My Design Snap App Assistant Book

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW 2

Enabling a Wireless Network Connection 5

Positioning an Embroidery Design 7

Creating Embroidery Data in My Design Center within the Hoop 10

Creating Embroidery Data in My Design Center with Image from the Smartphone 12

• Learnabouttheapplication’scapabilities................................................................................................................................. 2

• LearnhowtocalibratethehoopandpositionadesignusingtheAdvancedmode......................................................... 8

• LearnhowtouseMyDesignSnaponyoursmartphonetophotographthefabricpatterntouse

MyDesignCentertodrawanembroiderydesignontopofthefabricpattern................................................................10

• Learnhowtotransferimagedatasavedonthesmartphonetothemachine,touse

MyDesignCentertoconverttheimagetoembroiderydata...............................................................................................12

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OVERVIEW

ThismanualwillhelpyoulearnhowtousetheMyDesignSnapPositioningapplicationthroughstep-by-

stepinstructionsthatfollowalongwiththeinstructionvideosontheMachine.

WearesurethatthebrilliantfeaturesofMyDesignSnapwillmakeyourprojectsspectacular.

Belowisageneralexplanationofhowtheapplicationworks.Eachstepwillbemorethoroughlyexplained

Eachtimeyouopentheapplication,youwillbeguidedthroughthenecessarystepsfortheapplicationto

findandconnecttotheBrothermachineandtosendyourimagetothemachine.

Therearethreefunctionsavailablewithintheapplication:

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Thesecondandthirdoptionsintheapplicationworkwithyourmachine’sMyDesignCenterfunctionto

createoreditembroiderydata.Youwillbeabletousetheimagefromyoursmartphoneto:

Android5.0orlater/iOS10.0orlater.

Fortherecommendedsmartdevices,pleaserefertoBrother Solutions Center.

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OVERVIEW

Viewing Instructional Videos

TherearealsoseveralinstructionalvideosinstalledonyourMachinewhichdemonstratetheapplication’s

functions.Besuretowatchthesevideosandreadthisinstructionmanualbeforeusingtheapplication.

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

1. PressSewing Machine HelpontheHomeScreen.

2. Select Video.Thenewpagedisplaysalistofvideo

topics.Touchatopictoviewtheavailablevideos.

6. PressClose

toreturntothevideolist.

7. PressReturn

togobacktothemainscreen

forSewingMachineHelp.

8. SelectClose

toexit.

Thebuilt-ininstructionalvideosfortheapplicationcanbefoundinthesecategories:

Settings:

•EnablingaWirelessNetworkConnection(seepage5ofthisbook)

•ConvertinganImagetoEmbroideryData(seepage12ofthisbook)

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Enabling a Wireless Network Connection on Your Brother Machine

Inordertoconnectyourmachinetoawirelessnetwork,thesecurityinformation(SSIDandnetworkkey)

foryourhomenetworkwillberequired.Thenetworkkeymayalsobecalledapassword,securitykeyor

encryptionkey.First,findyoursecurityinformationandnoteit.

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ENABLINGAWIRELESSNETWORKCONNECTION

Connecting the Application to Your Brother Machine

Youwillneedtocheckyoursmartphone’sWLANsettingstoensurethatitisconnectedtothesame

networkasyourBrothermachine.Beforeopeningtheapplicationonyoursmartphone,besuretoturn

onyourBrothermachineandenablethewirelessLAN.

EachtimeyouopentheMyDesignSnapapplication,theapplicationwillsearchforthenpairwithyour

Brothermachine.

4. SelectyourmachineintheSelectDevicescreen.Forthis

5. TapFinishkey.

Mobile Device Lens Calibration

WhenusingtheMyDesignSnapapp,youmaybepromptedtocalibratethelensofyoursmartphonefor

improvedpositioningaccuracy.Theappwillguideyouthroughthesesteps:

POSITIONINGANEMBROIDERYDESIGN(EASYMODE)

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Positioning an Embroidery Design

Positioning a Design Using the Easy Mode

TousetheMyDesignSnapapptopositionadesign,youwillfirstneedtohoop the fabric(withstabilizer)

inoneofthecodifiedhoopsandset an embroidery design.

TheexampleshowninthissectionusestheEasy modeintheappanddesign 007 from embroidery

category 1/subcategory 15.

Subcategory Design