Getting Started
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Chapter 1: General Information.......................................... 2
Creating a new file................................................................. 2
Resuming a halted exercise .................................................. 2
Zooming ................................................................................ 2
Displaying the entire design .................................................. 2
Displaying the Properties dialog box ..................................... 3
Entering multiple lines of text ................................................ 3
Viewing a sewing simulation ................................................. 3
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Chapter 2: Main Window..................................................... 4
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Chapter 3: Move Tool (
)............................................... 7
Selecting design shapes ....................................................... 7
Moving and resizing design shapes ...................................... 7
Deleting design shapes ......................................................... 9
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Chapter 4: Reshape Tool (
)....................................... 10
Selecting punchpoints ......................................................... 10
Moving punchpoints ............................................................ 11
Deleting punchpoints ........................................................... 11
Correcting a “bow tie” .......................................................... 12
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Chapter 5: Rotate Tool (
)........................................... 13
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Chapter 6: Measure Tool (
) ....................................... 14
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Chapter 7: Needles (Thread Color) Palette ..................... 15
Changing the thread color of a design shape...................... 15
Changing a thread color ...................................................... 15
Adding a thread color .......................................................... 15
Changing the available thread colors in the master palette .. 16
Creating and Editing Designs
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Chapter 8: Gallery Button ................................................. 17
Creating a text shape .......................................................... 17
Changing the font ................................................................ 18
Changing the shape of the text ........................................... 19
Changing the text color ....................................................... 19
Moving the text shape ......................................................... 19
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Chapter 9: Lettering Palette.............................................. 20
Creating a text shape .......................................................... 20
Adjusting the parameters .................................................... 20
Using the Simple Text tool (
) ....................................... 21
Changing the font ................................................................ 21
Using the Monogram Text tool (
) ................................. 21
Changing the font of monogram text ................................... 22
Using the Flat Top Arch Text tool (
)............................. 23
Using the Flat Bottom Arch Text tool (
) ....................... 23
Using the Double Arch Text tool (
) .............................. 24
Using the Single Arch Text tool (
)................................ 24
Using the Circular Text tool (
)...................................... 25
Changing the text position relative to the baseline.............. 25
Changing the position of the bottom text line ...................... 26
Using the Arc Text tool (
)............................................. 26
Using the Arc by Circle Text tool (
).............................. 27
Using the Arc Vertical Text tool (
)................................ 28
Using the Slant Text tool (
) .......................................... 28
Using the Step Text tool (
)........................................... 29
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Chapter 10: Aligning Text ................................................ 30
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Chapter 11: Kerning ......................................................... 31
Changing the kerning uniformly between all characters...... 31
Changing the kerning between specific characters............. 31
Example
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Chapter 12: Multiline Spacing ......................................... 33
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Chapter 13: Multipass Stitching ...................................... 34
Example
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Chapter 14: Templates ..................................................... 35
Creating a template ............................................................. 35
Entering template text data ................................................. 35
Editing template text data.................................................... 35
Saving the template data..................................................... 36
Previewing templates .......................................................... 36
Saving the template text shape ........................................... 36
Outputting a design containing templates ........................... 37
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Chapter 15: Fill-Stitching ................................................. 38
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Chapter 16: Deconstructing Text .................................... 39
Deconstructing text.............................................................. 39
Changing the text properties of an individual character ...... 39
Example
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Chapter 17: Deforming Text Shapes............................... 41
Example
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Chapter 18: Converting Text Shapes to Graphic
Shapes (Paths and Regions) ...................... 43
Example
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Chapter 19: Flipping Design Shapes .............................. 45
Flipping graphic shapes ...................................................... 45
Flipping text shapes ............................................................ 45
Example
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Chapter 20: Shapes Toolbar ............................................ 47
Using the Manual Stitch tool (
) .................................... 47
Using the Path tool (
)................................................... 47
Using the Column tool (
).............................................. 48
Using the Region tool (
)............................................... 49
Using the Simple Polygon tool (
) ................................. 49
Using the Complex Polygon tool (
) .............................. 50
Contents
Summary of Contents for BE-100
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