Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ARM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ARM to another file type
To convert ARM Designs to another format, you need Brother PE-Design or other Data software.
Convert a file to ARM
To convert other file formats to the "Embroidery Design File" file type, you need software like Brother PE-Design or a similar tool.
About ARM files
The .arm file extension primarily represents a proprietary Embroidery Machine Design file used by Melco embroidery machines, though it is equally common as an ASCII-armored certificate request generated by OpenSSL for the X.509 Public Key Infrastructure. Less frequently, it functions as an ELF executable compiled for the ARM architecture or a firmware update for dashcams. Users face significant challenges with .arm files because the embroidery variants are strictly proprietary. These files contain raw stitch coordinates and machine commands that cannot be read by web browsers, standard image viewers, or competing embroidery machines. Relying on this format often requires purchasing expensive dedicated digitizing software just to view a single pattern. If you need to share the design with a client or send it to a different machine brand, you must convert it. The best target formats for embroidery are universally accepted standard files like DST (Tajima) or PES (Brother). If the file is an ASCII-armored certificate, the target should be PEM or CSR for broad server compatibility. Standard online converters fail to process .arm files because they lack the complex decoding libraries required for proprietary stitch vectors or specialized cryptographic headers. Often, only the original digitizing software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ARM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ARM file to X86 or HEX, you can use Brother PE-Design or similar software from the "Embroidery Design Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to ARM, try Brother PE-Design or another comparable tool in the "Embroidery Design Storage" category.
The ARM Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ARM converter.