Embroidery files

There are two types of embroidery file format:

File type

Function

Design

Design files, also known as ‘outline’ or 'all-in-one' files, usually contain digitized shapes and lines, selected stitch types and stitch values and effects.

Machine

Machine files, also known as ‘stitch’ files, generally contain stitches and machine functions and are only suited to specific embroidery machines.

Design files are generally ones you open and modify in the software. Machine files are generally ones you send to machine for production. EMB is the native design format. Other ‘all-in-one’ formats such as ART and JAN are also supported. Hatch Embroidery supports many machine formats. There is some inter-convertibility between design and machine formats. Note that you can filter your design library between these two broad categories...

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Note: Hatch Embroidery supports many machine formats such as JEF, SEW, DST, EXP, and others. See also Supported embroidery files.

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