PESBrother, Baby Lock →DSTTajima
Convert PES to DST
Convert a Brother or Baby Lock PES design to DST for a compatible commercial machine or embroidery shop. DST does not store the PES thread colours, so provide a separate thread chart with the converted file. Confirm the receiving machine's format and hoop requirements first.
Stitch preview
PES FILE PREVIEW Interactive sample — choose or drop your embroidery file to see its own stitches.
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Sample design
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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.
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Thread order
Embroidery area check
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.
The two formats
.PES · BROTHER, BABY LOCK
Brother PES
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.
.DST · TAJIMA
Tajima DST
A 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.
What to watch for
Your colours stop here
PES stores a thread colour for every block. DST stores none at all — not approximations, not indexes, nothing. The colour changes survive as stop commands, so the machine still knows where to pause, but which thread goes in is no longer written down anywhere. If you are handing this file to someone else, send a screenshot of the coloured preview with it, or write the thread list out. Shops expect this and will ask; it is not a fault in the conversion.
A 12.1 mm ceiling on any single move
DST encodes each axis from ±1, ±3, ±9, ±27 and ±81 tenths of a millimetre, so the longest travel it can express in one record is 121 units — 12.1 mm. Anything longer is broken across several records. This is why a design converted to DST often reports more jumps than the PES you started with: long stitch or jump movements can require several records, so output stitch and jump counts may change.
Trims are a real difference, not a rounding error
Trim encoding and machine settings can change how connecting stitches are handled. Inspect the target file and trim options in compatible software, and make a test stitch-out before a production batch.
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