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Pick the conversion you need.

Every page runs the same converter; the difference is the notes, which spell out what the target format can store. Drop a file on any of them, or use the general converter for any of the 24 readable formats.

From DST

Tajima, Ricoma, Barudan, Happy, SWF and most commercial machines

From JEF

Janome, Elna and Kenmore machines

From EXP

Melco and Bernina machines

From VP3

Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff machines

From HUS

older Husqvarna Viking machines

From VIP

older Pfaff and Viking machines

From XXX

Singer and Compucon machines

From U01

Barudan machines

From TBF

Tajima machines using the TBF format

From SEW

older Janome, Elna and Kenmore machines

From PCS

older Pfaff machines

From DSB

Barudan machines (Tajima-style records)

From DSZ

ZSK machines

From TAP

Happy machines

From PHC

older Brother machines

From 10O

Toyota machines

From KSM

older Pfaff machines

From SHV

older Husqvarna Viking Designer machines

From EMD

Elna machines

From EXY

Melco (E00/E01/E02) machines

From Z01

ZSK machines

From STX

Data Stitch machines

What a conversion can and cannot change

Every stitch format stores the same thing at heart: a list of needle positions in 0.1 mm steps with commands between them for colour changes, jumps and trims. Converting keeps every position; what differs is the metadata each container can hold. DST and EXP have no colours, only stops. PES stores colours as an index into Brother's 64-entry palette and JEF into Janome's 79-entry chart, so a thread becomes the nearest entry on the way in. VP3 and TBF carry thread names; XXX carries RGB. DST records cannot move more than 12.1 mm, so longer stitches are written as two.

That is the whole list. A conversion does not resize (which changes density), does not re-digitise, and does not improve a badly digitised file. Use the pre-flight check to see what a file is like before you convert it, the resize tool if the size has to change, and the conversion guide for the traps in each pair.

Looking for EMB, ART, CSD or VP4? Those are object formats that only Wilcom, Bernina, Compucon or Husqvarna software can open. Export a stitch format (PES, DST, VP3) from that software, then convert here. Why native formats cannot be converted.