Brother Pacesetter BES Lettering User manual

Pacesetter
BES Lettering
Instruction Manual

ii Pacesetter BES Lettering
Instruction Manual
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This instruction manual and software are copyrighted by the
developer of the software, Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights
reserved. US Patent Nos. 5 270 939; 5 343 401; 5 430 658; 5
506 784; 5 510 994; 5 541 847; 5 668 730; 5 771 173; 5 809
921; 6 196 146; 6 216 618; 6 390 005; 6 968 255. European
Patent Nos. 0545773. Other patents pending.
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Table of Contents
Learning about the Workspace...........................................5
Parts of the Workspace ...................................................................6
Title Bar....................................................................................6
Quick Access Toolbar...............................................................6
Toolbar and Ribbon Buttons ..........................................................12
Pacesetter Menu Tools...........................................................12
Extra Tools..............................................................................13
Ribbon Tools...........................................................................13
Tools on the Arrange Tab .......................................................15
The View Tab..........................................................................16
Simulator ................................................................................17
Status Line..............................................................................19
Color Palette...........................................................................19
Using Scrollbars.............................................................................20
Correcting Mistakes.......................................................................20
Setting up your Workspace Environment ......................................21
Changing Machine Format Properties...........................................22
Adjusting the View of your Workspace..........................................23
Magnifying and Reducing the View........................................23
Hiding the Sequence and Properties Panels
Automatically..........................................................................24
Viewing Different Parts of the Workspace
(Panning)................................................................................25
Taking Measurements....................................................................26
Displaying a Hoop While Designing...............................................26
Viewing and Hiding the Embroidery Hoop..............................27
Selecting a Hoop....................................................................27
Creating a Custom Hoop........................................................28
Help ...............................................................................................29
Opening the Help ...................................................................29
Using the Contents.................................................................29
Using the Index ......................................................................30
Using Search..........................................................................30
Saving Favorite Help Topics...................................................31
Printing Help topics ................................................................31

2 Pacesetter BES Lettering
Instruction Manual
Creating Lettering...............................................................33
Creating Lettering..........................................................................34
Normal Text Tool.....................................................................34
Path Text Tool.........................................................................35
Custom Shapes for Text on a Path.........................................37
Vertical Text Frame.................................................................39
Circle Text Frame ...................................................................40
Creating Monograms..............................................................41
Text Frames - an Overview............................................................42
Adjusting Size of a Text Segment...........................................42
Adjusting the Width of Text.....................................................43
Adjusting the Corners of Text Segments................................43
Using the Envelope Handles..................................................44
Rotating Text...........................................................................44
Adjusting the Slant of Text......................................................45
Adjusting the Size of Text in the Circle Frame........................46
Adjusting Text Width in the Circle Frame................................46
Changing the Diameter of the Circle Frame...........................47
Working with Individual Letters......................................................48
Adjusting the Space between Letters (Kerning) .....................48
Moving Individual Letters........................................................49
Resizing Individual Letters......................................................49
Rotating Individual Letters......................................................50
Working with Color.........................................................................51
Changing the Color of a Text Segment...................................51
Creating Multi-color Text Segments .......................................51
Changing Colors in a Two-color Font.....................................53
Text Properties ...................................................................55
The Properties Panel.....................................................................56
Adjusting Text Properties...............................................................56
Changing the Text ..................................................................57
Changing the Font of Existing Text Segment .........................58
Displaying a Font’s Available Characters...............................59
Spell Checker.........................................................................60
Changing the Height of Lettering............................................61
Changing Font Spacing..........................................................62
Width Percentage...................................................................62
Changing the Slant Setting.....................................................63
Applying an Envelope.............................................................64

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Properties Specific to Particular Text Frames.........................64
Changing Properties with the Context Menu
(Right-click).............................................................................66
Text Styles Option..........................................................................68
Run Style Text ........................................................................68
Steil Style Text ........................................................................69
Appliqué Style Text.................................................................69
Adjusting Satin Settings for Appliqué Style Text.....................70
Adjusting Blanket settings for Appliqué Style Text..................71
Adjusting Motif settings for an Appliqué Border......................71
Fabric Backgrounds in Appliqué Style Text ............................72
Adjusting Fill Settings ....................................................................74
Fill Density Setting..................................................................75
Carved Fill Properties.............................................................76
Underlay Properties.......................................................................77
Selecting the Underlay Type ..................................................78
Specifying the Underlay Density.............................................78
Specifying the Underlay Stitch Length....................................79
Changing the Inset Distance ..................................................79
Pull Compensation Settings...........................................................80
Displaying Special Characters................................................81
Editing Designs ..................................................................85
Creating New Designs...................................................................86
Opening and Closing Designs.......................................................87
Choosing the Default Recipe..................................................88
Saving a Design ............................................................................89
Selecting and Moving Parts of a Design........................................90
The Select Tool.......................................................................90
Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Design
Components...........................................................................93
Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally
and Vertically..........................................................................95
Moving Parts of a Design Manually........................................96
Nudging Design Components.................................................96
Deleting Design Components.................................................97
Rotating Design Components.................................................97
Working with the Color Palette ......................................................99
Selecting a Thread Chart .......................................................99
Searching for a Specific Color................................................99
Changing a Thread Color.....................................................100