Advanced Opreation
Layout & Editing
169
Layout & Editing Editing Embroidery Patterns
■ Region sew
Clicking this button switches on/off sewing for an
inside region.
b Memo:
•The
Region sew
button is available only
when the Select Object tool is selected
and no patterns are selected, when you
select a pattern that has an inside region
(text, fan shapes, arcs & strings,
rectangles, closed broken lines, curves),
or when you click , , , or
on the Tool Box to start drawing
such a pattern.
• When region sewing is switched off, the
region is not sewn (and you cannot set its
color or sew type).
1. Click the Region sew button.
This button has two settings:
On: The Region color button and the Region
sew type selector are displayed.
Off: The Region color button and the Region
sew type selector are not displayed.
Clicking the button switches between the two
settings.
→ The settings are applied to all patterns
that you will create with an inside region,
until the setting is changed.
→ If a pattern is selected, the settings are
applied to the selected pattern.
2. To switch on region sewing, click the Region
sew button again.
c
“Color” on page 169 and “Sew type” on
page 170
■ Color
Click this button to set the thread color for outlines,
inside regions, texts and manual punching patterns.
b Memo:
•The
Line color
and
Region color
buttons
appear in the Sewing Attributes bar (if they
have not been switched off with the
Line
sew
or
Region sew
buttons) when the
Select Object tool is selected and no
patterns are selected.
• When you enter one of the drawing modes
or text input mode, or select an existing
pattern, the color button for the
corresponding pattern appears.
1. Click the Color button.
→ A Thread Color dialog box similar to the
one shown below appears.
b Memo:
To view a list of only the thread colors, clear
the
View Details
check box.
2. From the Thread Chart selector, select a
system chart or a user thread chart.
3. From the list of thread colors, select the
desired color.
b Memo:
• The color can also be selected by double-
clicking it.
• For details on the four buttons under the
list, refer to “Special colors” on page 170.
4. Click OK.
b Memo:
To quit the operation, click
Cancel
.
Region sew
Region color
Region sew type
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