6 Best Free Embroidery Digitizing Software For Windows

Here is a list of best free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. Embroidery digitizing is a process of converting an existing embroidery design into embroidery machine compatible files. An embroidery compatible file or stitching file basically contains instructions for the machine to draw the intended design. However, these software can do much more than just converting a design into an embroidery file. In most software, you can edit as well as create a new design from scratch. To perform editing and designing, you get tools like direct stitch, line object, circle, embroidery frame object, thread color changer, etc.

Viewing and analyzing are another important tasks that these software perform. To properly view a design, you get standard viewing tools like zoom, pan, rotate, enlarge, etc. In some software, you also get an advanced simulation feature to view the simulation of the entire stitching process. After the simulation, you can easily save your design in various stitching file formats such as EMB, Inbro, Tajima (DST), Datastitch (STX), REF, PCS, PAT, etc.

My Favorite Embroidery Digitizing Software For Windows:

SophieSew is my favorite software because it provides all essential tools to make a design from scratch unlike other software. Plus, conversion of a design into the embroidery machine instruction is also quite easy in it.

You can also check out lists of best free Embroidery File Viewer, Free Embroidery, and Cross Stitch Design software for Windows.

SophieSew

SophieSew is a free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. Using this software, you can create simple as well as complex embroidery designs from the scratch. Plus, editing existing embroidery designs is also possible. To create a design, this software offers all important designing tools namely outline, curved column, direct stitch, line object, circle, embroidery frame object, and stitch pattern creator object. All available tools can be operated with help of the mouse that makes the designing process really easy. You can also use these tools in the editing of existing embroidery design.

Viewing and analyzing are two other important aspects of this software. To view and analyze a design, it provides a dedicated Visual section. Using this section, you can hide outline stitches, region, underlay, pattern stitch, and other design patterns. Plus, a 3D model to view complex designs is also present in its visual section. Besides this, you also get all standard zoom, rotate, pan, etc. features.

One more important section named Thread is also present in it that allows you to set color shades of each thread used in the design. After all the modifications, just save the design in embroidery machine compatible Series 8 Embroidery File Format (SS1).

EOS

EOS is another free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. This software allows you to create new as well as edit existing embroidery designs. To create a new design, this software provides a starting node on the canvas from where you can start placing threads from one point to another through the mouse. To accurately create the design, you can enable some helping tools like Ruler, Scrollbar, and Zoom In/Out from the Tools Menu.

This software is also quite good for viewing existing stitching files of formats such as ERF, CHE, REF, PCS, PAT, STC, and more. After loading an embroidery file, you can view the original design or only its stitch points by clicking on the Show/Hide Stitch Points option. You can also use standard zoom in/out and pan features to properly view the design.

After creating and viewing the embroidery design, you can run the stitching simulation by clicking on its Redraw utility option. This simulation shows the exact process that an embroidery machine will use to stitch the design. Lastly, you can save the embroidery file in various embroidery machine supported formats such as PEC, PES, Tazima (DSZ), and more.

Wilcom TrueSizer

Wilcom TrueSizer is yet another free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. This software helps you to view and edit embroidery designs contained in embroidery machine files of various formats such as EMB, Inbro, Tajima (DST), Datastitch (STX), Nova (DSN), etc. To view embroidery design, this software offers various viewing modes such as TrueView (to view the original design), Show Stitches (to only view stitch point), Needle Point (to view needle points), etc.

This software also provides tools to make subtle modifications on the design parameters like changing the size of the design, changing its angle, and rotating the design. Besides these simple modifications, you cannot make any other changes on design and its parameters. However, you can still view all the information about the design from its Design Properties section. From this section, you can view information like design height, design width, number of stitches, color of threads, design area, total thread in length, and more. After making adjustments in the design, you can view the stitching simulation on its Stitch Player to view the pattern that machine will use to stitch the design. Lastly, export the file in Machine file formats such as Barudan FDR-3, Inbro, Melco, ZSK TC, etc. formats. You can easily input machine files in embroidery machines and stitch the design.

Note: In order to download this software, you need to register for a Wilcom account.

my Editor

my Editor is the next free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. With the use of this software, you can edit an existing embroidery design and convert that design into embroidery machine compatible file format. Some of the embroidery machine supported formats in which you can save a design are PCS, PCM, HUS, HQF, MST, and more. As its name implies, this software is mainly used to make modifications on the existing embroidery designs. To make modifications, you get tools like Edit Stitches (to manually edit stitches position), Transform (to rearrange the position of design over the fabric), Remove Small (to remove small stitches from the design), Rotate Design, Scale (to increase or decrease the size of design), Color Manager (to change thread colors), etc.

This software can also be used to view and analyze the design. For viewing and analyzing, use its Zoom in/out, Pan, Show Objects, Show Stitch Mark, Set Light Source, etc. options. After editing the design, you can easily save the design in various supported embroidery machine formats. In general, it is another simple and easy to use embroidery digitizing software for Windows.

Note: A simple registration is required to download the setup of this software.

Bernina Embroidery Software

Bernina Embroidery Software is the next free embroidery digitizing software for Windows. This software is mainly used to view and make small changes on the existing the embroidery files. To view the embroidery design in a proper manner, first, load an embroidery file of formats like Husqvarna, Pfaff, Bernina Embroidery Software Design file, etc. After that, use viewing tools namely Artistic View (to only view the bare structure and thread path of design), Needle Points (to only view needle points), Zoom In/out, and Pan.

Now, to perform editing, use its Thread colors option that allows you to change the colors of threads used in the design. Besides this, simple editing like design rotation, flipping, and resizing can also be performed in this software. After editing, you can use its Slow Redraw feature to run the stitching simulation showing the whole embroidery designing process. Once previewed, save the design as Tajima, Pfaff, Husqvarna, Bernina, etc. embroidery machine supported formats.

Embroidermodder

Embroidermodder is a free open source embroidery digitizing software for Windows. It is one of the simplest software to view and create embroidery designs. Plus, slight editing like adding text over an existing or on a completely new embroidery file, insert stitches, delete stitches, etc. can also be performed. However, it does not provide other features to make more adjustments on an existing design. The good thing about this software is that it supports various input and output embroidery machines compatible formats such as KSM, HUS, PXS, EXP, PES, and more.

To view and analyze the design, it offers tools like Statistics (it shows every small detail about the design), Analyze (to run analysis on your design), Zoom, Enlarge, etc. After the analysis, use its Preview feature to view the design before the printing. In it, you don’t get many important tools, still, you can use it to perform basic editing, viewing, and in the conversion of a design into embroidery machine compatible file.