Brother Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering User manual

Pacesetter
Embroidery
Lettering Software
Instruction Manual

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Instruction Manual
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© Copyright 2009 Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved.
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
Pacesetter Button.....................................................................7
Quick Access Toolbar...............................................................8
Toolbar and Ribbon Buttons ............................................................8
Pacesetter Menu Tools.............................................................8
Extra Tools................................................................................9
Ribbon Tools.............................................................................9
The View Tab..........................................................................12
Simulator ................................................................................12
Status Line..............................................................................14
Color Palette...........................................................................14
Using Scrollbars .....................................................................15
Correcting Mistakes................................................................15
Setting up your Workspace Environment ......................................16
Changing Machine Format Properties....................................17
Adjusting the View of the Workspace............................................18
Magnifying and Reducing the View........................................18
Hiding the Properties Panel Automatically .............................19
Viewing Different Parts of the Workspace (Panning)..............20
Taking Measurements ............................................................21
Displaying the Hoop ......................................................................21
Viewing and Hiding the Hoop.................................................22
Selecting a Hoop....................................................................22
Available Hoops......................................................................23
Getting Help...................................................................................24
Opening the Help ...................................................................24
Using the Contents.................................................................25
Using the Index .....................................................................25
Using Search..........................................................................25
Saving Favorite Help Topics...................................................26
Printing Help topics ................................................................27

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Creating Lettering...............................................................29
Creating Lettering..........................................................................30
Normal Text Tool.....................................................................30
Circle Text Tool.......................................................................31
Creating Monograms..............................................................32
Text Frames - an Overview............................................................33
Adjusting Size of a Text Segment...........................................33
Adjusting the Width of Text.....................................................34
Adjusting the Corners of Text Segments................................34
Using the Envelope Handles..................................................35
Rotating Text...........................................................................35
Adjusting the Slant of Text......................................................36
Adjusting the Size of Text in the Circle Frame........................37
Adjusting Text Width in the Circle Frame................................38
Changing the Diameter of the Circle Frame...........................39
Working with Individual Letters......................................................39
Adjusting the Space between Letters (Kerning) .....................40
Moving Individual Letters........................................................40
Resizing Individual Letters......................................................41
Rotating Individual Letters......................................................41
Working with Color.........................................................................42
Changing the Color of a Text Segment...................................42
Creating Multi-color Text Segments .......................................42
Text Properties ...................................................................45
The Properties Panel.....................................................................46
Adjusting Text Properties...............................................................46
Changing the Text ..................................................................46
Changing the Font of Existing Text Segment .........................47
Displaying a Font’s Available Characters...............................48
Changing the Height of Lettering............................................49
Changing Font Spacing..........................................................50
Width Percentage...................................................................50
Changing the Slant Setting.....................................................51
Applying an Envelope.............................................................51
Properties Specific to Particular Text Frames.........................52
Changing Properties with the Context Menu (Right-click)......54
Adjusting Fill Settings ....................................................................56
Choosing a Fill Pattern...........................................................56
Fill Density Setting..................................................................57

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Underlay Properties.......................................................................58
Selecting the Underlay Type ..................................................59
Specifying the Underlay Density.............................................59
Specifying the Underlay Stitch Length....................................60
Changing the Inset Distance ..................................................60
Displaying Special Characters................................................61
Editing Designs ..................................................................67
Creating New Designs...................................................................68
Opening and Closing Designs.......................................................69
Choosing the Default Recipe..................................................70
Saving a Design ............................................................................71
Selecting and Moving Parts of a Design........................................72
The Select Tool.......................................................................72
Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Design Components ..............73
Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally and Vertically.........74
Moving Parts of a Design Manually........................................75
Nudging Design Components.................................................75
Deleting Design Components.................................................76
Rotating Design Components.................................................76
Working with the Color Palette ......................................................77
Selecting a Thread Chart .......................................................77
Changing a Thread Color.......................................................77
Merging Design Files.....................................................................78
Printing Designs ............................................................................80
Previewing a Design before Printing ......................................80
Printing Design Worksheets ...................................................81
Changing the Print Settings....................................................82
Glossary .............................................................................85
Index....................................................................................91

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Before you start using the software, we recommend that you
understand the Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software
design workspace and learn a few of the basic components
outlined in this section.
Topics covered in this chapter:
• Setting up the design workspace environment.
• Showing a hoop in the workspace, and choosing the size of
hoop to be displayed
• Using the Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software help.
CHAPTER 1:
Learning about the
Workspace

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Parts of the Workspace
The Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software workspace
contains a number of different areas which have distinct
functions. The sections that follow give an overview of what
each of these areas does, and the kinds of information about
the design that they contain.
Title Bar
The Title Bar appears at the top of the Pacesetter Embroidery
Lettering Software design window. The Title bar displays
information about the design that is open in the workspace: its
name, the number of stitches and colors in the design, and the
overall width and height.

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Pacesetter Button
At the top left-hand corner of the window is the Pacesetter
Button . Clicking on the Pacesetter Button to gives you
access to a menu of useful tools, such as New, Save, Print, and
several others. For a complete list of the tools available on this
menu, and a summary of their functions, see “Pacesetter Menu
Tools” in the next section.
When you open the Pacesetter Menu, you will also see
displayed a list of recent files that you have been using. Just
double-click on the file name to open it.
Tools available on the Pacesetter Menu.
Note that only one embroidery file can be open at a time in
Pacesetter Embroidery Lettering Software. So, if you have a file
open in the Workspace already, the program will have to close it
in order to open the new one.
However, before it closes the current design, you will be
prompted by a dialog asking if you want to save your changes.

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Quick Access Toolbar
The Quick Access Toolbar is located right along the top of your
workspace, to the left of the Title Bar. This toolbar contains tool
buttons that you will commonly use, such as Open, Save, and
Print.
The following default tools are included on the Quick Access
toolbar: New, New/Recipe, Open, Merge, Save, Print Preview,
Direct Print, Undo, and Redo.
Toolbar and Ribbon Buttons
You can access the tools available in Pacesetter Embroidery
Lettering Software through the Pacesetter Button and the
various toolbars. The tables below show the buttons, grouped
by location (i.e. whether they are on the Quick Access Bar, or
on one of the tabs on the ribbon). A brief description of what
the button does is also included. Note that within each tab,
some buttons are grouped together by function.
Pacesetter Menu Tools
Tool What it means
New: Creates a new untitled design.
New/Recipe: Opens a new page and allows you to choose a
new recipe and machine format.
Open: Opens an existing design file.
Merge: Opens the Merge Design dialog, which you can use to
import existing stitch or outline files into the current design
Save: Saves the current design.
Save As: Opens the Save As dialog, allowing you to choose
the destination and file type to save it as.