displayed. Online Registration If you wish to be contacted about upgrades and provided with important information such as f...

22 Uninstallation a Click the Start button in the task bar, and then click Control Panel. b In the Control Panel window, double-click Add or Remove Programs. c In the dialog box that appeared, select this software, and then click Change/Remove. Contact Technical Support if you have a problem. Please...

23 Using this Quick Reference Guide/Using the Instruction Manual Using this Quick Reference Guide This guide contains descriptions about the preparations necessary to begin using the software. Follow the instructions provided in this manual to complete the preparation and installation of the applica...

24 Opening the Instruction Manual Note: •Before opening the Instruction Manual, make sure that the software has been installed on the com- puter. For details, refer to “Installation (Please read before Installing!)” on page 12. ■ From the Start menu a Click , point to All Programs, then PE-DESIGN Ve...

25 Using the Instruction Manual b Click Start Instruction Manual. The Instruction Manual appears. Operation buttons Buttons for operations, such as changing the page display and printing. Support menu Menu for providing help in using the manual or viewing the desired infor-mation. Main menu Click th...

27 Using the Instruction Manual The introduction page appears. c Click the button for the desired topic. Memo: • If the Instruction Manual does not appear even after a button is clicked, change the Internet Ex- plorer ® settings according to the instructions that appear in the introduction page. Ins...

28 Sew Types The sewing attributes for each sew type are fi rst set to their default settings; however, by changing the settings of the sewing attributes, you can create custom stitching. For details, refer to “Line sew-ing attributes” and “Region sewing attributes” (Layout & Editing and Design ...

30 Getting Started Starting Up/Exiting Applications Starting Up Layout & Editing Layout & Editing is used to automatically create embroidery patterns from images and to create embroidery patterns by combining drawn patterns and text. As an example, the Layout & Editing window is shown be...

31 Starting Up/Exiting Applications/Understanding Windows and Using Tools Understanding Windows and Using Tools Layout & Editing Window The default value for the Design Page size in this example is 100 x 100 mm. 1 Title bar2 Menu bar Provides access to the functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts...

32 Design Center Window The default value for the Design Page size in this example is 100 x 100 mm. 1 Title bar2 Menu bar Provides access to the functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts for the menu commands. 4 Sewing Attributes bar Sets the sewing attributes (color and sew type) of the lines and reg...

33 Understanding Windows and Using Tools Font Creator Window 1 Title bar 2 Menu bar Provides access to the functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts for the menu commands. 4 Select Character bar Allows characters from created fonts to be selected. 5 Tool Box Used to select and create font pattern. 6 S...

34 Programmable Stitch Creator Window 1 Title bar2 Menu bar Provides access to the functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts for the menu commands. 4 Tool Box Used to select and create fi ll and motif stitch patterns and stamps.(The bottom four buttons do not appear in Motif mode.) 5 Status bar Provid...

35 Understanding Windows and Using Tools Design Database Window 1 Title bar2 Menu bar Gives access to the functions. 3 Toolbar Provides shortcuts for the menu commands. 4 Folder pane Provides access to the folders on the com-puter and the results of any searches that were performed. 5 Card reading b...

36 Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function) In this section, we are going to use the Auto Punch function to automatically create an embroidery pattern from an image.This procedure will go through each step of the basic operation. Step 1 Importing image data int...

38 → The image appears in the work area. c Adjust the image size and position. Handles Status bar Memo: • The status bar shows the dimen- sions (width and height) of the image. • The shape of the pointer changes to , , , or , depend-ing on the handle that the pointer is over. • is for scaling the wi...

39 Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function) Step 2: Automatically converting the image to an embroidery pattern Next, the image will automatically be converted to an embroidery pattern. a Select the conversion method. Click Image , then Image to Stitch Wizard ....

40 Select Auto Punch , and then click Next . b Convert the image to an embroidery pattern. Check Result View tab to see the preview of the conversion, and then click Finish . PED7_QSG.indb Sec1:40 PED7_QSG.indb Sec1:40 02.06.2006 20:07:18 02.06.2006 20:07:18

41 Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function) → The generated embroidery pattern is displayed. Step 3: Displaying a preview of the embroidery Preview the fi nished embroidery. Click Display , then Realistic Preview . PED7_QSG.indb Sec1:41 PED7_QSG.indb Sec1:41 02...

42 Step 4: Saving the embroidery design Once the embroidery design is fi nished, you may want to save it in order to retrieve it later. To return to the normal view, click Display , then Realistic Preview , or click , or press the key. Click File , then Save . PED7_QSG.indb Sec1:42 PED7_QSG.indb Sec...

44 Step 5: Transferring the design to an original card By writing a design to a media that can be used in your embroidery machine and transferring it to your embroidery machine, you can actually sew the design. For this example, we will transfer the design to an original card. Memo: • You can also u...

46 If you have a problem, check the following solutions. If the solutions suggested do not correct the problem, contact your authorized dealer or Brother Customer Service. Problem Estimated Cause Solution Page The software is not installed correctly. An operation not described in the instal-lation p...

Read the following before opening the CD-ROM package Thank you for purchasing this software. Before opening the CD-ROM package for this software, carefully read the following Product Agreement, which has been provided for this product. Use this software only if you agree to the terms of this agreeme...