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Old January 15th, 2011, 10:41 AM   #1 (permalink)
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We are new to embrodiery.We hired a new girl who is old school and likes floppy disks to store the file with a sewout.We are having problems with the disks corrupting or hard to format.We are trying to find a better way of cataloging the design with a sewout.Any ideas or tips would be great.Thanks
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Old January 17th, 2011, 12:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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There are all kinds of cataloging software out there.

However, there is a fairly cheap (about $100) program called Buzz-tools, it can catalog your designs and create sew sheets. I use it ALL the time, its simple, quick, cheap, and easy ... all my favorite things

Its more for home use, but I use it for commercial, we have 1,000's of files and it handles it just fine.
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Old January 17th, 2011, 03:23 AM   #3 (permalink)
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We use Wilcom workflow, its a great tool and has extensive search tools if you have a large database of designs.

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Old January 17th, 2011, 08:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Try Stitch Era Universal.
It is free but requires an internet conection
It has what you requested.
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as far as formatting the floppies, you'll want to do a 'quick format' by right clicking the disk in windows...thats been the easiest, most fool proof way for me. I usually get a couple disks a year that get corrupt somehow. In fact, i noticed the other day i was using a disk that had my name on it from high school--11 years later, still working like a champ. I cycle the same 50 disks. Actual "files" are kept on my PC in a folder, by name of job. Those files get backed up daily to server.

I use Melco to digitize, it allows me to print the data sheet with the sew sequence/colors/picture of the design, etc etc...i just print those out and keep them by the machine for deigns which i can't remember the sequence...i generally sew the same 100 designs over and over so i don't need anything extensive.
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