Changelog
What changed
Launch · 2026-09-10
- Viewer for 22 formats with sew-out simulator, colour blocks, run time, thread use, hoop fit and a printable colour sheet.
- Converter to 11 formats (PES, PEC, DST, EXP, JEF, VP3, XXX, U01, TBF, DSB, DSZ) with rotate, mirror and centre; 46 direct conversion pages.
- Pre-flight check: density heatmap, short and long stitches, untrimmed jumps, colour changes, trims, hoop fit.
- Stitch count and price calculator; thread colour converter with 13 brand charts and 18 conversion tables; hoop fit checker with 29 hoops.
- Pro: satin, fill and outline lettering with 17 fonts, batch name drops, resize with density correction, file cleanup.
Recently published guides
- Barudan U01 and Tajima TBF: the commercial formats that carry needle numbers · 2026-09-10
- Batch name embroidery for shops: one lettering setup, one file per name, no re-digitising · 2026-09-10
- Colour sheets and run sheets: what to print before a design goes on the machine · 2026-09-10
- DST file format explained: what Tajima files store, and what they leave out · 2026-09-10
- EMB, ART, BE, CND, PXF: why native embroidery formats cannot be converted online · 2026-09-10
- Embroidery file formats explained: PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, HUS, U01 and what each one stores · 2026-09-10
- Embroidery hoop size chart: every common hoop in mm and inches, and how to check a design fits · 2026-09-10
- Embroidery lettering: satin vs fill, what size each works at, and how the columns are built · 2026-09-10
Coming up
- What 226 real embroidery files taught us before launch · 2026-09-12
- Jumps, trims and colour changes: what the commands in an embroidery file do on the machine · 2026-09-17
- Short stitches and thread breaks: why a file breaks thread in the same place every time · 2026-09-24
- Satin density: the number we measured instead of quoting · 2026-09-26
- Embroidery run time: how to estimate it from stitch count, speed, colour changes and hooping · 2026-10-01
- Embroidery thread brands compared: Isacord, Madeira, Sulky, Robison-Anton, Floriani, Hemingworth and more · 2026-10-08