HoopFile view, check & convert embroidery files Free online tools Open a machine embroidery file to inspect its stitches, thread order and dimensions. Save a preview image, print a design sheet or convert to another supported stitch format. Free, with no account required. Files are uploaded for processing; temporary input and output files are removed afterward.
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Large design: the on-screen preview and PNG use simplified stitch paths. The converted machine file keeps the full stitch data.
This check does not rotate or resize your file. Comparison of stitch bounds only. Machine limits, positioning and movement commands can still prevent sewing. Confirm the usable embroidery area in your manual.
PNG and the printed sheet are visual references, not machine files or full-size sewing templates. Preview shows the source file.
Open a PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01, PEC, HUS, SEW or PCS design up to 20 MB.
The file is uploaded and processed. Review its source stitch count, thread order, design size and jumps before downloading.
Save the converted file and check it in your machine software. Temporary conversion files are removed after processing.
Design sheet lists a thread brand you do not stock? Look up the number and find the closest color in Isacord, Madeira, Robison-Anton, Brother, Floriani and 15 more thread lines.
Machine formats do not all store the same information. Use this guide to see which brand family a file belongs to and what may change when it is converted.
A Brother embroidery format also used by compatible Baby Lock and some other machines. Versions and colour information vary. A readable preview or conversion does not guarantee that your machine accepts the file; check its version and embroidery-area limits.
Open the PES viewerA Tajima stitch format used in many commercial embroidery workflows. Standard DST stores stitch movements and colour-change commands, but not an original thread palette. Check your machine manual for support.
Open the DST viewerJanome and Elna machines read JEF. It carries thread colours drawn from Janome's own thread chart, along with the hoop the design was built for.
Open the JEF viewerMelco and Bernina machines read EXP. Like DST it stores movement only; colours travel beside it in a separate INF file, so a converted EXP arrives uncoloured.
Open the EXP viewerThe current Husqvarna Viking and Pfaff format. It carries thread colours, and unlike the older HUS it can hold larger designs.
Open the VP3 viewerSinger and Compucon machines read XXX. It stores thread colours alongside the stitches.
Open the XXX viewerBarudan commercial machines read U01. It uses needle-selection commands rather than a thread-colour palette. Check needle assignments against the threads loaded on your machine.
Open the U01 viewerBrother's embedded stitch block — the part of a PES file the machine actually reads. Some older machines and card writers expect it on its own.
Open the PEC viewerAn older Husqvarna Viking format. HoopFile can read HUS but does not export it. Check your machine manual before choosing VP3 or another output format.
The older Janome format, still common in design bundles sold for Elna and Bernina machines. Read-only here.
The older Pfaff format from the PC-Designer era. Read-only here.
Yes. Every converter and viewer on HoopFile is free, with no account or signup required.
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HoopFile reads PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01, PEC, HUS, SEW and PCS embroidery files.
HoopFile can create PES, DST, JEF, EXP, VP3, XXX, U01 and PEC files.
HoopFile re-encodes the existing stitch paths rather than re-digitising artwork. Format limits can still affect thread colours, hoop information, trims or very long movements, and each converter explains those limits before download.
No. Image-to-embroidery requires digitising decisions that are different from translating an existing machine embroidery file.
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