GETTING STARTED
Onboarding basics: create your first project, invite a teammate, and understand the workspace.
SECTIONS · 3
§ 01
Your first project
Start a project from scratch or from a template.
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§ 02
Tour the workspace
What lives where in the editor and dashboard.
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§ 03
Invite a teammate
Share a workspace and assign roles.
OPEN SECTION →
ARTICLES · 6
- ALL·INFORMATIONAL·EXPLAINERWhat is ValidStitch and who is it for?An overview of the ValidStitch embroidery validation and remediation platform, what it does, and which kinds of shops benefit most.
- BEGINNER HOBBYIST·INFORMATIONALCreate your first projectStep-by-step walkthrough for a brand-new account: create a project, upload artwork, and see your first validation report.
- ALL·INFORMATIONAL·HOW-TOHow to validate a DST file before stitching (5-minute walkthrough)Upload a DST embroidery file to ValidStitch, run the validation pass, and read the report — a 5-minute walkthrough for a first-time validator.
- ALL·INFORMATIONAL·EXPLAINERWhat's in an embroidery validation report (annotated)Every section of an embroidery validation report, in the order it appears: header, severity-sorted findings, per-finding detail, and the production setup sheet — what each tells the operator before stitching.
- EMBROIDERY SHOP·TRANSACTIONAL·HOW-TOInvite your first teammate to a ValidStitch workspaceShare a ValidStitch workspace with another operator or shop manager. How to send an invite, pick a role, and what each role can see — for the brand-new team getting set up.
- ALL·COMPARATIVE·REFERENCEDST vs PES vs JEF vs EXP: embroidery file types comparedA side-by-side reference for the four most-asked-about embroidery file formats: where each one comes from, which machines read it, what it stores natively (and what it doesn't), and the gotchas that bite production.