Brother PE-DESIGN Personal Embroidery Design Software System Ver.7 Quick Reference Guide
Summary
Design beautiful, intricate embroidery patterns with the Personal Embroidery Design Software System. This quick reference guide provides essential setup instructions, basic operation keys, and safety guidelines needed to maximize your unit's performance. It is perfect for crafters and embroidery enthusiasts who wish to create a wide variety of designs using advanced settings like thread density and sewing pitch. The manual ensures safe and effective use with your computerized embroidery machine.
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Personal Embroidery Design Software System Ver.7
Quick Reference Guide
ENGLISH XE1182-001 Printed in China
<< PE-Design Ver.7.0 QRG >> cover 1-4
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Personal Embroidery Design Software System Ver.7 Quick Reference Guide ENGLISH XE1182-001 Printed in China << PE-Design Ver.7.0 QRG >> cover 1-4
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) Declaration of Conformity (For USA Only) Responsible Party: Brother International Corporation 100 Somerset Corporate Bouleva...
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Congratulations on choosing our product! Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and to ensure safe and correct operation, please read this Quick ...
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Table of Contents Quick Reference Guide Before Use ....................................................................................4 Features .........................................................
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Table of Contents Instruction Manual (viewed from computer) After the software has been installed, the Instruction Manual can be viewed from the software appli- cation window. The Instruction Manual p...
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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 illustra...
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Features Easily Create Custom Fonts Custom fonts can be created using Font Creator. These fonts can be recalled to be used in Layout & Editing. Refer to “Manually Creating Custom Fonts (Font Creat...
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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 -...
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Features • Improved Photo Stitch function: - Easier process to create an embroidery fi le from a Photo - Improved processing speed and color selection Design Center: • “Detect Outlines” function to se...
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■ 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 app...
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Basic Operation Map Basic Operation Map Design Center Font Creator Manually create embroidery Create custom font patterns patterns from image •file name: .pef •file name: .pel, .pem Custom Lettering L...
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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): US...
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Introduction Optional Supplies Original card 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 ty...
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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 soft...
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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 Operat...
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→ After a short while, the Choose Setup Language dialog box automatically appears. Memo: • The following installation procedure includes descriptions and dialog box- es for Windows® XP. The procedure ...
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Installation → When the installation is completed, the following dia- log box appears, suggesting that the computer be re- started. Note: • Even though the installation is completed, do not remove the...
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Step 2: Installing the Driver for the Card Writer Module This section describes how to install the driver for the card writer module. Note: • If you upgrading from version 5.02 a Plug the USB connecto...
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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 ...
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To install the new driver for the USB card writer module, select Search removable media (fl oppy, CD-ROM...), and then click Next. ■ For Windows® 2000: Select Search for a suitable driver for my devic...
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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....
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Note: • If the product ID is incorrectly en- tered, the message “The product ID is incorrect. Check that a mistake was not made during typing.” ap- pears. • The uppercase letters “I” and “O” are not u...
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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 Registra...
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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 thi...
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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...
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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 I...
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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 Me...
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■ From the Help menu of the application As an example, the procedure for opening the Instruction Manual from Layout & Editing fol- lows. a Click Help, then Instruction Manual. b Click Start Instru...
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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 Inter...
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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, re...
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Sew Types Cross Stitch Concentric Circle Stitch Radial Stitch Spiral Stitch Piping Stitch New! Piping Stitch (motif setting) New! Random Walking Stitch New! Memo: • The stitching for the programmable ...
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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...
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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 1...
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Design Center Window The default value for the Design Page size in this example is 100 x 100 mm. 1 Title bar 6 Status bar 2 Menu bar Provides helpful information. Provides access to the functions. 7 R...
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Understanding Windows and Using Tools Font Creator Window 1 Title bar 9 Guidelines (fi xed) 2 Menu bar The distance between the two guidelines Provides access to the functions. becomes the height of t...
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Programmable Stitch Creator Window 1 Title bar 5 Status bar 2 Menu bar Provides helpful information. Provides access to the functions. 6 Preview window 3 Toolbar Shows how the stitch pattern will be s...
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Understanding Windows and Using Tools Design Database Window 1 Title bar 10 Remove button 2 Menu bar Returns the selected design (displayed in the writing list) to the unselected state. Gives access t...
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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...
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Automatically Converting an Image to an Embroidery Design (Auto Punch Function) b Import the image. Memo: • The default value for the Design Page size in this example is 100 x 100 mm. • You can change...
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→ The image appears in the work area. c Adjust the image size and position. Memo: • The status bar shows the dimen- sions (width and height) of the image. • The shape of the pointer changes to , , , o...
Manual Details
| Brand | Brother |
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| Pages | 50 |
| File Size | 4.42 MB |
| Published | May 17, 2026 |
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