Wilcom file formats

EmbroideryStudio uses its own native EMB embroidery file format which combines the advantages of design files and machine files. Outlines, stitches, thread colors, and other data are stored together. Outlines mean the file can be scaled and manipulated on an object basis while the stitch data preserves manual stitch-by-stitch edits and touchups. Features of most third-party formats are supported. Variants and precursors of the EMB file format are also shown in the table below.

Extension

Format

Read

Write

EMB

 

EmbroideryStudio design file (up to & including Digital Edition)

l

l

EMC

 

Clipart files

l

l

EMX

^

Wilcom Cross Stitch

l

 

ESD

Wilcom DOS format

l

 

ESL

 

Wilcom ESL

l

l

ESS

 

Wilcom ESS (Schiffli)

l

l

INP

Wilcom condensed format

l

 

Legacy formats *

T01

 

Tajima (Wilcom DST format)

l

l

T03

 

Barudan (Wilcom DSB format)

l

l

T04

 

Zangs

l

l

T05

 

ZSK (Wilcom DSZ format)

l

l

T09

 

Pfaff (Wilcom KSM format)

l

l

T10

 

Wilcom Plauen

l

l

T15

 

Wilcom Saurer

l

l

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