§ GLOSSARY · MACHINE FORMAT

MACHINE FORMAT

The file format an embroidery machine reads to know how and where to stitch — DST, PES, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, SEW, and others.

Embroidery vocabularyPlain-English definition
» FORMAT MATRIX brother → .pes tajima → .dst janome → .jef bernina → .exp
WHAT IT MEANS

Embroidery machines do not read vector files directly; they read pre-stitched files in vendor-specific formats. Each format encodes stitch coordinates, commands (trim, color change, jump), and (sometimes) thread color information. The same design has to be exported in the format the destination machine expects, or the operator has to do an in-machine format conversion that frequently loses information.

WHEN IT MATTERS

Sending the wrong format is the most common cause of 'this file will not load' tickets. Knowing your buyer's machine and exporting accordingly avoids the entire problem.

SEE ALSO
» MACHINE COMMAND trim_thread() // cut between // logo and crest jump_to(x: 38, y: 14)
TRIM CODE
» MACHINE COMMAND color_change() // pause for thread swap next: needle_3 hex: #14B8A6
COLOR CHANGE
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HOOP
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