Export designs
WilcomWorkspace reads and writes design files of various popular formats. It also reads and converts between all popular machine file formats. All designs can be saved to Wilcom EMB format. Options can be accessed via the General toolbar.
Download designs
The Download Design option allows you to export an edited design to the latest native EMB ‘all-in-one’ format.
Native EMB files contain a complete set of design information in a single ‘all-in-one’ file – object outlines and properties, actual stitches and machine functions, thread colors, a picture icon, summary information, and more. Even the original design bitmap image can be included in EMB format. Only native EMB files provide 100% perfect scaling and transformation. WilcomWorkspace lets you save designs in various native EMB formats. This can be important if your suppliers or clients use previous versions of Wilcom software.
If a design feature is not available in the selected file type, it will be converted. For example, Flexi Split stitching may be changed to plain Tatami. If the design contains a bitmap using a color depth unsupported by the selected file type, it will be removed from the resulting file.
Download designs as images
Designers frequently want to distribute their designs for viewing in real colors, in TrueView or otherwise, with or without fabric backgrounds. This might be for stock design sales purposes, for approval of digitized designs, or for presentation on the web or in catalogs. Screen images are captured in PNG format because it supports transparency. The Download Design option allows you to export an edited design to PNG format.
The image file is output to the default download folder of your browser – usually the default ‘Downloads’ folder.
Convert designs
The Convert Design option allows you to convert an open design to any of the supported machine file formats as well as earlier versions of the native EMB file format. Machine or ‘stitch’ files are low-level formats for direct use by embroidery machines. They contain only stitch coordinates and machine functions.
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