It also contains a range of organized data extracted from several files.Įach DST file contains, like any other type of file, a header and a body. This type of file contains all the stitch color data and the thread that the machine needs to embroider the image. To work with an image for embroidery, it must first be converted into a DST file.
The DST file also contains metadata tags. The DST file contains instructions for the embroidery machine, either clipping, stopping the activity and jumping. Any file that carries the DST extension is an image created by software that modifies common image files such as JPG, GIF or TIF for a readable format for embroidery machines.
A DST file is used for Tajima embroidery machines.
