Embroidery · Melco/Bernina EXP
EXP File
EXP embroidery file — native for Melco and Bernina.
EXP is the embroidery format used by Melco and Bernina machines, a stitch-and-command file paired with colour information. It stores stitches rather than an image, so its quality depends on how the file is digitised. It is the standard across that machine family.
How PatternAI writes a EXP file
PatternAI’s embroidery technique writes the EXP natively from the approved design, with planned underlay, density and compensation, validated against the format — engineered to sew on Melco/Bernina, not an image conversion.
Machines that read EXP
- Melco
- Bernina
Native file vs auto-converter
A converter traces a picture into a EXP; the result usually fights the machine — poor registration, wrong density or an outline that won’t run. PatternAI’s embroidery technique instead writes the EXP natively from a design built on a real grammar, and validates it against the format before it ships — so the file is one your machine can actually run.
Frequently asked questions
- Which machines read EXP?
- EXP is used by Melco and Bernina embroidery machines.
- Is the file engineered to sew?
- Yes — stitches are planned and the EXP is validated against its format.
- Can I also get DST?
- Yes — the same design writes DST, PES, JEF and VP3.
Turn a design into a real EXP file
PatternAI turns a prompt, your artwork, or a live trend into a production-ready design and writes the exact EXP your machine runs — verified before it ships.