FAQs & Troubleshooting
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- 1Why do I receive the Warning Message "Please change direction of sewing Region"?
- 2When I select the Gradation check box in Expert mode of the Region sewing attribute dialog box in Design Center, I cannot blend two colors.
- 3Embroidery
- 4Why doesn't PE-DESIGN run properly on a Macintosh Virtual PC system?
- 5Can I use an original card from a previous version of PE-DESIGN with Ver.5, Ver.6, Ver.7 or Ver.8?
- 6When I create an embroidery pattern design on PE-DESIGN(PE-DESIGN, PE-DESIGN Lite, or PED-Basic), what Design Page Size is my sewing machine?
- 7Can PE-DESIGNs work with all versions of Windows?
- 8Since multiple objects are overlapped or complicated, I cannot select desired object even though I put the mouse cursor on and click the object that I want to edit.
- 9What is the difference between PE-Design Ver6 and Ver7?
- 10Can I use PE-DESIGN Ver.6 on Windows7?
- 11Why can't I import some embroidery files correctly?
- 12Why can't I select the 110 mm x 110 mm Design Page Size?
- 13Where is the serial number located?
- 14When I embroider a pattern with an outline and an inside region, there is a gap (where nothing is sewn) between the outline and the inside region. When the pattern is checked in the "Preview" screen, no gap appears between them. What can I do to finish the embroidery without this gap?
- 15When an original card is inserted into the machine, the message "This embroidery card cannot be used." appears, and embroidering is not possible.
- 16The designs of my Brother Embroidery Cards could be erased if I load them into the computer?
- 17Is the stitch count recalculated in the program when a design is changed from its original size?
- 18I am trying to open designs that I have downloaded from the Internet or from a disk. When I try to open them in Layout & Editing, it gives an error message "unexpected file format".
- 19I tried to import a "*.DST" file, but the thread colors became nonsense.
- 20I've written the pattern onto the original card and selected it on the sewing machine, but I can't change the sewing position.
- 21What is the difference between PE-Design and PED-Basic?
- 22Which Brother home-use embroidery machine can sew an embroidery pattern created with PE-Design?
- 23I can't create a clear embroidery data from a photo or an image/character that have a shading of color, using the Auto Punch function.
- 24I'm trying to create an embroidery pattern from an image scanned from a magazine etc. using the Auto Punch function. What should I do to erase a background in the image?
- 25Fabrics and stabilizer material for embroidery
- 26Is PE-DESIGN compatible with Microsoft Windows on an Intel-based Mac computer installed using Boot Camp?
- 27Can I use PE-DESIGN Ver.6 on Windows Vista?
- 28"Unexpected file format." appears on my PC when I try to import an image file.
- 29When I need to open an image file that will be converted into the embroidery pattern in Design Center, should the original image be in color or does it need to be black and white?
- 30I got a "*.PES" file from a friend, but the characters (TTF) in the pattern are different from the characters my friend used in the pattern.
- 31What is the maximum number of stitches that can be entered on an original card?
- 32Do you have a PE-Design for Mac?
- 33I've heard that it's possible to create an embroidery pattern from various types of fonts in a PC using PE-Design.
- 34What is the difference between PE-Design Ver5 and Ver6?
- 35When I embroider a pattern created using "Photo stitch function" (or I check it on the Preview screen), it appears dark.
- 36In the Design Center, I tried to set the thread color and sew type. When clicking the enclosed region where I want to apply the sewing attributes, the sewing attributes were also applied to other regions wrongly.
- 37When I start up PE-Design, "No card writer module is connected…" message appears, although a card writer module is connected to PC with USB cable directly.
- 38How do I set an outline or a region inside that will not be sewn.