Embroidery Office® DESIGN - Comparison Chart
SIERRA v8 Digitizing Levels: AUTHOR, MAXX, MAXX PLUS, MAXX PRO, MAXX XPERT
    
● Included Feature
○ Optional Feature
   
Embroidery Office Design (EOD) - INTL
User Interface, Synchronized Windows, etc 4 5 6 7 8
Zoom Options, Dynamic Zoom, Fit to.. ● ● ● ● ●
Auto Scroll ● ● ● ● ●
Show / Hide Color Layers ● ● ● ● ●
Slow Redraw, Redraw Speed ● ● ● ● ●
Ruler, Grid & Sub-Grid ● ● ● ● ●
Measuring Ruler ● ● ● ● ●
Show Hoops ● ● ● ● ●
Auxiliary References Lines     ● ● ●
Show / Hide Objects ● ● ● ● ●
Highlight Objects   ● ● ● ●
Embroidery Simulation on Main Window     ● ● ●
Satellite View   ● ● ● ●
Simulation View, Real Time, Print ● ● ● ● ●
Object Sequence View   ● ● ● ●
Object Sequence View: Drag & Drop Sequencing     ● ● ●
Object Tree View, Simple/Advanced ● ● ● ● ●
Object Tree View, Editable (Sequence & Properties)       ● ●
Stitch List View ● ● ● ● ●
Navigation Bar ● ● ● ● ●
Editable Infocard ● ● ● ● ●
Print from Infocard ● ● ● ● ●
OI Quick ● ● ● ● ●
OI Advanced ● ● ● ● ●
Browse Designs ● ● ● ● ●
Browse Images ● ● ● ● ●
Motif Library ● ● ● ● ●
Memory List     ● ● ●
Style Galery   ● ● ● ●
MDI (multiple design documents) ● ● ● ● ●
AutoSave   ● ● ● ●
Undo Size: 4 ● ● ● ● ●
Undo Size: 40     ● ● ●
Redo     ● ● ●
Undo Mark       ● ●
Customize Toolbars & Shortcut Keys ● ● ● ● ●
Lettering System          
Multi-Line Text, Multi-Color Text ● ● ● ● ●
Auto Kerning & Character Spacing ● ● ● ● ●
Text from Pre-Digitized Embroidery Fonts (close point) ● ● ● ● ●
Text from True Type Fonts (TTF1) ● ● ● ● ●
TTF1 - Fill Objects: Borderline, Body, Both ● ● ● ● ●
TTF1 - Borderlines with: Running Stitch, Zig-Zag, E, EE, SQ ● ● ● ● ●
TTF1 - Body with: Column Stitches (Zig-Zag) ● ● ● ● ●
TTF1 - Body with: Pattern, Programmable Stitch ● ● ● ● ●
Text from True Type Fonts (TTF2) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
TTF2 - Borderlines with: Programable Stitch, Sequin ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
TTF2 - Body with: Flexible Fill, Cross Stitch, Texture, Sequin ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Break Up Text to sections   ● ● ● ●
Layouts Std: Arcs, Stair, Regular box, Elastic Box ● ● ● ● ●
Layouts Adv: User Baseline, Top and Bottom lines ● ● ● ● ●
Save new layouts ● ● ● ● ●
Move Letters (manual kerning) ● ● ● ● ●
Resize Individual Letters ● ● ● ● ●
Edit Objects inside texts ● ● ● ● ●
Edit Stitches Setting ● ● ● ● ●
Adjustments & Compensation ● ● ● ● ●
Save Custom Fill Stitches   ● ● ● ●
Built In Effects: Shadow, Perspective, Offset, etc. ○ ○ ○ ○ ●
Create Custom Effects for TTF ○ ○ ○ ○ ●
Produce Monogram Design ○ ● ● ● ●
Break Up Monograms to sections         ●
Produce Team Names Designs ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Digitizing Modes          
Manual, Click by Click ● ● ● ● ●
Geometric Shapes   ● ● ● ●
Tracing Box for Raster Complex Colors     ● ● ●
Automatic Tracing on Raster   ● ● ● ●
Auto-Interactive Tracing on Raster     ● ● ●
Shoot & Stitch (Auto-Capture + Fill) on Raster   ○ ○ ● ●
Automatic Tracing on Vectors   ● ● ● ●
Auto-Interactive Tracing on Vectors     ● ● ●
Shoot & Stitch (Auto-Capture + Fill) on Vectors   ○ ○ ● ●
Pattern Fill Only ● ● ● ● ●
Running Stitch, ZigZag & Pattern Fills ● ● ● ● ●
Photo-Stitching (B&W + Color) ● ● ● ● ●
Cross Stitch ○ ○ ● ● ●
Digitizing Methods & Objects          
Manual Stitches (on Creation Tools) ● ● ● ● ●
Path w/ Running Stitch ● ● ● ● ●
Path w/ Zig Zag   ● ● ● ●
Path w/ E, EE, SQ   ● ● ● ●
Path w/ Programable Stitches     ● ● ●
Path w/ Sequin     ● ● ●
Path w/ Longitudinal Stitches       ● ●
Column w/ Zig Zag ● ● ● ● ●
Column w/ E, EE, SQ     ● ● ●
Column w/ Elastic Uniform Pattern (Hand)     ● ● ●
Column w/ Elastic Uniform Pattern (Math)     ● ● ●
Column w/ Elastic Graphic Pattern     ● ● ●
Column w/ Elastic Mixed Pattern     ● ● ●
Column w/ Elastic Programable Stitches       ● ●
Column w/ Longitudinal Stitches       ● ●
Area w/ Zig Zag   ● ● ● ●
Area w/ E, EE, SQ     ● ● ●
Area w/ Uniform Pattern (Hand)   ● ● ● ●
Area w/ Uniform Pattern (Math)   ● ● ● ●
Area w/ Graphic Pattern   ● ● ● ●
Area w/ Mixed Pattern   ● ● ● ●
Area w/ Elastic Uniform Pattern (Hand)     ● ● ●
Area w/ Elastic Uniform Pattern (Math)     ● ● ●
Area w/ Elastic Graphic Pattern     ● ● ●
Area w/ Elastic Mixed Pattern     ● ● ●
Area w/ Programable Stitches     ● ● ●
Area w/ Elastic Programmable Stitches       ● ●
Area w/ Longitudinal Stitches       ● ●
Area w/ Cross Stitch     ● ● ●
Area w/ Flexible Fill (straight & curve directions)         ●
Area w/ Spiral Fill         ●
Area w/ Sequin   ○ ○ ○ ●
Area w/ Applique     ● ● ●
Area w/ Textures       ● ●
Area w/Photo B&W + Color     ● ● ●
Area w/Auto-Fill         ●
Digitizing Object Properties          
Main Reference, Area Contour   ● ● ● ●
Stitch Directions (Straight)   ● ● ● ●
Stitch Directions (Curve)         ●
User Defined Entry and Exit Point ● ● ● ● ●
Close Point Connection on Entry and Exit Point     ● ● ●
Area Holes   ● ● ● ●
Split-Stitches Line, Deviation     ● ● ●
Center Spine         ●
Break-Object Line       ● ●
Corner Fill (custom type & auto-judge)   ● ● ● ●
Close with Mirrowed Nodes (simmetric)     ● ● ●
Use Arc & Bezier Curves   ● ● ● ●
Snap Cursor to Entry Point, to Grid   ● ● ● ●
Snap to Notable Points     ● ● ●
Randomize Borders   ● ● ● ●
BackStep & AdvanceStep on Running Stitch         ●
Shapes on Path End-Points     ● ● ●
Variable Width & Modulation on Path Borders     ● ● ●
Repetitions on zigzag (highlight stitches)         ●
Patterns on Holes     ● ● ●
Variable Density: Color Gradiation       ● ●
Variable Density: Color Blending       ● ●
Underlay: Centered, Edge Walk, Zig Zag, Parallel ● ● ● ● ●
Underlay: Double Zig Zag, Double Parallel     ● ● ●
Underlay: Edge + ( ZZ or DZZ or Par or DPar)     ● ● ●
Pull Compensation ● ● ● ● ●
Short Stitches Programable ● ● ● ● ●
Zig-Zag Auto-Split   ● ● ● ●
Adjust Density vs. Stitch Length     ● ● ●
Filter Small Stitches     ● ● ●
Fill w/ Running Stitch, Zig Zag, E     ● ● ●
Fill w/ Special Stitch, Sequin       ● ●
Other Props: Outline on Holes, Cuts     ● ● ●
Pull compensation, Short Stitches, Auto-Split     ● ● ●
Filter Small Stitches     ● ● ●
Randomize Borders     ● ● ●
Modulation on Path Borders     ● ● ●
BackStep & AdvanceStep on Running Stitch         ●
Repetitions on Zig Zag         ●
Commands Inside Sections     ● ● ●
Commands Before/After Sections   ● ● ● ●
Lock Stitches at Start/End or Cut   ● ● ● ●
Select Stitch Settings by Fabric (material) ● ● ● ● ●
Create or Edit Stitch Settings by Fabric   ● ● ● ●
Wireframe Editing          
Sort Sections by Index (en OI)     ● ● ●
Edit Object Shape & Elements ● ● ● ● ●
Copy Properties, Paste Special (clone fill)       ● ●
Separate Outline from Area     ● ● ●
Divide/Split Object     ● ● ●
Contour Trap (new object)         ●
Add Outline (new object)         ●
Convert to Stitch Object ● ● ● ● ●
Convert to other Stitch Type (Pattern, ZigZag, etc)   ● ● ● ●
Convert to other Object Type (Path, Area)       ● ●
Convert Object to Figure       ● ●
Object Block Editing          
Select by Click, Color, by Rectangle, Freehand ● ● ● ● ●
Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete Block ● ● ● ● ●
Resize, Rotate, Mirror ● ● ● ● ●
Envelope Distortion     ● ● ●
Object Block Repeat (dup, circle, grid, path)       ● ●
Objects Alignment   ● ● ● ●
Insert Section Cursor     ● ● ●
Sort Sections by 1,2,3     ● ● ●
Block Grouping (handle together)     ● ● ●
Objects Branching (connect objects, create paths)         ●
Read / Write Blocks to Memory     ● ● ●
Export Block to Disk     ● ● ●
Convert Object to Figure       ● ●
Expanded Editing          
Select Stitch by click ● ● ● ● ●
Auto Select Stitch (Next, Prev) ● ● ● ● ●
Move, Delete, Add Stitches (w/wo compensation) ● ● ● ● ●
Add, Delete, Edit Control ● ● ● ● ●
Select All ● ● ● ● ●
Select by Color ● ● ● ● ●
Select by Start-End Point, by Navigation ● ● ● ● ●
Select by Rectangle, by Contourn ● ● ● ● ●
Select by Object (RS, ZZ, Pattern Recognition) ● ● ● ● ●
Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Keep selection (crop) ● ● ● ● ●
Move, Rotate, Scale (wo/ density compensation) ● ● ● ● ●
Mirror H, V, Fix Rotation, Angular Rotation ● ● ● ● ●
Envelope distortion (bridge, panoramic, etc) ● ● ● ● ●
Scale Block (w/ density compensation) ● ● ● ● ●
Filter Small stitches ● ● ● ● ●
Change ZigZag properties (density, width, angle) ● ● ● ● ●
Smooth ZigZag border ● ● ● ● ●
Randomize ZigZag border ● ● ● ● ●
Change Patern properties (density, width, type) ● ● ● ● ●
Smooth Area-Pattern border ● ● ● ● ●
Randomize Area-Pattern border ● ● ● ● ●
Convert ZigZag to Pattern and viceversa ● ● ● ● ●
Convert Stitch Block to Objects (exp 2 cnd) ● ● ● ● ●
Object Recognition Settings ● ● ● ● ●
Edit Object Wireframe ● ● ● ● ●
Globe, Len, Noise, Speed, Explosion, etc ● ● ● ● ●
Custom Grid ● ● ● ● ●
Sort Sequence by Color ● ● ● ● ●
Move Start & End Points ● ● ● ● ●
Reconnect Block ● ● ● ● ●
Repeat Designs (basic) ● ● ● ● ●
Raster & Vector Images          
Open, Save, Scan, etc ● ● ● ● ●
Resize, Rotate ● ● ● ● ●
Vectorize (Raster to Vector)     ● ● ●
Open, Save, etc ● ● ● ● ●
Resize, Rotate ● ● ● ● ●
Edit Box (resize, rotate, move, color, etc)   ● ● ● ●
Edit Nodes   ● ● ● ●
Group & Ungroup   ● ● ● ●
Combine (Merge, Trim, Simplify)   ● ● ● ●
Sort, Order (to back, to front)   ● ● ● ●
Create new Figures     ● ● ●
Split Figure     ● ● ●
System & User Components          
Motifs 40 40 70 100 130
Pre-Digitized Lettering Fonts 70 70 80 90 100
Pre-Digitized Monogramming Fonts 15 15 20 25 30
Uniform Patterns (Hand) 40 40 50 60 70
Uniform Patterns (Math) 70 70 90 110 130
Graphic Patterns 80 80 90 100 110
Mixed Patterns 20 20 30 40 50
Programmable Stitches 40 40 80 120 160
Textures 0 0 5 20 35
3D Models for 3D Space Simulation 6 6 6 6 6
Hoops DB ● ● ● ● ●
Thread Charts ● ● ● ● ●
Fabrics ● ● ● ● ●
Motifs Builder     ● ● ●
Hand Patterns Editor     ● ● ●
Math Patterns Editor     ● ● ●
Graphic Patterns Editor     ● ● ●
Mixed Patterns Editor (Masks & Mixed)         ●
Programmable Stitches Builder     ● ● ●
Font Builder Standard     ● ● ●
Font Builder from TTF     ○ ○ ○
Create new Fill Styles     ● ● ●
Hoops DB ● ● ● ● ●
Thread Charts ● ● ● ● ●
Fabrics ● ● ● ● ●
Embroidery Explorer Module          
Folders tree ● ● ● ● ●
Task Panel ● ● ● ● ●
Search on Folders ● ● ● ● ●
View Options 1: as List, Details, Icons ● ● ● ● ●
View Options 2: Small/Large Thumbnail, w/wo details ● ● ● ● ●
View image formats ● ● ● ● ●
Rename, Delete ● ● ● ● ●
Cut, Copy, Paste or Drag (single) ● ● ● ● ●
Cut, Copy, Paste or Drag (multiple) ● ● ● ● ●
Export to floppy (machine formats) ● ● ● ● ●
Simple Printout ● ● ● ● ●
Advanced Print Formats ● ● ● ● ●
Print multiple designs per page ● ● ● ● ●
InfoCard, Read Only ● ● ● ● ●
InfoCard, Editable Form ● ● ● ● ●
InfoCard, Print Options ● ● ● ● ●
DL Classification ● ● ● ● ●
View Options 1: as Table ● ● ● ● ●
View Options 2: Small/Large Thumbnail, w/wo details ● ● ● ● ●
Store on DL. Single / Multiple (from disk or other media) ● ● ● ● ●
Export to other medias (ex. FDD, HDD, Network, Book, etc.) ● ● ● ● ●
Advanced Search on DL ● ● ● ● ●
Multiple Print as Catalog ● ● ● ● ●
Compact DL DB ● ● ● ● ●
Backup / Restore DL ● ● ● ● ●
Read Book Documents ● ● ● ● ●
Print Book Documents ● ● ● ● ●
Create Standard Books (grid style) - Emb. Publisher 1 ○ ○ ● ● ●
Create Advanced Books (custom layout) - Emb. Publisher 2 ○ ○ ● ● ●
Export Book to Graphic Files ○ ○ ● ● ●
Export Book to CD ○ ○ ● ● ●
Export to HTML ○ ○ ● ● ●
Load/Save from/to Web Folders ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Import Profiles ABM ● ● ● ● ●
Export Profiles ABM ● ● ● ● ●
EO-Net2 Standard ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
EO-Net2 Advanced ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
3D Space Module          
MDI, Multiple Documents ● ● ● ● ●
Thread Colors Settings ● ● ● ● ●
Background Color or Fabrics ● ● ● ● ●
Simulation of Borer on Design ● ● ● ● ●
Simulation of Applique/s on Design ● ● ● ● ●
Print ● ● ● ● ●
Export Simulation as Image ● ● ● ● ●
EO-3D Models ● ● ● ● ●
Edit EO-3D Models textures ● ● ● ● ●
Add Embroidery on EO-3D Models ● ● ● ● ●
Add Screenprinting on EO-3D Models ● ● ● ● ●
Export Spacial Simulation as Image file ● ● ● ● ●
Export Spacial Simulation as AVI file ● ● ● ● ●
Imaging Module          
Open, Save, etc. ● ● ● ● ●
Drawing Tools ● ● ● ● ●
Processing Tools ● ● ● ● ●
Open, Save, etc. ● ● ● ● ●
Drawing Tools ● ● ● ● ●
Processing Tools ● ● ● ● ●
Vectorize (Raster to Vector) ○ ○ ○ ● ●
Rasterize (Vector to Raster) ○ ○ ○ ● ●
Import, Export EOI Format (R+V) ○ ○ ○ ● ●
Import, Export SHC Format (R+V) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
Import, Export SHG Format (R+V) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
 
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