Brother PE-DESIGN NEXT Instruction Manual

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Checking Embroidery Patterns
Editing the sewing order
The sewing order can be changed by selecting the 
frame containing the pattern, then dragging the 
frame to the new location. A red line appears, 
indicating the position where the frame is being 
moved.
Changing colors
1.
Select one or more frames in the Sewing 
Order pane, and then click 
 at the top of 
the Sewing Order pane.
 The Color pane appears in front of the 
other panes.
2.
Click the desired color in the Color pane.
c
“Color” on page 56.
Changing sewing attributes
1.
Select one or more frames in the Sewing 
Order
 pane, and then click the Sewing 
Attributes
 tab. If the Sewing Attributes tab is 
not displayed, click View tab in the Ribbon, 
then Sewing Attributes.
If the sew type selector does not appear in the 
Ribbon, click the Attributes tab of the Ribbon.
2.
Change the sewing attributes and sew type.
c
“Sew type” on page 57 and “Specifying 
sewing attributes” are on page 58
Locking embroidery patterns
Embroidery patterns can be locked to prevent them 
from being moved or deleted. Locked embroidery 
patterns cannot be selected or edited.
1.
Select one or more patterns in the Sewing 
Order pane, and then click 
 at the top of the 
Sewing Order pane.
2.
Click 
 at the top of the Sewing Order pane.
An alternative method for moving 
the frames is by clicking the 
buttons at the top of the Sewing 
Order pane.
 :Click to move the selected 
pattern to the beginning of 
the sewing order.
 :Click to move the selected 
pattern ahead one position 
in the sewing order.
 :Click to move the selected 
pattern back one position in 
the sewing order.
 :Click to move the selected 
pattern to the end of the 
sewing order.
a
Note:
Check the stitching after changing the 
sewing order to be sure that overlapping 
patterns will not be sewn in the wrong order.
b
Memo:
• Frames with 
 contain multiple patterns 
of the same color. If these frames are 
selected to be locked, all patterns in the 
frame are locked.
 appears if the lock setting is not the 
same for all patterns in a frame with 
 
beside it.
• Locking either the line or region of an 
embroidery pattern made up of an outline 
and inside region locks the entire 
embroidery pattern.
• Locking any part of a combined pattern, 
such as grouped patterns, text arranged on 
a curve or patterns with hole sewing 
specified, locks the entire embroidery 
pattern.
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