Machine File Formats
Every production file PatternAI writes natively — the exact file your machine runs, written from the approved design and verified before it ships.
Not a picture converted into a file, but the real thing: a stitch path, a jacquard card, a knit program, a graded cut marker. Pick a format to see how it’s produced and which machines read it.
Embroidery
DST →
Tajima DST
Embroidery
PES →
Brother/Babylock PES
Embroidery
JEF →
Janome JEF
Embroidery
EXP →
Melco/Bernina EXP
Embroidery
VP3 →
Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff VP3
Weave
Jacquard Card →
Jacquard weave card
Pattern-cut
DXF →
AAMA/ASTM DXF cut marker
Knit
Shima DAT →
Shima Seiki DAT
Quilt
HQF →
Handi Quilter HQF
Quilt
QLI →
QLI quilting file
Quilt
IQP →
Innova IQP
Quilt
PAT →
PAT quilting file