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8 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 From the “Choose Commands from:” list, select the toolbar containing the command you want.The list of t

98 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualTo rotate segments manually:1 Select one or more segments you want to rotate.The active segment(s) is en

Editing Designs 99Working with the Color PaletteIn Pacesetter BES Lettering, you can change the color of any segment of your design, whether it be a L

100 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 When you have found the color you want, click on it to select it.4 Click the Find button.The color yo

Editing Designs 101Special Design ToolsThere are a number of very useful special features in Pacesetter BES Lettering which you can use to incorporate

102 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual6 To view a preview of the selected design, select Preview, if not already selected.A preview image of

Editing Designs 103Add Designs FeatureThe Add Designs feature allows you to embellish the lettering in your design with extra decorative embroidery. W

104 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual5 Place the mouse pointer, at the position you would like the Add Design to begin6 Click and drag the m

Editing Designs 1058 To adjust the size and orientation of the Add Design segment after it is placed, select it with the Select tool, and use the hand

106 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualDistortion dialog. The following graphic shows an example of ZigZag distortion. Distortion Controls: Am

Editing Designs 107Distortion Controls: AngleThe Twirl effect uses an angle setting to determine how much ‘twist’ the design will be given.Distortion

Learning about the Workspace 9Adding Separators in the Quick Access ToolbarYou have the option of also adding separators in the Quick Access Toolbar.

108 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualDistortion Controls: ScaleThe scale is also used by the Pinch effect. It controls how much to expand th

Editing Designs 109Sequencing Outline SegmentsUsing the Sequence View, you can alter the sequence of segments in your designs. You can move them up, d

110 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualInserting Segments Earlier in the Segment SequenceYou can add segments earlier in your design’s segment

Editing Designs 111command was used to change the sewing order so that, instead of jumping to the bottom letter and then going back to the middle (A -

112 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualMoving a Segment to the Start or End of the DesignUse the Move First command to make the selected segme

Editing Designs 113 In the design workspace, right-click the segment(s) and choose Move—Last. In the Sequence View area, right-click the segment(s)

114 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual2 Do one of the following: In the design workspace, right-click the segment(s) and choose Move—Prev Ma

Editing Designs 115To move a segment to the next thread color layer:1 Select the segment(s) you want to move.2 Do one of the following:

116 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual In the design workspace, right-click the segment(s) and choose Move—Next Match. In the Sequence View

Editing Designs 1172 To zoom in and out of the previewed worksheet, do the following: To zoom in on the worksheet, click Zoom In and scroll to view s

10 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualCustomizing Keyboard ShortcutsAnother useful feature of the More Commands menu item (on the Quick Access

118 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual2 Make any required changes to the print settings3 Click OK to send the file to the printer.Changing th

Editing Designs 1193 In the Margins area, enter the margin sizes you want for your design worksheet.4 Select Print Actual Size to have your design pri

120 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual

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122 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualAppliquéEmbroidery process that involves using cut pieces of fabric in place of large fill stitch areas

123Cross StitchTwo stitches that cross at the center to form an X.DensityDensity is the number of stitches covering a given area. Large letters, large

124 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualHoopDevice made from wood, plastic or steel with which fabric is gripped tightly between an inner ring

125Machine FormatsMachine formats have their own profile settings that determine how embroidery information will be interpreted when you save design f

126 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualRunning StitchConsists of one stitch between two points. Used for outlining and fine detail.Satin Stitc

127IndexNumerics3D tool 14AAbsolute pull-compensation 81Align tools 95Aligning segments 95Alignment 66Anchor points 38Angle, text 45Applique borders 7

Learning about the Workspace 114 From the “Categories” list, select the category containing the command you want.The corresponding list of commands ap

128 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualFFile Tools 13Fill density 75Fill patternscustomizing Carved Fill 76Fill stitches 78Underlay types 78Fit

129customizing Carved Fill 76Percentage pull-compensation 81Pinch distortion 108Previewing designs 116Print Preview command 116Print Preview tool 12Pr

130 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualUUnderlay stitch length 79Underlay types 78Undo tool 13, 20VVertical Center tool (Align) 16, 96Vertical

12 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualToolbar and Ribbon ButtonsYou can access the tools available in Pacesetter BES Lettering through the var

Learning about the Workspace 13Extra ToolsRibbon ToolsThe Ribbon appears below the Title Bar. The Ribbon has three tabs, the Home tab, the Arrange tab

14 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualDelete: Removes the selected segment.Text: Creates lettering placed along a straight baseline.Text on Pa

Learning about the Workspace 15Tools on the Arrange TabZoom: Magnifies the design to fit a rectangle drawn by the user with the mouse pointer.Zoom in:

16 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualThe View TabThe controls on the View tab allow you to change what appears on your workspace; which panel

Learning about the Workspace 17Show/HideCheck the boxes to show the corresponding symbols in the Design Workspace.• Entry/Exit. Shows the position of

ii Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualCopyright© Copyright 2009 Pulse Microsystems Ltd. All rights reserved.This instruction manual and softwar

18 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualThe length of the scrollbar slider represents all of the stitches in the opened design. You can move the

Learning about the Workspace 19Status LineThe Status Line appears at the bottom of the Pacesetter BES Lettering window. To show or hide the Status Lin

20 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualUsing ScrollbarsThe scrollbars are inside the design workspace on the right and bottom of the window. Th

Learning about the Workspace 21Setting up your Workspace EnvironmentPacesetter BES Lettering allows you to set up your design workspace environment fo

22 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualChanging Machine Format PropertiesAll designs in Pacesetter BES Lettering have a machine format. Machine

Learning about the Workspace 23Adjusting the View of your WorkspaceMagnifying and Reducing the ViewUse Zoom to magnify or reduce parts of your design.

24 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual4 Do one of the following steps: To increase the zoom, continue clicking and dragging the flexible box.

Learning about the Workspace 25Viewing Different Parts of the Workspace (Panning)Sometimes you may want to work at a high level of magnification, and

26 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualTaking MeasurementsThe Ruler tool lets you measure the distance between any two points in your design

Learning about the Workspace 27Viewing and Hiding the Embroidery HoopThe Hoops tool toggles the display of the embroidery hoop on and off. The hoop

1Table of ContentsLearning about the Workspace...5Parts of the Workspace ...

28 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 Select the machine format from the Format drop-down list.4 From the list of Hoops, choose a hoop size

Learning about the Workspace 297 Click on the name; the new hoop’s dimensions now appear in the Hoops dialog on the lower right of the dialog.8 Click

30 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualUsing the Index The Help index is similar to the index in a book. To use the Index:1 Click the Help to

Learning about the Workspace 31Saving Favorite Help TopicsThe Favorites tab lets you save the topics that you visit most often and want to access quic

32 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual Print the selected topic Print the selected heading and all subtopics5 Click OK.You see the Print dia

You can add beautiful lettering to your designs using various Pacesetter BES Lettering tools. Generate unique embroidery text in an array of shapes an

34 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualCreating LetteringThere are five different tools which are used to input your lettering into a design: t

Creating Lettering 355 Type the desired text string.To create a multi-line text segment, press ENTER, which will drop the cursor down one line, and co

36 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 Click once in the design window.You see the Select a text path dialog.4 Select one of the paths from t

Creating Lettering 376 Right-click to complete the text segment.Your text appears in the design. You can now make any other changes to the text segmen

2 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualCreating Lettering...33Creating Lettering ...

38 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual4 Click and drag the anchor points and direction lines to modify the shape of the baseline.5 Right-click

Creating Lettering 39 Line: Removes the direction lines from the anchor point. Creates a straight point without any curved properties. Cusp: Allows

40 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualA preview of the newly selected font is now displayed at the top of the properties panel. Click Apply i

Creating Lettering 41 Click Apply in the Properties panel.5 Type the desired text string.6 Right-click to complete the text segment.Your text appears

42 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualText Frames - an OverviewIn Pacesetter BES Lettering, you can modify your lettering in a number of diffe

Creating Lettering 43Adjusting the Width of TextThe Width of text items can be adjusted using the Width Handle.This handle is on the bottom, right of

44 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualUsing the Envelope HandlesThese handles apply only to Normal Text and Monogram text items. These two typ

Creating Lettering 45Dragging this handle rotates the design to any angle. You will see an outline of the design rotate onscreen as you are dragging,

46 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualAdjusting the Size of Text in the Circle FrameThe size of text items can be adjusted using the Proportio

Creating Lettering 47Note that the spacing between the lettering changes proportionally as you increase and decrease the size of the segment. To adjus

3Properties Specific to Particular Text Frames... 64Changing Properties with the Context Menu (Right-click)...

48 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualWorking with Individual LettersThe text tools allow you to make changes to individual letters within the

Creating Lettering 49The Kerning Handles are the blue diamond-shaped handles that appear between each letter. These handles move horizontally and can

50 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualLetter Size Handles appear only when an individual Letter Handle has been clicked on. The Letter Size Ha

Creating Lettering 51Working with Color With Pacesetter BES Lettering, you are able to choose a text item’s color from a large variety of thread color

52 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualColor2, etc.) and can then be assigned its own thread color from the Color Palette.To insert thread colo

Creating Lettering 53Selecting the colors for the individual sub-segments; in this example, applying a red thread color to the first segment, the word

54 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 Find the color you wish to apply to the fill of the lettering segment in the color palette, and left-c

Topics covered in this chapter:• Editing text objects using Properties panel settings.• Using the Styles feature to give a different look to your lett

56 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualThe Properties PanelThe Pacesetter BES Lettering Properties Panel appears on the right of the workspace.

Text Properties 57Changing the TextAs well as being able to type directly on the screen (see appro-priate sections under “Creating Text”), you can als

4 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualSpecial Design Tools ...101Merging Design

58 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualChanging the Font of Existing Text SegmentYou can change the font type of text objects using the drop-do

Text Properties 593 From the Font list, select the font you want to use.4 Click Apply to save your changes.You see your text’s font type altered accor

60 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualSpell CheckerThe Spell Checker feature is found in the Properties Panel in Pacesetter BES Lettering. You

Text Properties 613 To see a list of suggested correct spellings, right-click in the text entry box next to the incorrect word.A list of alternatives

62 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 Type in the height you want your letters to be.4 Click Apply to save your changes.You see your text’s

Text Properties 63To change width percentage:1 Select the text object you want to alter.2 In the Text area of the Properties panel, select the Width f

64 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualApplying an EnvelopeOne way to vary the shape of your text segment is to use the Envelope setting. This

Text Properties 65.Some example of the monograms made using the Decor Monogram fonts. If you create your monogram using one of the special mono-gram f

66 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualAlignThe Align setting is found only in Normal text mode and applies to lettering segments with more tha

Text Properties 67Resetting the FrameThe Reset Frame command is useful when you have altered your text object a bit too much and want to start over.Re

Before you start using the software, we recommend that you understand the Pacesetter BES Lettering design workspace and learn a few of the basic compo

68 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualText Styles OptionThere is the option in the Properties Panel, for those fonts that support it, to chang

Text Properties 69Steil Style TextThe Steil stitch is a constant-width satin stitch which follows the outer contour of each letter. The properties spe

70 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualThere are three different embroidery segments for each letter in appliqué style text:• Positioning stitc

Text Properties 71 In the Inset box, select a percentage to inset the edge of the appliqué border, relative to the outline of the lettering.4 Click A

72 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualYou must make all changes to the Appliqué stitches from the Appliqué box.To adjust Motif settings for Ap

Text Properties 732 In the Appliqué area of the Properties panel, select the Fabric field.3 Click the down arrow to the right of the Fabric field.You

74 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualAdjusting Fill SettingsWithin the properties panel, the Fill area allows you to customize the parameters

Text Properties 755 From the Pattern list, select a pattern.6 Click Apply.The fill of your text segment is altered accordingly.Fill Density SettingFil

76 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualFor larger text objects, particularly when you exceed the maxi-mum recommended height of a font, you wil

Text Properties 77To change the Emboss Angle of a Carved pattern:1 Select a Carved fill segment2 In the Fill area of the Properties Panel, do the foll

6 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualParts of the WorkspaceThe Pacesetter BES Lettering workspace contains a number of different areas which h

78 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualSelecting the Underlay TypeYou can select underlay types for various types of stitches. Choose from Cont

Text Properties 795 Adjust any of the other settings. Refer to the related procedures for more information.6 Click Apply.Specifying the Underlay Stitc

80 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual3 Select one or more of the following underlay types you want to use: Contour, Parallel, Perpendicular,

Text Properties 813 In the Pull Compensation Area of the Properties panel, click the down arrow to the right of the Type field.4 A list of options is

82 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualSpecial Characters ListThe following lists the special characters that may be available in Pacesetter BE

Text Properties 83Ê Alt + 0202Ë Alt + 0203Ì Alt + 0204Í Alt + 0205Î Alt + 0206Ï Alt + 0207Ð Alt + 0208Ñ Alt + 0209Ò Alt + 0210Ó Alt + 0211Ô Alt + 0212

84 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualTo type special characters:1 In the text frame, position the cursor where you want to insert the special

Once you have learned to create your own designs, you will want to create and save them as files to output to your machine. Pacesetter BES Lettering a

86 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualCreating New DesignsWhen you open Pacesetter BES Lettering, you can immediately begin creating a new, un

Editing Designs 873 In the Machine format list, select the machine format that you want applied to the design when created.4 Click OK. You see a new d

Learning about the Workspace 7print; but it is fully customizable, meaning that you can add the tools you personally use most often, for easy access.

88 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualTo close a design:• Click the Pacesetter Button , and select Close or Close All from the menu.Choos

Editing Designs 89The recipe you choose then becomes the default for all subsequent design files that you open. The recipes containing fabric settings

90 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual On the Quick Access Toolbar, choose the Save As tool.You see the Save As dialog box.2 In the Save in

Editing Designs 91The Select tool is also used to select a number of components in order to align them as you wish; for more information, see, “Aligni

92 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualThe active design components will be enclosed in a selection box with handles.To select all components o

Editing Designs 934 To select one segment, click the segment from the list.In the design workspace, the active segment is enclosed in a selection box

94 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction Manual In the design workspace, right-click on the selection and choose Copy from the menu. Press Ctrl + C.T

Editing Designs 95Aligning Items in the Design Horizontally and VerticallyYou can align lettering or design components horizontally or vertically usin

96 Pacesetter BES LetteringInstruction ManualMoving Parts of a Design ManuallyYou can move the component parts of your design relative to each other

Editing Designs 97To nudge left:• Use Ctrl + .To nudge right:• Use Ctrl + .Deleting Design ComponentsDeleting a design component removes it from the