Brother ULT2003D owner's manual: Chapter 6 Embroidery Edit Functions

Chapter 6 Embroidery Edit Functions

EXPLANATION OF THE EDITING FUNCTIONS

With the Embroidery Edit functions, you can combine embroidery patterns and character patterns, change the size of patterns, rotate patterns, and perform many other editing functions. This machine can perform the 8 functions listed below.

Combine Patterns You can easily create combinations of one point patterns, frame patterns, character patterns, patterns from the machine memory, patterns from the separately sold embroidery cards, and many other patterns.

Move Patterns Within the 26 cm × 16 cm (10-1/4 inch × 6-1/4 inch) wide embroidery area, you can change -the position of patterns, and check the position on the LCD.

Rotate Patterns You can rotate patterns one degree or ninety degrees at a time.

Enlarge or Reduce Patterns You can make patterns larger or smaller. There are approximately 50 sizes to choose from.

• This function is not available for some patterns.

Create Mirror Images You can create horizontal mirror images.

• This function is not available for some patterns.

Change Character Spacing You can increase or decrease the space between characters in combined patterns.

Change Character Appearance/Layout You can change the layout of the characters. Print words on a curved line, diagonal, etc. There are 6 choices total.

Change the Thread Colors of Patterns You can change the thread colors of the pattern to your favorite colors.

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SELECTING PATTERNS TO EDIT

1. Attach the embroidery unit, and prepare the machine for embroidery (see page 5-5).

2. Press Embroidery Edit to call the screen at the left.

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline Key Display & Pattern Type \ \hline & One point pattern \ \hline ABC & Floral alphabet pattern \ \hline & Pattern saved in the machine's memory \ \hline AAA... & Character pattern \ \hline & Frame pattern \ \hline & Pattern from an embroidery card (sold separately) \ \hline & Pattern from a floppy disk \ \hline \end{tabular}

Note If your machine did not come furnished with a built-in floppy disk drive, you can receive an upgrade service for your machine, so that it can use floppy disk at your authorized dealer.

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The method of selecting patterns without alphabetical characters is the same as selecting patterns for embroidery.

1. Select the type of pattern you want to sew.

2. Press the key of a pattern to select it.

• See page 5-8 for more information on selecting patterns.

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3. The pattern is displayed in the top part of the screen.

4. After the pattern is selected, press SET.

5. The embroidery edit screen (at left) will appear.

• See page 6-8 for more information about editing the pattern. ① The pattern selected for editing is outlined in red on the embroidery edit display.

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Selecting Character Patterns

When you select character patterns from the embroidery edit screen, you can edit the appearance of the pattern at the same time.

1. Press AAA... to select character patterns.

2. Select the font.

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3. Enter the letters (Example: A B C D)

• See page 5-11 for more information about selecting characters
• Press [CHECK] to check the pattern when the selected characters are too small to see clearly.

4. Press [ARRAY] to select the appearance of the pattern.

5. The screen at left displays. Select the appearance you want to use (Example: [icon]). After selecting the curve, use [icon] and [icon] to change the degree of the arc.

• Press [icon] to make the arc flatter.
• Press [icon] to make the arc rounder.

6. Press [CLOSE] to return to the original screen.

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7. After you finish your selections, press SET.

8. The embroidery edit screen will appear. See page 6-8 for more information about editing the patterns.

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EDITING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS

① Shows the size of the entire combined pattern.
② Shows the size of the pattern currently selected.
③ If the pattern location has been moved, this area shows the distance from the center of the frame.
④ Shows the degree of rotation for the pattern. Shows the color currently selected, and number of colors in the pattern.

Note
If a key display is light gray, you can not use that function with the selected pattern.

■ Key Functions

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Moving the Pattern

Press [icon: 3x3 grid of arrows] to move the pattern in the position shown on the key.

Press [icon: center crosshair] to return the pattern to its original position.

① Shows how far from the original position the pattern is now.

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Rotating the Pattern

1. Press ROTATE.

2. Press 90° to rotate the pattern 90 deg. to the left. Press 90° to rotate the pattern 90 deg. to the right. Press 1° to rotate the pattern 1 deg. to the left. Press 1° to rotate the pattern 1 deg. to the right. Press RESET to return the pattern to its original position.

① Shows the degree of the pattern’s rotation

3. After changing the pattern, press CLOSE.

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Changing the Size of the Pattern

1. Press SIZE.

2. Press to enlarge the pattern. Press to shrink the pattern. Press to stretch the pattern horizontally. Press to compact the pattern horizontally. Press to stretch the pattern vertically. Press to compact the pattern vertically.

Press RESET to return the pattern to its original appearance.

① Shows the size of the pattern being edited.

3. After changing the pattern's size, press CLOSE.

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Deleting the Pattern

1. Press DELETE .

2. The pattern is deleted from the screen.

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Changing the Thread Color

1. Press [icon].

2. The thread color palette screen displays. There are 61 colors to choose from.
3. Press [icon] [icon] to change the sewing order of the colors. Put the color you want to change at the top of the display.

① You can change the color at the top of the display.

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4. Press [up arrow] [left arrow] [right arrow] [down arrow] to choose a new color on the color palette.

① The color on top changes to the selected color. ② The thread spool display of the selected color is larger.

5. After changing the colors, press CLOSE.

6. The display shows the changed colors.

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Changing the Configuration of Character Patterns

1. Press ARRAY.

2. Press the key of the layout you want to sew. ① The display will show the selected layout.
3. After making your selections, press CLOSE.

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Changing Character Spacing

1. Press [SPACING].

2. Press [ABC ↑ A.B.C] to widen the character spacing. Press [ABC ↓ A.B.C] to compact the character spacing. Press [RESET] to return the pattern to its original appearance.

A B C D ⇔ ABCD

[ABC ↑ A.B.C] [ABC ↓ A.B.C]

3. When finished changing the appearance, press [CLOSE].

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Changing the Color of Each Character in a Pattern

1. Press [MULTI COLOR button].

2. You can sew each character in a different color. The screen automatically displays each color as “Black.”

• Press [button with grid icon] to change the color of the pattern (see page 6-13). ① The color for each character is displayed.

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ADJUSTING PATTERNS AFTER EDITING

1. Press END.

2. If you plan to sew the pattern at that time, press SEWING to call the pattern preview screen.

• Press EDIT to return to the embroidery edit screen.
• To combine the pattern with other patterns, select the next pattern from this screen (see page 6-20).

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3. See page 5-29 for more information about sewing the patterns.

• When you want to revise edited patterns, see page 6-30.

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COMBINING AND EDITING PATTERNS

Example

1. Attach the embroidery unit, and prepare the machine for embroidery (see page 5-3).

2. Press Embroidery Edit to call the screen at left.
3. Select a border. ① Press .

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② Press [icon] 2 times, then press [icon] to select the border.

4. Press [SET icon].

CONTENTS 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5 — 6 — 7 — 8 — 9 — Index

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5. Press .

6. Select the characters “Happy.”

① Press .

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② Press the key of the font you wish to use (Example: ABC).

③ Enter "Happy." The letters you enter will be displayed in the center of the embroidery frame.

• If you want to change the size, select H, then use L M S to change the size.
• If you want to change the appearance of the letter part of the pattern, press ARRAY.

7. After selecting the characters, press SET.

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8. Use to move the letters.
9. Press .

10. Press again.

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11. Select the same font, then enter “Birthday”. The letters will appear in the middle of the embroidery area display.

12. Press SET.

13. Use to move the letters.

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14. If you want to alter the combined pattern, use \boxedSELECT \boxedSELECT to select the part of the pattern you want to change.

Example: Changing the size of the border ( )

① Press \boxedSELECT \boxedSELECT to move the red outline over .

② Press \boxedSIZE and enlarge the border.

③ Press \boxedCLOSE to return to the Embroidery Edit screen.

• If the characters or the entire pattern can not be seen clearly, press \boxedIMAGE, then use \boxed to check the pattern. Press \boxedCLOSE to return to the original screen.

15. When all editing is finished, press \boxedEND.

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16. If you plan to sew the pattern at that time, press [SEWING].

• Press [EDIT] to re-edit the pattern.
• To combine the pattern with another pattern, select the new pattern type from this screen.

17. The sewing screen appears.

• When you want to revise edited patterns, see page 6-30.

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SEWING COMBINED EMBROIDERY PATTERNS

Combined patterns will be embroidered in the order they were entered. In this example, the embroidery order will be as follows: , “Happy”, “Birthday”.

CAUTION Follow the instructions from Chapter 5 for embroidering the pattern.

1. The machine will embroider first. The embroidery will follow the color order on the right side of the display.

2. When the border is finished, the green “cross” cursor will change to the “Happy” part of the pattern. Sew this part of the pattern next.

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3. When “Happy” is embroidered, the green “cross” cursor will change to the “Birthday” part of the pattern. Sew this part of the pattern next.

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ADJUSTING EDITED PATTERNS

1. Press RE-EDIT.

2. Press EDIT.

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3. The machine will return to the embroidery edit screen.
4. Press [SELECT ◄] [SELECT ►] to choose the section of the combined pattern to edit, and change the pattern.

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MEMORY FUNCTIONS

Saving Edited Patterns

■ Saving a Pattern

You can save edited patterns for later use.

1. Press [MEMORY button icon].

2. Choose where you want to save the pattern.

Press [machine memory icon] to save the pattern in the machine memory. If you have the floppy disk drive on your machine, you press [floppy disk icon] to save the pattern on a floppy disk.

Note If your machine did not come furnished with a built-in floppy disk drive, you can receive an upgrade service for your machine, so that it can use floppy disk at your authorized dealer.

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3. The “Saving” screen displays. When the pattern is saved, the display returns to the original screen automatically.

CAUTION Do not turn off the main power switch while the “Saving” screen is displayed. You may lose the pattern you are saving.

Note It takes about 10 seconds to save a pattern.

See page 6-36 for information about retrieving saved patterns.

■ If You Can Not Save the Pattern

If the screen shown at left displays, the maximum number of patterns have been saved, or the pattern you want to save takes a lot of memory, the machine can not save it. If you delete a previously saved pattern, you can save the current pattern.

• If you choose not to save the current pattern, press CANCEL.

To delete a previously saved pattern

1. Press DELETE.

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2. Previously saved patterns are displayed.
3. Select the pattern you want to delete.

① Shows the amount of memory the selected pattern uses.

② Shows how much memory you need to clear to save the current pattern.

4. Press [DELETE].

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5. Press [OK] to delete the pattern.

• If you decide not to delete the pattern, press [CANCEL].

6. If there is enough memory available after deleting the pattern, the pattern you want to save will be saved automatically. If there is not enough memory available after deleting the pattern, repeat the steps above to delete another pattern from the machine’s memory.

The display will automatically return to the original screen after saving the pattern.

CAUTION Do not turn off the main power switch while the “Saving” screen is displayed. You may lose the pattern you are saving.

Note It will take about 10 seconds to save the pattern.

See page 6-36 for information about retrieving previously saved patterns.

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Retrieving Saved Patterns

1. Press [Image of button with ABC and embroidery symbol].

2. The machine displays the patterns saved in the memory. Select a pattern to retrieve.

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3. Select the pattern you want to retrieve, and press SET.

• If you decide not to retrieve a pattern, press CLOSE. You will return to the embroidery edit screen.

4. Press END.

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5. Press .

6. The machine retrieves the pattern and prepares to embroider it.

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