Hmmm, I have to/ look into these software programs to see what I'm missing! I don't have any but do quite a bit of projects on my machine.

I am very fortunate to have a really experienced embroidery machine gal at my local quilt shop who has the same machine as I do and she' a wealth of information and help when I need it. They even will split my patterns for me when I want to do one that's too large for my machine to do.