Design Maxx is the first step into the professional levels of digitizing. All features from Edit I, Edit II and Design Authority are included.Applications / Modules. Edit I - Expanded with processing. Embroidery Explorer® - File management. Design Database. Edit II - Advanced with expanded processing. Embroidery 3D Simulation & Imaging. Auto-Digitizing (AID I). Auto-Digitizing Advanced (AID II). Embroidery Office Photo - One Color Photo Stitching. True Type Fonts®Tools, Views & Modes. Read & write designs in expanded formats. Read or write to CD, hard drive, floppy/zip disks, network. Undo (few levels). Design InfoCard: Stitches, color changes, dimensions, etc. Dynamic color palette and on-screen thread database. Measurement units setup: inches or mm. Hot keys - keyboard shortcuts. Create & edit multiple databases with unlimited number of designs. Customize your own toolbars and shortcuts. Print designs in 3D, color separation, info sheet, etc. Object Inspector for settings: Quick and advanced modes. Screen Auto Scroll, Auto Scroll setup. Zoom factor setup for wheel mouse zooming. Satellite view for visual reference, zooming & scrolling. Tree View for drag & drop resequencing. On-screen hoop library: Create your own hoops. Read & write designs in Sierra condensed format (DSG)Lettering Tools & Features. Short stitches for Lettering. 100+ embroidery fonts with 3D font library. Add text to any design or create your own text. Create one or more lines of text. Select font, size, layout, color, slant, etc. Letter / word / line Spacing: Close-Point Connection. Lock stitches & trims on letters/words/lines. Auto underlay, density, pull compensation, etc. Text justification: left, center, right, self. Text layouts: Stair, regular box, upper & lower arc. Text layouts: Irregular (Bridging, Globe, Panoramic, etc.). Text layouts: User-defined baselines, lettering templates. Auto Monograms: 30+ styles (1- 2- & 3-letter with 4 layouts). Windows® True Type Fonts®: 4 stitch typesEditing Tools & Features. Auto centering - return to center. Auto stitch filter. Cut, copy and paste blocks, delete blocks, import blocks. Rotate blocks: angular rotation, rotation tool. 3D Effects: Sphere, lens, whirl, grid, speed, explosion. Advanced block editing. Navigate design by stitches, colors, machine commands. Scale expanded designs with auto stitch compensation. Rearrange sewing order with click-and-drag in Tree View. Create &l save fabric recipes / properties for later retrieval. Add, insert, edit, move, delete & rotate nodes. Expanded to condensed conversion. Edit node properties: swept, mitered & capped corners. Node handles: normal or bezier-type curves. Edit node properties: Normal, corner, straight and curve. Transparency level for object editing. Change fill patterns of existing areas. Add pull compensation to part of or entire expanded design. Convert satin to fill / fill to satin. Scale parts of designs with auto