Saving Designs - Brother BES Monogramming Suite Instruction Manual

18 Pacesetter BES Monogramming Suite
Instruction Manual

Saving Designs

Use the Save As command to save designs. The Save As
command lets you save an alternative version of the design with
a different name, location, or file format. Embroidery designs
can be saved in a number of different formats. The default
format is the in the Pacesetter outline format (*BRF), but you
can also choose from a large number of machine (stitch)
formats, such as *.PES, *.SEW, *.JEF, etc.
Regarding outline vs. stitch formats:
Files saved as the outline format (*.BRF). will contain both
outline (vector graphic) information and stitch information.
Designs saved in this format can be edited without
compromising the quality of the stitches, because the stitch
information is regenerated when segments are resized.
If the file is saved in machine format, on the other hand, it will
contain only stitches, without any outline information. When
resizing these types of files, the lack of vector outlines means
that the regeneration of stitches cannot be done as well as it is
for segments that do have outlines. Therefore, it is recom-
mended that you save all newly-created designs as *.BRF at
first. Then, do any editing that is necessary, and only save your
design in machine format when it is all ready to be sewn out.
Important: It is possible to have stitch (i.e. non-outline)
segments in an outline (*.BRF) file. For example, those that are
imported into your *.BRF using the Merge command.
If the file you merge into your outline file is in stitch file format, it
will still be a stitch-only segment, even thought it is part of an
outline file; therefore, the same cautions about re-sizing apply.
To save a design:
1 Do one of the following.
 Click the Accelerator button, and select Save As from
the menu that appears.
 On the Quick Access toolbar, click on the Save as
tool.