Editors can draw designs in bother vector and embroidery object (stitch section format.They usually include a viewer and can do transformations. Converters can convert from one format to another.Transformers can resize, rotate, (sometimes) change colors, i.e.Viewers allow to view files, useful for script generated formats for example).Some digitizers work automatically (or almost) for both raster and vector images, others give a lot of control to the user. Digitizers can translate a vector format to a stitch section representations or directly to stitches (not desirable).Vectorizers can be found in typical general purpose drawing software like Illustrator or Inkscape, but also in embroidery software. Vectorizers can translate a bitmap image to vector formats.Software to create designs for 'manual' embroidery.Roughly speaking, we can distinguish between several types of software, although sometimes the frontiers are blurred, so you also can consider the following as list of modules that your software should have. From embroidery objects one can generated stitches that then can be exported to proprietary machine (stitch) formats that can uploaded to an embroidery machine.

These objects can be created directly through technical drawing or be translated (digitized) from vector drawings.

Typical embroidery software allows to create embroidery design files that define parametrized embroidery objects such as lines, sating columns or fill areas. Franz Xaver Simm: Die Stickerin Oil on canvas, 94 x 68 cm

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