Arrange Copies

Using the Mirror Copy tool

1. Select the pattern(s), and then click the [Home] tab.
2. Click [Arrange Copy] in the [Clipboard] group, and then click [Vertical Mirror Copy], [Horizontal Mirror Copy] or [Four-Way Mirror Copy].
   
3. Move the pointer, and then click when the patterns are arranged as desired.
   

Using the Circle Copy tool

1. Select the pattern(s), and then click the [Home] tab.
2. Click [Arrange Copy] in the [Clipboard] group, and then click [Circle Copy].
   
3. Specify the pattern arrangement and spacing.
   
   1. Select the desired arrangement.
   2. Select how the pattern arrangement will be specified.

      Select [Number] to specify the number of patterns to be arranged.

      Select [Spacing] to specify the spacing between the patterns.

      The higher the value, the wider the patterns are spaced from each other.

4. Drag the pointer to draw a circle or an oval.
   
   • To draw a circle, hold down the <Shift> key while dragging the pointer.
   • To redraw the ellipse, right-click the Design Page to return to before the ellipse was drawn.
   • After drawing a circle or ellipse, hold down the <Ctrl> key while dragging the pointer to move, rotate or enlarge/reduce the shape.
5. Move the pointer to select the desired angle.
   
   
   

   Rotating the line changes the orientation of the patterns.

   • To rotate the line in 15° increments, hold down the <Shift> key while moving the pointer.
     The angle of the line appears in the status bar.
   • While changing the orientation by moving the pointer, the pattern arrangement and spacing can still be changed in the [Circle Copy] dialog box.
6. Click to finish the copies.

Using the Matrix Copy tool

1. Select the pattern(s), and then click the [Home] tab.
2. Click [Arrange Copy] in the [Clipboard] group, and then click [Matrix Copy].
   
3. Specify the spacing between patterns. The higher the value, the wider the patterns are spaced from each other.
   

   To overlap the patterns, specify a negative value number.

   
4. Click in the Design Page, and then move the pointer.

   A rectangle and the patterns that can be arranged within it appear as dotted lines.

   
   • To redraw the rectangle, right-click the Design Page to return to before the rectangle was drawn.
   • While resizing the rectangle by moving the pointer, the pattern spacing can still be changed in the [Matrix Copy] dialog box.
5. Click to finish the copies.

Merging patterns

Overlapping shape patterns arranged using [Vertical Mirror Copy], [Horizontal Mirror Copy], [Four-Way Mirror Copy], [Circle Copy] or [Matrix Copy] can be merged. When the following message appears, click [Yes].

The shape patterns are merged.

Optimizing the sewing order (color sort)

Before using an [Arrange Copy] tool, optimizing the sewing order adjusts the sewing order of the patterns created with the [Arrange Copy] tool in order to reduce the number of thread color changes.

[Optimize Sewing Order] not selected				[Optimize Sewing Order] selected
The sewing order is the order in which patterns are created.				Patterns will be sewn so that those with the same thread colors will be connected.

1. Select the pattern(s), and then click the [Home] tab.
2. Click [Arrange Copy] in the [Clipboard] group, and then click [Optimize Sewing Order] so that the check mark appears.
   
3. Perform the Arrange Copy operation.