Supported file formats
File type | Description |
Design | Design files usually contain digitized shapes and lines, selected stitch types and stitch values and effects. |
Machine | Machine files generally contain stitches and machine functions and are only suited to specific embroidery machines. |
Supported design file formats
Extension | Format | Read | Write |
EMB | EmbroideryStudio design file (up to & including the latest release) | • | • |
ART | artista V4.0 design files | • |
|
ART42 | Explorations project file | • |
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ART?0 | BERNINA Embroidery Software file | • |
|
JAN | Janome Embroidery Software file | • |
|
Supported machine file formats
Extension |
| Format | Read | Write |
10O |
| Toyota | • | • |
ARX |
| Bernina cross stitch file format | • |
|
BRO |
| Bits & Volts | • | • |
CSD |
| Singer / Poem / Huskygram | • | • |
DAT |
| Hiraoka DAT | • | • |
DSB | † | Tajima (Barudan) | • | • |
DSN |
| Nova | • |
|
DST |
| Tajima | • | • |
DSZ | ¥ | Tajima ZSK machine format | • | • |
EMX |
| Wilcom cross stitch file format |
|
|
EMD |
| Elna | • | • |
EXP |
| Melco | • | • |
HUS |
| Husqvarna / Viking / Pfaff | • | • |
INB |
| Inbro | • | • |
JEF |
| Janome / Elna / Kenmore format (V1.0) | • | • |
KSM |
| Pfaff | • | • |
MJD |
| Time & Space MJD | • | • |
PCD |
| Pfaff | • | • |
PCH |
| Pfaff | • |
|
PCM |
| Pfaff | • | • |
PCQ |
| Pfaff | • | • |
PCS |
| Pfaff | • | • |
PEC |
| Deco / Brother / Babylock | • |
|
PES |
| Deco / Brother / Babylock | • | • |
PMU |
| Proel Win | • | • |
UM |
| Proel DOS | • | • |
SEW |
| Janome / Elna / Kenmore | • | • |
SHV |
| Husqvarna / Viking / Pfaff | • | • |
STC |
| Gunold APS stitch format | • |
|
STX |
| Datastitch | • | • |
TAP / MON | § | Happy | • | • |
TBF |
| Tajima |
| • |
U01 | † | Barudan (TBD) | • | • |
U03 |
| Barudan FDR-3 |
| • |
VEP |
| Hiraoka VEP |
| • |
VIP |
| Husqvarna / Viking / Pfaff | • | • |
VP3 |
| Husqvarna / Viking / Pfaff | • | • |
XXX | † | Singer | • | • |
Z01 | £ | ZSK TC machine format | • | • |
† includes needle addressing data ¥ Two options – ZSK1 and ZSK2 (see note) § TAP and MON files are written together – TAP is the machine file, MON the header file. £ Used with Transport Code Disks (see note) | ||||
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