Install Wilcom Embroidery DecoStudio e2 on Win 8

I received an email newsletter yesterday from Wilcom International that we can install and run Wilcom DecoStudio e2 and EmbroideryStudio e2 on Windows 8. If you have bought a new computer or need to buy one that comes with windows 8, and you have older Wilcom software such as Wilcom e1.5, Wilcom ES 2006 and older, you’ll need to update to the latest version. Sometimes it just needs awhile for other software to catch up and for manufactures to upgrade their drivers to work with the new Windows versions. 

With such specialized digitizing software as our embroidery and graphics programs it is not always best to get the new Windows operating systems that come out. Now that Windows 8 has been in the market for a while, some of you are asking about running Wilcom embroidery software on this new operating system. Wilcom is continually researching and listening to the marketplace and creating better and better solutions to address common business problems and open up new opportunities.

If you bought Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e2 / DecoStudio e2 more than a few months ago, you may need to download a Windows 8 compatible dongle driver from the Wilcom Support website. An updated Dongle driver V6.51 must be installed before installing Embroidery Studio e2 / DecoStudio e2.

Install Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e2 / DecoStudio e2 on Win 8:

• Before installing Embroidery Studio e1.5 / DecoStudio e1.5 you should first upgrade your embroidery dongle driver. The updated dongle driver can be obtained from the downloads page you must be a registered user.
• Wait for approval.  At least 24 hours for approval as applications are verified manually.
• Login into Wilcom Support Center. Upon registration you have access to special content on the Wilcom website.  However, to access some sections of this site, approval will be required.

If your application has not been approved and you require urgent access to the support center, please call the  Wilcom support office in your region. All DecoStudio Lite e2 customers will need to install the Windows 8 dongle driver.

Mac Embroidery Software

This posting summarizes embroidery software for Mac OS. Most embroidery sewing machine software is not compatible with Mac computers. Only few embroidery software for Mac users has been practically existent, especially for the home market. Computerized machines use will assist user to produce an amazing embroidery on their sewing machine. Most of Mac embroidery software below are compatible with embroidery machines such as Barudan,Bernina, Brother,Janome,Melco,Toyota, Tajima ect. 

Punto embroidery software for Mac

The embroidery software for Mac OSX below was builded universal binaries, so they even run Macs PC. We already know, some of Mac(Intel-Based Mac) user that want to digitize designs and run embroidery software for mac, suggested to run Windows installation in a virtual box, but some of dongle aren't recognized on the virtual machine. These embroidery programs for Mac are properly-designed native versions and they do not need to run in Parallels or on Virtual Machine. Some of these embroidery programs have released for Mac OSX and Windows. 

Mac Embroidery Software	System requirements	Embroidery Software Features	Import Formats	Export Formats	Add Plugin
Convert It, Mac	Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later	preview, convert, print, baste, colorize, center, export	CSD, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCM, PCS, PES, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX	CSD, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCM, PCS, PES, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX	Quick Look plugin included; colorize limited to PES,VP3;
Embrilliance Essentials	Intel Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) and later	merge, resize, lettering, convert, print	ART, CND, CSD, DST, EMD, EXP, GNC, HUS, JAN, JEF, PCM, PCS, PEC, PES, PHC, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX	PCSD, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PCM, PCS, PES, SEW, SHV, TAP, VIP, VP3, XXX
Embroidery i²	Mac OS X v10.4.8 - 10.5 (Leopard) or later OS, and a multi-core Intel processor	digitizing			Adobe Illustrator CS3 or higher./ CorelDRAW
MacStitch	intel and PPC, 32 bit and 64 bit, OSX 10.2 through to 10.8 Mountain Lion	cross-stitching	BMP, PCX, TGA, DIB, JPG, PNG
Needle Works	Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later	preview, print	PES		Quick Look plugin included
PowerPunch	OS X 10.6.6 or later	preview, print, colorize, stitch simulator	DST, EXP, DSZ, DSB, 10o, TAP, T01, T03, T04, T05, U01, TBF, INB, EMD, KSM
Punto 7	Mac OS X Version v.10.5 through v.10.7.	lettering, editing, digitizing			Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Macromedia FreeHand
Stitch Buddy	Mac OS X 10.5.1 (or higher) Also running on Apple computers and on Apple iPads	preview, edit, convert, print, baste, colorize, center, export (USB), stitch simulator	DST, EXP, JEF, KSM, PCD, PCQ, PCS, PEC, PES, SEW, VP3	DST, EXP, JEF, PEC, PES, PCS	Quick Look and Spotlight plugin for free
Stitch Painter Gold version	iMac OS X compatible	Cross stitching

Please notice, the embroidery machine is a stand-alone computer that reads embroidery designs in the format of the machine. The embroidery/sewing machine doesn't need to be Mac compatible as it runs on its own system and essentially. 

Install Embroidery Program on win 7

Many earlier Wilcom ES programs such as wilcom version 9 and wilcom 10 are still able to create great embroidered designs. You still get many advantages by install wilcom ES 2006 on Windows 7. Wilcom ES 2006 was the revolutionary software application for digitizing and working with designs expressly for the embroidery industry.  

Using Wilcom ES 2006 on Windows 7, you can create new embroidery designs in a variety of ways. If you want the most accurate result,  the easiest way to create a design is to use an enlargement drawing on a digitizer tablet. You describe the drawing to the computer by marking reference points with the digitizer puck. You have the alternative of working directly on the computer screen using a bitmapped or vector image as a backdrop, and using the mouse to mark reference points and communicate with the computer. 

Even without a scanned image to use as a template, you still able to create simple shapes directly on the screen by using the integrated drawing tools. These can be used to modify existing embroidery machine designs even if you do not have a scanner or a digitizer tablet. You can also copy a vector drawing into Wilcom ES from a drawing package, such as Corel Draw, via the Windows 7 Clipboard. 

You can convert the graphic objects into embroidery objects by applying embroidery properties to them. Once you have decided what method you will use, the process of digitizing the embroidery design is basically the same. You digitize the design as a series of lines and closed shapes, called embroidery objects. For each line and shape you select a stitch type and input method which determine how they will be stitched. You can change the properties of the embroidery objects and specify automatic machine functions where needed. 

With basic digitizing techniques you can create great embroidery machine design with the input methods provided in Wilcom ES 2006. We feel that the best way to learn how Wilcom ES works is to use and use it with an enjoyable way to produce a design while you become familiar with this multi-featured product.

Recently I've received an update and find some improvement or new feature that was worth every cent. We did some work with applique conversions between EmbroideryStudio and corel. We can do layered appliques, correctly, using this method. And I played a litte with the auto digitizing feature. 

Since partnering with Corel, EmbroideryStudio and DecoStudio have been able to automatically convert vectors to embroidery with built in intelligence that determines the best pull compensation, underlay, stitch types and density based on the fabric you select. These embroidery pargram also maintain the colours and layers of the vector file. 

EmbroideryStudio and DecoStudio is a greatly enhanced embroidery program version of earlier Wilcom embroidery software. It has many new and expanded features which make digitizing even easier and more efficient. The move from Wilcom 2006 ES to Embroidery Studio on windows 7 gave us the integrated Corel features that are invaluable.

Change to DecoStudio on Win7

There are many opportunities to upgrade a better software through Wilcom on Win7. More options to me seems like more reasons to go with Wilcom. I purchased the deco studio and then upgrade to their embroidery studio. Now I am working with Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 and managed to feed designs digitized with DecoStudio not only into industrial SWF but also into my client's Brother home embroidery machine. My Client felt not to understand how to digitize with his old program and is a very happy camper now using DecoStudio. I believe this has something to do with personal habits and of course the level of digitizing skills matters a lot. And I also believe,  if you know  what you are doing and how to software settings should be in different situations, Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 probably will limit you quite soon.

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Before DecoStudio released, there was a huge gap between home embroidery SW and industrial SW, but anyhow, I am still convinced that DecoStudio relates more to industrial users like graphic designers companies who are used to work with graphic programs and now being able to convert their shapes into embroidery but on the other hand also being able just to digitize in the embroidery part of the program without any graphics conversion. 

But this is not a problem of DecoStudio or Wilcom in general. I simply believe you are skilled enough to use the professional ES System with all it's possibilities and DecoStudio does not suit your needs and skills. DecoStudio comes with Corel X4 Graphic Suite and so you can use all the features of Corel Draw to prepare the graphic. Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 integrates CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 with Wilcom's renowned stitch processor, lettering, monogramming and appliqué tools. In addition, it includes more than 10,000 clipart and digital images, 80 creative templates and 1,000 OpenType® fonts, putting all the tools you need within reach. Wilcom® DecoStudio e1.5 perfectly working in WIndows 7. Please before install make sure you disable Windows7 firewall and any other antivirus software installed.  Also make sure you run in compatibility mode XP sp3 and run Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 as admin. 

Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 converts vector objects into stitches and the fine tuning can be done directly in the embroidery part. Even in graphic part you have access to the embroidery letters or you can convert TTF into embroidery or objects of lettering shape. If you have bitmaps you can use Corel's tracing function to create vector objects.

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The customers who start to offer also  embroidery in addition to their  prints, don't take nor have the time to get into old style digitizing. They'll not  acceptable stitch outs in a short time. They don't spend hour over hour in manual digitizing like me and you probably will do, like I did as home embroiderer and often do nowadays being in the industry. It is like talk about teaching old dogs new tricks.

I have already collected new clients as a result of my previous work and things are moving along nicely. Luckily, I still have around 2,000 designs that I kept for old clients, so that has been handy. In my case the combination of graphic program and Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 on Win7 is a great benefit in handling, how about you?. 

Free Download SP1 EmbroideryStudio e2

Wilcom International has just  released a free download link of a Service Pack for all customers on the current version e2 of DecoStudio e2. In this SP1 DecoStudio e2 and EmbroideryStudio e2 provides better user experience with some new features and implemented some new features along with a number improvement process. Wilcom DecoStudio e2/EmbroideryStudio e2 system requirements: Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP, with latest service packs installed (32-bit /64-bit). Your computer must at least match the "system requirements" in order to run the Wilcom DecoStudio e2/EmbroideryStudio e2  software .

Wilcom DecoStudio e2/EmbroideryStudio e2 Hardware Requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Opteron™
• 1 GB RAM
• 40 GB hard disk space (at least 10 GB free disk space after installation)
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution (768 x 1024 on a Tablet PC)
• 32-bit color support
• Dedicated USB port for a USB Dongle
• Mouse or Tablet
• DVD-ROM Drive for software installation
• Sound Card required for multimedia training

To download SP1  Wilcom DecoStudio e2/EmbroideryStudio e2  follows these steps:

• Open your EmbroideryStudio or DecoStudio e2 Software, then click on menu item "HELP" and then click on "Online Registration", as the image below:

• Find the SP1 download link in the Registration page

• You will find the form to confirm all your information before we send you the link to download EmbroideryStudio e2 Service Pack 1. Use an e-mail you have access to.

• You'll find the SP1 DecoStudio e2 download link after received an e-mail. Download the file to start the process to install Service Pack1. (SP1 DecoStudio e2 size is 218 MB)

Wilcom DecoStudio e2 and EmbroideryStudio e2 is offered in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. If you have any questions, please feels free to contact Wilcom Support.

Corel is wilcom partner to bring you a graphics and embroidery software solution that draws on the strengths of both companies. Wilcom DecoStudio and Wilcom EmbroideryStudio integrate CorelDRAW Graphics Suite with Wilcom's renowned stitch processor, letteringn and appliqué tools to create a complete graphics and embroidery software solution. Corel also provide full download versions of their products for free trial software. Those full versions software is easy to unlock. Simply start your download now and you'll have access to the same features and power you would find in a purchased version. So go ahead and fully explore what the software can help you do. If you like what you see, buy a convenient Purchase Key and unlock the trial right away, with no need to re-download the software.

Get the advantages for your embroidery business by free download SP1 DecoStudio e2. Production worksheets, an improved Team Names feature and graphic-to-embroidery conversion capabilities, direct connection to the CAMS rhinestone machine, the ability to save a CorelDRAW native file (.cdr) from the graphics mode and the option to convert objects drawn with the CorelDRAW B-Spline tool to embroidery implemented on  SP1 DecoStudio e2 and EmbroideryStudio e2.

Wilcom Embroidery Design Software

Wilcom recogised for producing the number one embroidery design software (ES), Wilcom develops and markets sophisticated software solutions for embroidery, tufted rug and carpet design and manufacture worldwide. In 1980, it was Wilcom International that introduced the first Computer Embroidery Design (CED) system running on a mini-computer. In 2007, Wilcom and Corel came together to combined the creative capabilities of CorelDRAW and the specialized strengths of Wilcom to offer a flexible solution that addresses the evolving needs of the embroidery market as well as the broader multi-decoration industry and now the latest editions of Wilcom DecoStudio and EmbroideryStudio make it even easier, more efficient and production friendly.

Wilcom DecoStudio brings together the combined features and power of two world leading software manufacturers Wilcom and Corel.  For those who are new to embroidery design creation Wilcom's fabric assistant is a huge plus. Wilcom DecoStudio embroidery design software allows you to quickly and easily combine type styles, create striking appliques, decorative motifs and borders to create personalized monograms for your customers. 

The latest Wilcom version, EmbroideryStudio e2/DecoStudio e2/Design Work flow e2 supported under Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) Windows Vista (32 bit) and Windows XP (32 bit). An updated Dongle driver V5.75 must be installed before installing Embroidery Studio e1.5 / DecoStudio e1.5.

The table shows the a wide range of file formats for machine embroidery currently supported by Wilcom Embroidery Studio Design Software.

EMB (Wilcom ES design file)
EMX (Wilcom Cross Stitch)
ESL (Wilcom ESL)
ESS (Wilcom ESS)
DST (Tajima Pulse)
DSZ (ZSK—Tajima machine format)
HUS (Husqvarna/Viking)
ART V4.0 (artista design file)
ARX (artista cross stitch files)
AMT (artista template)
AMT42 (Explorations template)
PCD, PCQ, PCS (Pfaff)
PES, PCS (Deco, Brother, Babylock)
PMU (Proel)
PUM (Proel DOS)
SAS (Saurer SLC)
EMC (Clipart Files)
CND (Melco condensed file)
PCH (Gunold APS)
10O (Toyota)
BRO (Bits & Volts)
CSD (POEM/Singer/Huskygram)
DAT (Hiraoka DAT)
DSB (Barudan)
EXP (Melco)
INB (Inbro Files)
JEF (Janome/Elna/Kenmore)
KSM (Pfaff)
MJD (Time & Space MJD)
Wilcom DecoStudio e1 includes 30 high-quality fonts designed for small lettering.

There is currently no ES Designer version that can run under the MAC OS but if you have an Intel-based MAC, you can run bootcamp and run Microsoft Windows 7. Simply install ES under your Windows 7 partition. 

Wilcom and Corel Corporation have jointly developed Wilcom DecoStudio Embroidery, this powerful software for machine embroidery. You’ll find Wilcom DecoStudio embroidery design software to be indispensible graphics and embroidery software.

Embroidery Designs Backup

Too many people wait until disaster strikes before they think about a backup. A good backup is an excellent way to protect against viruses, deteriorating hard drives, disasters and human errors. As an embroidery business, embroidery designs are your most important assets after your employees and customers. Wilcom Embroidery Software provides you with a number of the software tools and how to use it. To arm yourself with the full power of Wilcom ES, you have a choice to create a backup your embroidery designs to support the high productivity and efficiency requirements of professional digitizers. Wilcom ES features built in auto backup and auto save features that you can use while creating designs.

Make Embroidery design backing up a part of your normal scheduled daily tasks.

Save your work automatically at regular intervals using Auto Save to protect you from losing work in the event of hardware or software failure. You can also create backup files for emergency use.

To set automatic save and backup options

1. Select Special > Options
2. The Options >View Design dialog opens.
3. Select object types for immediate stitch generation
4. Select Options (Special menu) to set automatic save and backup options.
5. Select the General tab.
6. Select the Auto Save Design Every checkbox.
7. Enter the auto-save frequency in the Minutes field
8. To create a backup every time you save a design, select the Always Create Backup Copy checkbox.
9. Click OK

The design will be saved in the backup folder of your Wilcom ES installation. It will have the same name as the original file with the extension BAK. 

How to retrieving embroidery design backup files that are located in the backup folder.

Created backup files saved to the backup folder will have the file extension .BAK. Windows and ES however will not recognise this file extension as a valid embroidery file. To adjust the file extension of the backup file.

1. Click on the windows start button and select run.
2. Type the location of the backup folder, the default path is c:\eswin\backup
3. The backup folder will now appear in a new window.
4. Select the new window and right mouse click the design you wish retrieve and select rename.
5. Change the extension from .BAK to the design file extension the original design was.
6. For example if the original design was a Wilcom .EMB file you would need to change the extension from .BAK to .EMB

Tips

• Backup files should be kept in a separate location to the original files, preferably off site.
• Don't simply rely on backup software to get it right 100% of the time, no matter how good you think your backup software is. 
• To ensure that your backups are protecting you, periodically test the backup jobs by attempting to restore them to an alternate location. 
• Your Embroidery design backup files remain in the backup folder until you delete them. To prevent the folder from using too much hard disk space, delete unwanted Files regularly.

Wilcom ES provides a wide range of design capabilities, allowing you to create, edit, and backup embroidery designs with ease. Make sure to back up your embroidery designs  before you begin working with the product.

Must Do Before Install Wilcom Embroidery Software

Wilcom are pioneers of embroidery software. For anyone who has been involved with the embroidery industry must know Wilcom ES Software and how to install it on the computer. There are few thing You should check before install Wilcom embroidery software. 

Make sure that your computer specifications meet the minimum recommendation. nVidia nForce motherboards is not fully compatible with security dongle. USB Dongles are available for ES Designer 8 onwards and some Laptops have insufficient power output through their parallel port to support the parallel port dongle reliably, especially if a printer is also plugged into the port via the dongle. You should test for suitability before purchase. 

There is currently no ES Designer version that can run under the MAC OS/Apple Computers, but if you have an Intel-based MAC, you can run bootcamp and run Microsoft Windows. Simply install ES under your Windows partition. To run Wilcom ES on an Intel Mac you can Download bootcamp here. When you download Bootcamp and install it on your Mac, it will prompt you to insert a CD so it can write a CD with all the drivers you need for Windows. Leopard OS is include bootcamp so you won't have to download it separately.

For full compatibility with Vista, ES Designer 2006 with Vista Update or Service Pack 4 or higher is needed.Wilcom ES Designer is compatible with Windows 7. 

If your Wicom ES is not compatible on Windows 7, You might try Compatibilty mode and see that will help to get your software up and running. Use the following steps:

1. Right click on the Program
2. Click on Properties
3. Click on Compatibility tab
4. Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select Windows Vista or whatever operating system the program was running successfully. 

By default most personal firewall software will request permission to allow access for the HASP Licence Manager the first time it is run. If access is allowed there will be no problems.  If access is denied you will encounter communication problems. With Error Messages e.g, 

• "Unable to access HASP SRM Run-Time Environment (H0033)", 
• “ES.exe stopped working”,
• “Cannot load c:\Program Files\Wilcom\EmbroideryStudio_e1.5\BIN\product.dll”,
• ”Couldn’t load the dll ‘libintf.dll”  when starting Wilcom Design Explorer.

There are many types of personal firewall software. To resolve such problems either turn off the Windows Firewall, Anti-virus, Anti-spyware applications that are installed on the computer before instaling Wilcom embroidery software.  Check  out your personal firewall software. 

After Successful instalation go to Firewall/Antivirus setting then choose exclude Wilcom embroidery program by file/folder path or Exclude by extension. Read also here to install wilcom 2006 on windows 7 use Free Multikey.

wilcom 2006 on windows 7 use Free Multikey

I will show you how to clean install  Wilcom  Embroidery Software 2006  on Windows  7  using Free Multikey. If you need to install wilcom for windows xp 32bit you can easily find it's manual on the internet. Just type 'install wilcom sp2' on your search engine. If you need it for Vista or 7 32bit  you can also find it, look for wilcom sp4. And if you need it for 64bit, I'll show it.  

Embroidery Software Wilcom ES Version 9 and below have not been officially tested under 64-bit operating systems. Wilcom ES 2006 (with Service Pack 4 Revision 2) and above will run on 64-bit operating systems such as Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista 64-bit as these operating systems can still run 32-bit applications natively. 

I tried a lot of different things. I'm not an expert computer, that is why sometimes i didn't know what exactly I did. First, that you must understand is Wilcom does not say their product work on Win 7 x64, just x86 only! They said:  "Users of 64-bit Operating Systems please note: ES Version 9 and below have not been officially tested under 64-bit operating systems. ES 2006 (with Service Pack 4 Revision 2) and above will run on 64-bit operating systems such as Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista 64-bit as these operating systems can still run 32-bit applications natively. Note that some Windows Server x64 operating systems running on 64-bit CPUs are not able to run 32-bit applications like Wilcom ES 2006 without hardware emulation. Microsoft Vista For full compatibility with Vista, ES Designer 2006 with Vista Update or Service Pack 4 or higher is needed. "

If you try to  install  Wilcom  Embroidery Software 2006  on Windows  7  using Free Multikey on a PC already installed another version of Wilcom, from the few times I have  done experiments always fail when the application is run. I will not discuss it. It is clean Install, please use fresh PC.

To Instal Wilcom  Embroidery Software 2006 on Windows 7 use Free Multikey please follow these steps bellow for  :

• Install the HASP driver v5.22 in HASP4_driver directory due to instructions from the downloaded package. 
• Install Wilcom ES-2006. After the installation is complete, the setup window will display the message "PC must reboot", after you click "Finish" button the computer will reboot automatically.
• Run Wilcom ES Service Pack4 Revision 2 file until finish installation then the computer will reboot automatically or you do reboot manually 
• Then merge 57FD245C.reg with the registry, by double click on the file and it will ask if you want to add, click yes. (due to instructions from the downloaded package)
• Download Multikeyemu-V0.18.0.3. Use folder MultiKey64 from the package. Don`t install it now.
• Download Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider 1.3b which allows you to install and load unsigned drivers dynamically on your Windows 7. You should start it, Enable 'Test Mode', then Sign a system file and insert the name and full path to your MultiKey.sys from the folder MultiKey64 (please see step 5). 
• To check if the file signed now, right click on MultiKey.sys, Properties and the second tab  (there should be Digital signatures). 
• In Multikey folder execute "install.cmd". You should get a message in dos window: " Driver Installed Sucessfully", then check it by go to Device manager -> If System Devices there was yellow exclamation mark -- Windows cannot verify the digital signature (Code 52). Disable driver signature enforcement by press F8 and choose "disable driver signature enforcement". After that yellow exclamation mark disappeared. Restart you PC. DON'T updated automatically from the Internet, turn off Internet and make sure you don`t update drivers, (just skip it)
• Finished

Note : Yau may also read "Must Do Before Install Wilcom Embroidery Software".

You don't need to use the included EMU. Its only the V1.8.0.2 Version. You can use the widely available V1.8.0.3 Version, because there is a 64Bit Version available for that Version. It works pretty well. You could use then Wilcom on a 64 Bit OS. But you should read the guides to make the Multikey EMU work on 64 Bit. You have to pay if you're using the newest Multikey, use Multikey Version1.8.0.3 x64, it's free of charge, e.g multikey, alladin etc. Use this Tool to sign the multikey.sys driver file after installing Free MultiKey x64, the file is located in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\multikey.sys

If you don't sign the file, windows won't let you install the driver unsigned. You need to be in test mode if you want using signed this way driver. 

It has many advantages and improvements that do not bring previous versions, starting as for example in the Embroidery Software Wilcom 9, the properties of an object were converted into a floating menu where if you closed that window, and did not see the properties, with the Wilcom 2006, these properties are fixed and integrated in the right side of the screen and it has is that when you leave the design drawing lines, you appeared all in black, with this package that went up, drawing lines are the color of the object according to your design, so it is easier to identify which is the object that you modify the other hand both crack as a program I've felt more stable, not so easy to damage the crack to make a mistake causes you Wilcom, these are some of the differences you'll find with Embroidery Software Wilcom 2006