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AcuDesign

Janome’s AcuDesign Embroidery App allows you to purchase, edit, import and export designs from your iOS mobile device. Includes 650 embroidery designs.
Category Price Seller Device
Productivity $49.99 Janome America, Inc. iPhone, iPad, iPod

Import, export, print and edit your own collection of designs or purchased designs from your favorite Retailer or online, in all supported embroidery formats.
Scale your designs, change thread colors, fabric type and automatically adjust the density of embroidery designs. AcuDesign can save designs in multiple file formats to work with your machine.
Preview designs in Photorealistic preview and stitching simulation to ensure perfection every time. Share your designs with your friends on Facebook with one click.
Use your iOS device as a portable library, with automatic sync to iCloud and Dropbox!
Exports to Artistic Edge WiFi cutter
Lettering capability (in-app purchase) with 20 high-quality scalable pre-digitized fonts.

AcuDesign Features

Embroidery Browser
* Many free embroidery designs for download
* Complete collection of embroidery designs to purchase through the Apple Store
* Filter, sort and search embroidery designs
* Select multiple designs and export them to stitch file and optionally ZIP them together
* Show the embroidery designs grouped either by package or by category
* US and Metric measurement system
* iCloud® connection to sync purchases between machines
* Dropbox® sync to display and export files

Embroidery Viewer
* 3D photorealistic preview of the embroidery design
* Photorealistic, real-time simulation of the stitching process, with machine speed adjustment option and “move frame” ability; the sound of the machine can be muted or its volume adjusted from the Preferences.
* Measure tool that allows you to measure your designs
* Ability to change thread colors from a complete collection of thread color palettes (all major manufacturers)
* Representation of the "shiny" effect of rayon/polyester thread, according to the move of the iPhone/iPod or iPad.
* Change fabric type and fabric color for better preview of the final embroidery result.
* Send the thread information that you will use in the specific design by email, add the quantity you need and use it as shopping list.
* Show the design in the embroidery hoop and re-center it if necessary
* Rename a design and add/edit tags

Import and Export the following formats:
* (.jef, .jef+, .jpx, .sew) Janome®
* (.vp3) Hursqvarna Viking®/Pfaff®
* (.exp) Bernina®/Melco® expanded
* (.pec, .pes) Brother®/Babylock®
* (.dst) Tajima®
* (.xxx) Singer®
* (.shv) Viking® D1 (import only)
* (.pcm, .pcs) Pfaff®
* Export to Edge WiFi cutter

Embroidery Editor
* Ability to Undo and Redo any change you make
* Scale, rotate or slant the design with automatic stitch density adjustment
* Add, move or delete stitches
* Add or remove color changes and thread trims
* Change the embroidery sequence of a design, using sequence manager
* Auto-fit a design to the size of the hoop

We support the following ways to output designs:
* To Dropbox®
* To WebDAV account (AirStash® device or any web hosting plan that supports such protocol)
* To FTP account (TP-LINK® Router with USB host, iUSBport®, Gigastone WPD®, or connect to a web ftp account or to local ftp account)
* By email
* To AirPrint compatible printers
* Post to Facebook
* As an image to any other App (like Twitter, Pinterest, Camera roll etc.)

Reviews

Paid $50.00 to be frustrated
baking is better

I have been watching YouTube videos to figure out how to use this app. When the ladies are telling you how wonderful the help tag is, I do just as they show and the app locks up. So now where does one go for help? I have spent more then $10,000.00 on Janome machines in the last month. I think the least Janome could do is update the app. It’s very sad to read reviews from 5 years ago begging for updates


No longer connects to Dropbox for exporting
Bad upgrades

This app no longer connects to Dropbox or any other export app. It will not export my embroidery files.


This app needs to be updated
Anitaann

I used to use this app frequently to move my designs between computer and machine using Dropbox. Now the app is no longer compatible with Dropbox?? Please fix soon. This app had such potential, but little is done to update it or provide training.


Please update
Autumn Brooke

This app is outdated, slow, and not worth the $50. It could potentially be amazing, but mine crashes constantly!!! Please do something about this Janome. You’d think as amazing as my skyline is and as high as this app is, the app would be maintained.


Not user friendly at all
pichazo

Stay away from it . Purchased it for my mom, I am technician myself: to send the image via email ? Forget it , and please be prepare to send it through DropBox , you get lucky if you can send it the first time. My mom said she would not use it at all since it was difficult for me , it would be worse for her.


A little disappointed
Godsinger

I hesitated buying this app but decided it would be worth the price for 500 designs especially if some of the designs were the ones displayed. Don't be fooled, the pretty butterflies are not part of the package. I haven't found the functionality of the editing to be very easy but I also haven't worked with it that much yet.


So so
Brohmer

I like being able to d/l designs to my iPad but still have to go into computer to send to flash drive. Also I like to have the PDF file for directions, which this doesn't give you. Not sure if it really saves any time. Maybe if you have a Janome machine that you can send designs through wifi


Disappointed
?Robin

I can not get files to upload to Airstash. I have tried DrawingsSnap which is the same program basically and it works fine. AcuDesign still has bugs. Once these are fixed I think it will be a good program. Right now it's not worth the money.


Very Poor Designs
15000 owner

Don't buy this for the designs! They are the worst collection I've ever seen, as if they're from a cheap 50's coloring book. Someone must have selected all the designs that didn't sell on various sites to make this collection. Shame on you, Janome!


Unable to edit text
Zxwdx

Really.... All the designs in lettering useless without spending another 50 dollars to get the lettering app. Boo!


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