User Manual - Page 129

For PE-DESIGN VER.5.

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Contents Before Using Getting Started Design Center Layout & Editing
Programmable
Stitch Creator
Quick Reference Alphabetic Index
Holding down the key while dragging the point moves the point horizontally or vertically.
Note that you must drag a point that is selected. If you start dragging by clicking elsewhere on the
outline, a new point will be inserted or the selected point(s) will be deselected.
NOTE:
By pressing the arrow keys, the selected point can be moved 0.5 mm (about 0.02 inch) to the left,
right, up or down.
If
Snap to Grid is selected, each press of an arrow key moves the point 1 grid mark in the spec-
ified direction.
The arrow keys cannot be used to move the endpoints of an arc or text on a path if just the text
is selected.
Reorienting a tangent to a point
1
Click on the Tool Box.
Three buttons appear: .
2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .
3 Click the pattern that you want to edit.
The pattern can only be a curve.
The existing points of the pattern are marked with small empty squares.
4 Click the point at which you want to reorient the tangent to the curve.
The selected point is marked with a small black square and a control handle.
5 Click on one end of the handle and drag it without releasing the mouse.
Inserting points
1
Click on the Tool Box.
Three buttons appear: .
2 Click . The shape of the cursor changes to .
Shift
4
5
45 4
Handle
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