DesignShop Embroidery Design Software - the Best in the Embroidery Industry!

Empower your Embroidery Business Today!

With Melco's DesignShop 2006 you get most productive embroidery design software ever made. DesignShop is also one of the easiest embroidery software programs to learn and use, yet it has more advanced features than any other embroidery design program. DesignShop lets you quickly transform artwork and lettering to high-quality embroidery.

DesignShop is Microsoft Windows-based, so the familiar format makes it easy to use. If you've never used an embroidery software, you'll find that you can quickly produce ready-to-embroider designs. And you can go on to discover the wealth of powerful features within DesignShop.

Melco invented the digital design for the embroidery industry over 30 years ago, and has remained a leader in embroidery software capabilities ever since. From the original EDS Epicor to today's enhanced DesignShop 2006, Melco continues to be the preferred choice of professional embroiderers.

Choose from Four Levels, Upgrade at any time!

DesignShop Pro+ - Everything you need for professional-quality digitizing, lettering, editing and sizing. Full-featured design software including vector graphics.
DesignShop Pro - Complete digitizing, lettering, editing and sizing capabilities with auto digitizing.
DesignShop - Full scale lettering, editing and sizing with basic digitizing. Ideal for embroiderers who want basic-to-advanced capabilities.
DesignShop Lite - Affordable lettering capabilities for the beginner and enthusiast.

Loaded with bold new features...DesignShop gives you all the POWER TOOLS.

Convert nearly any piece of artwork into digital embroidery files with ease. DesignShop has powerful vector capabilities that perform quick conversion-to-stitches with the ability to customize. You can also change stitches to vector files on-screen without using another program or switching to another screen.

No more hassles with lettering!
DesignShop takes lettering to the next level with features like control point editing, expanded stitch editing and automatic borders. DesignShop features sophisticated lettering capabilities for all embroidery alphabets as well as true type conversions. You can even create your own alphabets.

Editing
Scale, rotate, align, group and revise your design at the click of the mouse. DesignShop features the latest editing tools, plus advanced expanded stitch editing, auto sequence, auto lock stitch editing and many more.

What you see on screen is what you get with your embroidery.
DesignShop allows you to work in various view modes to see stitches, colors and fi nal output simulations. The screen/project view gives you a pre-embroidery look at the finished product. DesignShop also has a unique appliqué feature (the first in the industry) that lets you display the appliqué pieces in a fabric on-screen for a realistic view of the complete design.

Sewing
Send your designs directly to your embroidery machine, then watch as it sews the highest-quality designs based on your DesignShop input.

DesignShop has powerful vector capabilities that perform quick conversion-to-stitches with the ability to customize. You can also change stitches to vector files on-screen without using another program or switching to another screen. power tools

All New - Bar Code Creation
Now you can easily create design informa- tion that can be scanned directly into your AMAYA XT using a bar code scanner. This new feature includes:

• Operators can use with no computer experience
   
• Create tomorrows work today
   
• Never reprogram the same design again
   
• And much more

Intuitive interface and Easy to use Interface - familiar Windows environment make DesignShop easy to operate.

2006 DESIGNSHOP FEATURES

Exclusive!
Fancy Stitches
Level: All
Design unique fashion trends by combining AMAYA XT and DesignShop to create Fancy Stitches. No extra machine accessories necessary.

Exclusive!
Enhanced Vector Conversion
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Automatically opens a vector in wireframe
• Convert stitches to vector or vector to stitches on screen
• Read in .ai (ver.2-8), save out as .eps
• Convert to Bezier in a graphics program that uses Bezier curves
• Copy any design in Adobe or Corel Draw programs and paste it into DesignShop where it can be automatically converted into an embroidery file.

Exclusive!
Custom Fills
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus, limited in Pro

• Customize any fi ll by adding a single shape or many shapes once or custom repeat
• Allows these shapes to be satin, fills holes, or user defined splits

Exclusive!
Appliqué Tool
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Allows parts or whole designs or graphics to be converted into appliqué
• Shows material layers in appliqué
• Provides a cut line export for cutters
• Includes a property page User Defined

Alphabets
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Allows an alphabet to be edited and saved or a new alphabet to be punched and used.
• Allows a new punched alphabet to be exported and integrated into DesignShop (does not include serialized alphabets)

Drop Shadow Effect
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Add a drop shadow to any element or design

Stitch Direction Lines
Level: DesignShop Pro and Pro Plus

• Switch between wireframe points and stitch direction lines to set the direction of the stitches

Cross Stitch
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Change a graphic into a cross stitch design
• Allows manual punching of cross stitch

Edge Fill
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• This is a stitch type that will follow the contour of the object.

Custom Shapes/ Custom Design
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Save a shape (stitch or vector) for future use
• Save and use an entire design

Design Database
Level: All

• Conveniently stores design information in a user-friendly database

Templates/Step and Repeat
Level: DesignShop and higher

• Make a template from a step and repeat design

Group Names/ Step and Repeat
Level: DesignShop and higher

• Allows group names to work with step and repeat

Advanced Copy/Paste
Level: DesignShop Pro and Pro Plus

• Allows for an element to be copied then pasted at different sizes and angles

Photo Fill
Level: DesignShop Pro Plus

• Automatically converts a photo into stitches

Stitch Estimator
Level: DesignShop Pro and Pro Plus

• Gives a quick estimate of how many stitches are in the design
• Automatically calculates the cost
• Allows global stitch count adjustments according to the pricing parameters

Element Numbering
Level: DesignShop and higher

• Provides a numeric reference for elements, which will help the user reference where an element is in the design

Larger Enter and Exit Point Symbols
Level: DesignShop and higher

• Easy view of entry points and exit points on elements of a design and also shows last stitch on prior element

Enhanced True Type Font Converter
Level: DesignShop and higher

• Improved true type font conversion, especially with small lettering

AMAYA Color Sequence Ability
Level: All

• Allows DesignShop to set up color sequence for the AMAYA embroidery machine

Powerful Operating System
The Amaya OS offers maximum flexibility and is scalable to fit your embroidery business needs.

Since 1972, Melco Embroidery Systems has been the industry leader of complete embroidery solutions for the home-based entrepreneurial and commercial markets. In addition to the new AMAYA line of professional embroidery equipment, Melco offers digitizing software, embroidery components and supplies, technical support, training and leasing for embroidery businesses of every size.

Melco is the only company that engineers and manufactures embroidery equipment and related software in the United States. Melco is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saurer Limited , the world's largest textile machine manufacturer with 150 years of expertise, based in Switzerland.