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Buzz Tools Plus Vs. BuzzXplore® v2

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BuzzXplore® retains all of the Buzz Tools® Plus design management features and adds the features most requested by our Buzz Tools Plus users. Machine embroidery hobbyists will enjoy instant 3-D renderings of designs, and file management in an intuitive and powerful Explorer style interface.

Which One Is Right For You?

If you are a dedicated embroidery hobbyist, professional digitizer, or "power user" who is serious about getting the maximum features in all your embroidery software, then you will definitely want to use BuzzXplore. This ensures that you will always have the most powerful tools and the most embroidery formats.

Buzz Tools Plus is better suited to occasional users, users with a fixed budget, and embroidery hobbyist who are new to the computer. Note, both BuzzXplore and Buzz Tools Plus offer lots of great features and are fully capable of helping you to find and organize your design collection.

Features

Buzz Tools® Plus v4

BuzzXplore®
v2

Suggested Retail Prices

    

Full Version

 $99.95 $169.95

Upgrade for Buzz Tools Plus v4 OR BuzzXplore Embroidery Edition v1

 59.95 $99.95

Formats Supported

Embroidery Formats Supported

 23 Formats
 See List 		29 Formats
 See List

Cross Stitch Formats Supported

Only if Cross Stitch Edition is also installed.
(No longer available)

Graphics Formats

 BMP ONLY

8 Graphics Formats
 See List

Other Formats

 TXT

RTF & TXT

Optionally Include ZIP'd Files

Include Multiple Formats in the Same Window

Optionally Filter by File Type


Instant update from Files of Type Pane

Browsing Designs

Remembers Last Catalog

Explorer Style Interface with Drag & Drop

Span Multiple Non-Contiguous Folders
in catalog mode

Toolbar Button Command Access

Instant Realistic 3-D Threads
instant 3-D for actual size only
instant 3-D for multiple designs at the same time

Views Possible
    • Thumbnail Images


in Small, Medium, Large and Full Window Sizes
    • Actual Size
in same window


in pop-up window
    • Large Icons

    • Small Icons

    • List View

    • Detail

Optional Sewing Information
Size
Color Breaks
Stitch Order
Thread Changes
Number of Stitches


Size
Color Breaks
Stitch Order
Thread Changes
Number of Stitches

Sort Options
    • By File Name
    • By Date
    • By File Type
    • By File Size
    • By Folder
Always in Folder & File Name Order
Catalog Mode
    • By Design Width
    • By Design Height
    • By Number of Stitches
    • By Number of Colors

Design Slide Show
with 3-D option

Fabric Color Settings

Embroidery Drive Writing

Embroidery Drive Writing Wizard

Writes USB Drives for Embroidery Machines with USB Flash Drive Port

Writes Compact Flash or ATA Cards

Writes SHV Formattted Diskettes or USB Drives for use in Designer 1

Built-in Support for the BuzzBox Embroidery Card Reader/Writer (sold seperately)

Printing

Actual Size Designs


Thumbnail Reports


with 3-D option

Table of Contents
List Report with or without File Names

Optional Report Header

Design Management

Create Design Notes

Create Individual Design Graphics


with 3-D option

Launch Other Programs

Supports Multiple Software Packages on the Same Computer

Converts designs, one at a time or by the hundreds


to same directory as
original only


to the directory of choice
See Note 1

Converts on-the-fly if needed

Search

for File Names

for Folders

for Design Notes

Locate Next Folder with Files

Create Catalog of Search Results

Search in Locations Not Currently Displayed


Searches Current Catalog Only

Organizing Capabilities
Automatically Create a folder tree of over 500 design categories
  

Delete
One at a time
Multiple selected designs

Uses Windows Recycle Bin
deleted files not ecoverable.

Cut

Copy

Paste

Rename

Extract ZIP'd Designs

Create New Folders

Create New ZIP Archives

Drag-and-Drop

Right Click Menu Pop-ups

Multi-Purpose Design Holding Area

ZIP'd File Support

Browse ZIP'd Designs

Extract ZIP'd Designs Wizard

Convert ZIP'd Designs

Drag & Drop to Unzipping Convenience

Create New ZIP Archives

Embroidery Tools

PES Fit Hoop

PES Fix Card Data

PES Convert to Version 1

Extras

Includes BuzzEdit Lite Embroidery Editor
BuzzEdit Lite V2
BuzzEdit Lite V2

Professional Embroidery Design Samples
Provided by participating professional embroidery design companies.

Detailed Online Help

User's Manual
On PDF

Free Knowledge Base Questions and Answers

Free Online Technical Support

Free Program Updates and Bug Fixes See Note 2

Note 1: Embroidery designs can only be converted to other supported embroidery design formats and cannot be converted to cross stitch formats even if both BuzzXplore Editions are installed.

Note 2: Updates with the current version number are free. Upgrandes to the next version number have an ssociated cost unless you qualify for a free upgrade with a recent purchase.