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Drawing Shapes
Basic Layout & Editing Operations
Drawing various shape
1. First, select the Shape tool. Click 1, then 2,
then 3.
2. Drag the pointer in the Design Page.
Drawing outlines (straight
lines and curves)
b Memo:
• All of these patterns, except arcs have an
outline and a inside region, and can
independently be assigned different sewing
attributes. Arcs are simple outlines.
• The outline of patterns created with the Fan
Shape and Arc & String tools can be edited
with the Select Point tool.
c
“Selecting points” on page 62.
• You can change the color and sew type
either before or after drawing the shape.
c
“Setting the thread color and sew
type” on page 56.
• You can also use the settings in the Sewing
Attributes
tab to define other attributes of
the shape.
c
“Specifying sewing attributes” on
page 58.
Fan
Click at start point.
Move to end point.
Click at end point.
1
2
3
b Memo:
To draw the shape while maintaining the
original height-to-width proportion, hold down
the key while dragging the pointer.
b Memo:
If the line of the pattern crosses itself, the
inside region cannot be filled, and the line
must be uncrossed so that the fill can be
applied.
Shift
End point
Start point
Open line
Closed line
This closed line crosses itself,
so the regions will not be filled.
End point
Start point
Open curve
Closed curve
This closed curve crosses itself,
so the regions will not be filled.
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