An Alternate way (Drag and Drop) to import a file that is in a different format:
1. Open Layout and Editing.
2. From the Option pull down menu, choose Design Data Base. 3. Locate the file you wish to import.
4. Minimize both the Layout and Editing screen and the Design Data Base Screen. 5. Hold the Control key down on your keyboard; select the file you wish to import
from the Data Base.
6. Drag it into Layout and Editing.
7. Your design is now in Layout and Editing. If you have a design in Layout and Editing already, the design will be imported on top of the first one.
Drag and Dropping from Windows Explorer:
1. Open Layout and Editing.
2. Open Windows Explorer and locate the file you wish to import. 3. Minimize both the Layout and Editing screen and Windows Explorer.
4. Hold down the Control key while clicking and dragging the file into Layout and Editing.
5. If you have a design on the design page, you will be asked if you wish to save it. If you do, save the file and then the design will import.
To Open a File By dragging and Dropping from the Design Data Base:
1. Open Layout and Editing.
2. From the Option pull down menu, choose Design Data Base. 3. Locate the .pes file you wish to open.
4. Minimize the both the Layout and Editing screen and the Design Data Base Screen. 5. Select the file you wish to import from the Data Base and hold down your left
mouse key on it.
6. Drag it into Layout and Editing.
7. Your design is now in Layout and Editing. If you have a design in Layout and Editing already, you will be asked if you wish to save any changes you made. 8. Click yes or cancel.
9. Your design will appear in Layout and Editing.
Writing to the card from the Design Data Base:
1. Open the Design Data Base.
2. Select a folder to view designs. For this exercise, choose c:\Program Files\Brother\PE-DESIGN Ver7\Design Library\flower.
3. Left mouse click on a design.
4. In the middle of the window, you will see a blue arrow . Click on that arrow to add the design to the Write to card area at the bottom of the window. 5. Select any other designs that you wish to have written to the card.
6. If you have a design on your card that you wish to rewrite, click on the card button
.
7. The designs on your card will now be in the upper box of the screen. 8. Click on the design you wish to rewrite to the card.
9. Click on the arrow to add the design to the write list. The design will be added to those waiting to be written to the card.
10. Once you have all the designs selected that you wish to write to the card, click on
the Write to Card button .
11. You will get the message: “All original card data will be deleted.” 12. Click OK. Your designs will be written to the card.
Writing Designs in other formats to the card (converting on the fly):
1. Open the Design Data Base.
2. Select a folder to view designs that are in a different format. Since we don’t have any .dst designs in this folder, for this exercise, we will convert a design to .dst format to learn the procedure.
3. For this exercise, choose c:\Program Files\Brother\PE-DESIGN Ver7\Design Library\flower and right mouse click on the first flower design.
4. Choose Convert Format.
5. From the format type pull down, choose .dst. 6. Click Convert.
7. You will now have a .dst design to write to the card. 8. Left mouse click on the .dst design.
9. In the middle of the window, you will see a blue arrow . Click on that arrow to add the design to the write area at the bottom of the window.
10. Once you have the design selected to write to the card, click on the Write to Card
12. Click OK. Your design will be written to the card and will be ready to use in the embroidery machine. You did not have to convert it to .pes before writing to the card.
Reading from a design from a card:
1. Open the Design Data Base.
2. If you have a design on your card that you wish to rewrite, click on the card button
.
3. The designs on your card will now be in the upper box of the screen. 4. Click on the design you wish to rewrite to the card.
5. Click on the arrow to add the design to the write list. The design will be added to those waiting to be written to the card.
6. If you have other designs you wish to write to the card that are in a folder, click on
the folder button .
7. Click on the design(s) you wish to write to the card.
8. Once you have all the designs selected that you wish to write to the card, click on