formats

[johntalipsky]

When getting digitizing from an outside source will dst vs ofm make a big difference. The digitizer sends it to us in a dst format and when it comes to puff we struggle to get a clean sew out.

[Judy]

dst, I'm fairly certain, means "does not" to the Silver Surfer here. I do a LOT of clean ups in design shop before anything remotely resembling the design comes through.

[Rod or Sharon]

If the digitizer is not using Design Shop software, he/she will not be able to send you an OFM format. The closest format to OFM would be CND which looks like DST, EXP, etc...formats that have been wireframed. CND for those that do not have wireframe capability, is easier to edit to change/adjust the different elements for a particular application, such as puff.

Puff must be digitized a certain way to produce a sucessful product. Tabs must be added at the end of most columns or entry/exit points adjusted so they do not start or end at the beginning or end af a column. Cut lines need to be added on the perimeter of the design to help with excess foam removal. Densities must be adjusted for the width of the column as well as taking into account the thickness of the foam being used. Then there are the machine settings. Presser foot height, acti-feed and speed settings, etc.....oh, and don't forget the heat gun to shrink the peek-a-boo foam that sticks out from underneath the column......

Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer

[The Embroidery Authority - OLD]

There are two kinds of embroidery language out there. There's human language and then there's machine language.
Human language (Melco) are OFM & CND formats.
Machine language would be EXP & DST formats.

The machine language only contains the information that the machine needs to sew out a design - needle penetrations, color change and trim commands. That's it.

The human language contains all the machine information and everything else needed to create a design. ie: density, stitch length, thread color, fill patterns, tie in and tie off stitches, stitch types, fonts, etc....

When you send a design to the Amaya machine, no matter what the format, the machine only extracts the machine information it needs (needle penetrations, color change and trim commands) and ignores the rest. (***Unless you are specifically sending advanced commands to the machine through your OFM file.)

It shouldn't matter what format you are using if the file was digitized correctly for the garment.

Ed Orantes