DST file
viewer
Open a Tajima DST file and see the design before you stitch it: its size in mm and inches, stitch count, colours, trims and run time. Free and without sign-up. Your file is read on our server and deleted straight away.
— stitches
Drop a file and its stitches appear here, drawn in their thread colours.
| Size | |
|---|---|
| Thread colours | |
| Colour changes | |
| Trims · jumps | |
| Run time |
This format doesn't store thread colours, so the preview uses stand-in colours. The design's colour chart or production sheet lists the real threads.
What is a DST file?
Tajima DST is the stitch file for Tajima, Barudan, SWF, Happy, FUJA and most commercial multi-needle machines. It holds every stitch of the design as a move of the needle, plus the stops where the machine changes colour. It doesn't store thread colours, so every viewer shows stand-in colours: the design's colour chart or production sheet tells you the real threads.
DST has no trim command either. Trims are written as jump stitches, and the viewer counts three or more jumps in a row as a trim, the way most commercial machines read them. More on DST trims.
How to open a DST file without software
- Drop the file in the box above. On a phone, tap the box and pick the file from your downloads.
- The viewer draws every stitch in its thread colour and lists the size, stitch count, colour changes, trims and run time.
- If your machine reads another format, convert the file with the free embroidery file converter.
On a computer you can also open stitch files in Ink/Stitch, a free extension for Inkscape.
Good to know
- Colours look off? DST and EXP files don't store thread colours, so the preview uses stand-in colours. Other formats store them, matched to the nearest colour in the machine's thread chart, so a shade can differ slightly from the real thread.
- Wilcom EMB, Hatch and other working files can't be opened here. They hold objects, not stitches. Export a DST or PES from the program you made them in.
- Your files aren't kept. The upload is read in a temporary folder and deleted in the same request. We don't store or look at your designs.
- The viewer doesn't resize. Scaling a stitch file on the machine changes its density: shrink it and the stitches pile up, enlarge it and gaps open. If you need another size, it should be re-digitized. We can re-digitize it for you, and your first design is free.
- Planning a new design? The stitch calculator estimates the stitch count and digitizing price from your artwork.
Convert a DST file
DST TO PES · DST TO JEF · DST TO EXP · DST TO VP3 · DST TO XXX
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