What's new in StitchBuddy 3.2.6
Apr 11, 2024
- Detail printouts are reflecting thread numbers
New in StitchBuddy 3.2.4 (Jan 3, 2024)
- Janome RE36b hoop orientation corrected.
- Additional help menu item (User Forum).
New in StitchBuddy 3.2.3 (Dec 17, 2023)
- Reading VP3 designs fixed.
New in StitchBuddy 3.2.2 (Oct 29, 2023)
- Gunold Poly thread chart added
- Unintentional color changes fixed
- Minor improvements and corrections
New in StitchBuddy 3.2.0 (May 8, 2023)
- Insert lock stitches to shapes or selected stitches
- Reverse stitch order of selected stitches
- Rotate selected stitches by mouse
- Minor improvements and corrections
New in StitchBuddy 3.1.2 (Feb 8, 2023)
- Filling order of shapes improved
- Purchase options more consistent
New in StitchBuddy 3.1.1 (Jan 15, 2023)
- JEF files were corrupted under rare conditions - fixed
New in StitchBuddy 3.1.0 (Dec 11, 2022)
- Create shapes from typed text with all fonts and by importing SVG files
- Path operations lockable to horizontal / vertical / diagonal with [Shift]
- Supporting Janome Continental M17 (hoops and export)
- Minor bug fixes
- Requires macOS 10.13 or higher
New in StitchBuddy 3.0.0 (Jul 3, 2022)
- Adding stitches as outlines or fills of vector shapes
- Basting requires a loaded design (bugfix)
New in StitchBuddy 2.19.4 (Jun 14, 2022)
- In-App purchase further fixed and more robust
New in StitchBuddy 2.19.3 (Jun 14, 2022)
New in StitchBuddy 2.19.1 (May 16, 2022)
- Sulky Rayon threads added / corrected
- News can be displayed from app menu
- Support web page added to Help menu
- MacOS 10.12 or higher required
New in StitchBuddy 2.19.0 (Feb 13, 2022)
- Durak Poly-Soft thread chart added
- News are shown at app launch (optional)
New in StitchBuddy 2.18.1 (Apr 15, 2021)
- Complete Madeira Polyneon thread chart
New in StitchBuddy 2.18.0 (Jan 6, 2021)
- Native support of Apple Silicon (M1 processor)
- Title bar / toolbar appearance updated to macOS 11 „Big Sur“
- Flexible width of thread list
- Thread information incorporated in design files (no „.threads“ files)
- Automator Actions save operations in user folders fixed
- macOS 10.11 or higher required
New in StitchBuddy 2.17.5 (Sep 1, 2020)
New in StitchBuddy 2.17.4 (Aug 6, 2020)
- Error handling when reading corrupted files fixed.
New in StitchBuddy 2.17.2 (Apr 21, 2020)
New in StitchBuddy 2.16.1 (Sep 22, 2019)
- Designs could not be saved under rare conditions
New in StitchBuddy 2.16.0 (Feb 19, 2019)
- Dark mode support for macOS 10.14 „Mojave“
- „New“ menu item to create an empty design for merging
- Designs can be merged by drag & drop
- Touchpad support for zooming
- Zoom behavior changed to a fix scale
- Export procedure simplified
- Brildor PB40 thread chart added
- Minor improvements and corrections
- MacOS 10.10 or higher required
New in StitchBuddy 2.14.0 (Dec 1, 2017)
- Automator actions to convert design formats, change thread palette, and create PDFs
- New mode to select all stitches of one thread
- Template printouts with a second page for design details / thread colors
- Madeira Rayon colors added (#1422, #1469)
- Janome hoop ASQ18b added
New in StitchBuddy 2.13.0 (May 21, 2017)
- iCloud support
- Only supported hoops listed in menu
- Hoops added for PES v1.0 (only for alignment)
- PES v1.0 supports 30,000 / 50,000 stitches (hoop M / L)
- Import of PES v10.0 files
- Fixed PES / PEC export with Umlaute in file names
- Janome hoop RE18 support
New in StitchBuddy 2.12.1 (Nov 9, 2016)
- Bug fix: Quick Look preview corrected (was displaying always thumbnails)
New in StitchBuddy 2.11 Build 875 (Jun 17, 2016)
- Support for Janome MC500e hoops (RE10b, RE20b, RE28b, SQ14b, SQ20b)
- Flat-style toolbar
- Full Retina / high resolution support
- Hoop menu improved (hoop dimensions shown in gray)
- Update check fixed (did not receive any information)
- OS X 10.7 ("Lion") or higher required
New in StitchBuddy 2.10.4 Build 842 (Dec 14, 2015)
- "Save as…" preselects the current file type (was broken since v2.9.3)
- Identification of writable file types improved
New in StitchBuddy 2.10.3 Build 837 (Sep 9, 2015)
- Background colors can be printed (optional)
- Stitch optimization improved
- VP3 import fixed (for old files with thread offsets)
- Context menus work with + left mouse click
- Purchase button is disabled after a valid license was entered
New in StitchBuddy 2.9.3 (Jan 9, 2015)
- Basting uses overlaps instead of locking stitches
- Import of VP3 designs corrected
New in StitchBuddy 2.9.1 (Oct 10, 2014)
- Template (real-size) printing fixed
- Minor internal bug fixes
New in StitchBuddy 2.9 (Sep 20, 2014)
- The thread list includes color indicators for easier identification
- Compatibility with TruEmbroidery installed in parallel
- DST export with national characters ("Umlaute") fixed
- Memory consumption improved
- Graceful handling of corrupted JEF designs (with too many color changes)
- Canvas size not smaller than 300 x 300 mm, improving the manipulation of combined designs
New in StitchBuddy 2.8 (Jul 12, 2014)
- The color list includes previews for each thread's usage
- The stitch-order of threads can be changed
- Threads can be split or combined, especially useful for monograms
- The canvas size is fixed, so the display remains constant while resizing / moving stitches
- Selections can be converted between regular and jump stitches
- The scroll performance was enhanced
- App and document icons updated
- Stitch optimization improved
- Open "Documents" folder by default
New in StitchBuddy 2.7 (Jul 12, 2014)
- X-ray view shows underlays when selecting stitches
- Madeira Rayon thread colors added
- Support of JEF+ file format (read-only)
- Support of Janome MC 9900 (new hoops)
- 64-bit only (32-bit support is dropped)
New in StitchBuddy 2.5.3 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Compatibility update for OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" (stitch simulator)
- Bugfix: Some rare PES designs were corrupted during their import
New in StitchBuddy 2.5.1 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Bugfix: Identification of jump stitches improved (PES import)
New in StitchBuddy 2.4.6 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Bugfix: StitchBuddy crashed under Mac OS X 10.5.8 ("Symbol not found: NSConcreteGlobalBlock")
New in StitchBuddy 2.4.5 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Read support for Janome JPX files
- Support of WonderFil Splendor thread charts.
- Menu item "Start Dictation" removed in OS X 10.8 "Snow Leopard"
- Minor enhancements
New in StitchBuddy 2.4.4 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Support of Coats Rayon and Trilobal thread charts.
New in StitchBuddy 2.4.3 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Application and plugins code signed to comply with Gatekeeper of OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion"
New in StitchBuddy 2.4.1 (Jul 12, 2014)
- Leading / trailing jump stitches are not included into selections.
- Enhanced PES support (additional color codes).
New in StitchBuddy 2.4 (May 15, 2012)
- Added: non-3D view enhanced
- Some minor bug fixes
New in StitchBuddy 2.3 (Dec 12, 2011)
- Stitch simulator to virtually embroider designs
- Full-Screen mode (requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or above)
- Resume of open windows (requires OS X 10.7 "Lion" or above)
- Some minor Bug fixes
New in StitchBuddy 2.2.3 (Nov 19, 2011)
- Enhanced compatibility with other installed embroidery software
New in StitchBuddy 2.2.2 (Sep 16, 2011)
- Support for Janome Horizon Memory Craft 12000:
- Additional hoops: FA10 (100 x 40 mm), SQ14 (140 x 140 mm), SQ23 (230 x 230 mm), GR (230 x 300 mm), ASQ22 (220 x 220 mm)
- USB export like the Memory Craft 11000
- Some minor Bug fixes
New in StitchBuddy 2.2.1 (Aug 25, 2011)
- Write support for Brother / Baby Lock / Bernina PES v1.0 files
- Read support for Brother PES v9.0
- Read / write support for Brother PEC files
- Additional thread charts: Ackermann Isacord, Floriani Polyester, Fufu Rayon
- Basting settings are persistent (stitch length, distance)
- Bastings are started with locking stitches
- 3D effects are disabled while dragging (performance enhancement)
- Stitches are moved by the keyboard in 0.1 mm steps for more precise alignments
- Tool tips for all toolbar items
- Bug fixes:
- Dragging a design to the Finder did not create a JPEG file if the file name contained special characters
- Selected stitches could not be unselected using the key
- Jump stitches were not optimized when pasting stitches
- Too long stitches were not split properly if located after jump stitches
New in StitchBuddy 2.1.2 (Feb 10, 2011)
- 3D effects improved (using gradients)
- Jump stitches are ignored when marking the first stitch
- JEF export: Handle color changes in combination with a jump stitch, which resulted in invalid files
- Proper alignment of PES files
- Export function supports MS-DOS (FAT12)
New in StitchBuddy 2.1.1 (Jan 27, 2011)
- Bug fixed reading PES files: some regular stitches were considered as jumps
- Bug fixed displaying the toolbar: Sometimes the "Selection" control was sized too small
- Bug fixed changing the zoom level manually to some specific values, e. g. 60%
- Improved memory management when handling corrupted embroidery files
New in StitchBuddy 2.1 (Dec 21, 2010)
- Support for different measurement units (millimeters, inches with decimals, inches with fractions)
- Auto conversion of thread charts
- Selected stitches can be moved by Drag'n'Drop
- New function "Measure" to measure a distance in a design
- Designs can be copied as images or text by Drap'n'Drop, even to Mac OS X Finder (creating JPEG files)
- "Open" dialog reflects the application name to avoid confusions
- Several internal improvements
New in StitchBuddy 2.0.2 (Nov 7, 2010)
- Support of PES v5.5, v7.1, v8.0
New in StitchBuddy 2.0.1 (Apr 16, 2010)
- Janome's MB-4 standard hoop M1 added
- Janome's new AcuFil Square Quilting Hoop (ASQ) added
- Janome's "any color" thread code is supported
- Some minor adjustments to improve the usability when switching between color modifications and selection modes
New in StitchBuddy 2.0 (Feb 12, 2010)
- Copy & paste, move, delete, flip, resize and rotate selected stitches
- Undo for all modifications
- 1:1 template printout
- Enhanced color selector (highlights the selected color)
- Additional color palettes (Marathon Rayon, Poly-X40 Polyester)
- Selectable hoops
- Enhanced display and print options (hoop, rulers, first / last stitch, design center, structure view, individual background color)
- USB export for Janome embroidery machines
- New toolbar style
- Thread list scrollable
- Minor GUI changes according to Apple Human Interface Guidelines
- Window size / position memorized
New in StitchBuddy 1.2.1 (Sep 3, 2009)
- Hidden scrollbars under Mac OS X 10.6 fixed.
New in StitchBuddy 1.2 (Aug 9, 2009)
- KSM, PCS, PCQ, PCD support.
New in StitchBuddy 1.1 (May 2, 2009)
- VP3 support, color palettes, variable rotations.
New in StitchBuddy 1.0 (Feb 4, 2009)