. ▁ ▁Design ▁files ▁Dig it ized ▁emb roid ery ▁design ▁files ▁can ▁be ▁either ▁purchased ▁or ▁created ▁with ▁industry - specific ▁emb roid ery ▁digit izing ▁software . ▁Emb roid ery ▁file ▁formats ▁broad ly ▁fall ▁into ▁two ▁categories . ▁The ▁first , ▁source ▁formats , ▁are ▁specific ▁to ▁the ▁software ▁used ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁design . ▁For ▁these ▁formats , ▁the ▁digit izer ▁keeps ▁the ▁original ▁file ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁editing . ▁The ▁second , ▁machine ▁formats , ▁are ▁specific ▁to ▁a ▁particular ▁brand ▁or ▁model ▁of ▁emb roid ery ▁machine , ▁they ▁contain ▁primarily ▁st itch ▁data ▁( off sets ) ▁and ▁machine ▁functions ▁( st itch , ▁tr ims , ▁j umps , ▁etc .) ▁and ▁are ▁thus ▁not ▁easily ▁scale d ▁or ▁edited ▁without ▁extensive ▁manual ▁work . ▁However , ▁because ▁these ▁files ▁easy ▁to ▁decode , ▁they ▁serve ▁as ▁easy ▁exchange ▁formats , ▁with ▁some ▁formats ▁such ▁as ▁T aj ima ' s ▁. dst ▁and ▁Mel co ' s ▁. exp ▁being ▁so ▁pre val ent ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁effectively ▁become ▁industry ▁standards ▁and ▁are ▁often ▁supported ▁directly ▁by ▁machines ▁built ▁by ▁rival ▁companies , ▁or ▁through ▁provided ▁software ▁to ▁convert ▁them ▁for ▁the ▁machine . ▁ ▁Many ▁emb roid ery ▁designs ▁can ▁be ▁downloaded ▁in ▁popular ▁machine ▁formats ▁from ▁emb roid ery ▁websites . ▁However , ▁since ▁not ▁all ▁designs ▁are ▁available ▁for ▁every ▁machine ' s ▁specific ▁format , ▁some ▁machine ▁emb roid er ers ▁use ▁conversion ▁programs ▁to ▁convert ▁from ▁one ▁machine