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New Line Image
Purpose: Creates a new blank Design Page and switches to Stage 2.
Shortcut key: +
Toolbar: Operation:
1
Click File, then New Line Image.If the current Design Page is not edited, a new blank Design Page (Stage 2) appears immediately.
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If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes, for example:Depending on the stage you are currently using and the editing you did, the file to be saved is a
*.pel file or a *.pem file or both.
A new file opens automatically in Stage 2. In Stage 2, you can use the pens and erasers to create black and white drawings. You may also want to use this feature to create patterns that are easier to draw by hand, for example, free-hand writing.
See also: “Open” on page 85, “Save” and “Save As” on page 89 and “New Figure Data” below
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New Figure Data
Purpose: Creates a new blank Design Page and switches to Stage 3.
Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function
Toolbar: No button for this function
Operation:
1
Click File, then New Figure Data.If the current Design Page is not edited, a new blank Design Page (Stage 3) appears immediately.
2
If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes, for example:Save As
Saves the current file under a new file name. Savable files are: in Stage 1, Bitmap files (*.bmp); in Stage 2, PEL files; and in Stage 3 and 4, PEL and PEM files.
page 89
Exit Exits the application. page 90
◆ Click Yes to save the Design Page first.
◆ Click No to abandon the Design Page.
◆ Click Cancel to do anything else (for exam- ple, modifying the current Design Page or saving it with another file name).
◆ Click Yes to save the Design Page first.
◆ Click No to abandon the Design Page.
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Depending on the stage you are currently using and the editing you did, the file to be saved is a *.pel file or a *.pem file or both.
A new file opens automatically in Stage 3. The size of the Design Page is the currently set size. In Stage 3, you can use the line drawing tool to draw lines, or you can use Import Figure to retrieve the data from a saved pem file.
See also: “Open” on page 85, “Save” and “Save As” on page 89 and “New Line Image” on page 82
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Wizard
Purpose: Gives a step-by-step guide for creating pattern data, according the type of data you want to create.
Shortcut key:
Toolbar: No button for this function
Operation:
1
Click File, then Wizard.A step-by-step selection guide dialog similar to this will display. (The same type of dialog will display when Design Center is running.)
However, if the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.
Position the mouse pointer over any button and the name of the action will display. The functions for each button are described below.
◆ From Image
Use this button when creating normal embroidery data from an image.
Click the button, and the From Image dialog is displayed showing the next necessary step. (See below)
◆ Open PEM
Use this button when you want to edit a saved (previously created) PEM file. Click the button and the File Open dialog will open to select a PEM file. For details, see the section in File – “Open” about PEM files (page 85).
◆ New Line Image
Opens a new Stage 2 Design Page.
Use this button when you want to use the black and white Pen tool to draw an image, then cre- ate embroidery data from the image.
For details, see File – “New Line Image” (page 82).
◆ New Figure
Opens a new Stage 3 Design Page.
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Use this button when you want to create data from vector data from the beginning, or when you want to create data from vector data taken from a previously saved PEM file.
For details, see File – “New Figure Data” (page 82).
◆ Most Recently Used Files
Displays a list of the most recently edited files.
From the list, click the name of the file that you wish to edit, and then click OPEN.
◆ Cancel
Closes this dialog.
When From Image is selected
When you click the From Image button from the dialog on page 83, the following dialog opens.
Position the mouse pointer over any button and the name of the action will display. The functions for each button are described below.
◆ Open Image File
Opens a previously saved image file and pastes it in the Design Page. For details, see the section in File – “Open” about image files (page 85).
◆ From TWAIN device
Import an image from a TWAIN device and paste it in the Design Page. For details, see File – “Input from TWAIN device” (page 86).
◆ From Clipboard
Pastes an image from the clipboard in the Design page. This function can only be used when there is an image on the clipboard.
For details, see File – “Input from Clipboard” (page 87).
◆ Use Current image
Use an image opened in Stage 1. This function can only be used when an image is opened in Stage 1.
◆ Previous
Closes the current dialog, and returns to the selection dialog from the previous step.
◆ Cancel
Closes this dialog.
If any button other than Previous/Cancel is clicked, the image importing operation will take place, and the image will be pasted on the Stage 1 Design Page. After that, the Cut out to Line Image dialog, which lets you choose colors for outlines, will open. You can then continue with creating normal embroidery data.
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Open
Purpose: Opens a previously saved file (*.PEM, *.PEL) or image file (Windows BMP (*.bmp), Exif (*.tif, *.jpg), ZSoftPCX (*.pcx), Windows Meta File (*.wmf), Portable Network Graphics (*.png), Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps), Kodak PhotoCD (*.pcd), FlashPix (*.fpx), JPEG2000 (*.j2k).
NOTE:
For pcd and fpx files that are saved on many pages, only the first page can be opened. Tif files that have used LZW compression can not be opened.
Shortcut key: +
Toolbar: Operation:
1
Click File, then Open.A Open dialog similar to this will display.
2
The selected file opens immediately if your current Design Page is not edited.If the current Design Page is edited, you will be asked whether you want to save the changes.
3
Depending on the stage you are currently using and the editing you did, the file to be saved is a*.pel file or a *.pem file or both.
See also: “New Line Image” on page 82, “Save” and “Save As” on page 89
◆ Select the drive, the folder and the file name.
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Be sure to select the right type of file extensions in List Files of Type.•
If the Preview check box is checked, the content of the selected file displays in the preview window.◆ Click Open or double-click the file name to open the file in Design Center.
◆ Click Cancel to exit.
◆ Click Yes to save the Design Page first.
◆ Click No to abandon the Design Page.
◆ Click Cancel to do anything else (for example, modifying the current Design Page or saving it with another file name).
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Select TWAIN device
Purpose: Selects which TWAIN device installed in the computer to use.
Shortcut key: No shortcut key for this function
Toolbar: No button for this function
Operation:
1
Click File, then Select TWAIN device. A dialog similar to this will display.From the devices in the display, select which device to use and highlight that device.
NOTE:
If there is no TWAIN device installed, there will be no names displayed on the Sources list. Use this function after installing the driver software for the TWAIN device you want to use. See also: “Input from TWAIN device” below