DST Converter

Extract text from DST files

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Drop or upload your .DST file

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How to extract text from your DST file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DST file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DST to another file type

To convert your DST file to another format, you need Tajima DG16 or other Other software.

DST to PDF
DST to JPG
DST to PES
DST to EMB
DST to PNG
DST to JEF
DST to SAV
DST to SVG
DST to DWG
DST to DXF
DST to DGN
DST to RVT

Convert a file to DST

To convert other file formats to the "Embroidery Design File" file type, you need software like Tajima DG16 or a similar tool.

SLDASM to DST
DGN to DST
PRT to DST
IAM to DST
X_B to DST
CATPRODUCT to DST
SLDPRT to DST
RVT to DST
ASM to DST
DWG to DST
CATPART to DST
DXF to DST

About DST files

The .DST file is primarily the Tajima Embroidery Format, the industry-standard standard for storing stitch commands for industrial embroidery machines. Unlike modern consumer formats that store thread colors and hoop information, .DST files are coordinate-based "stitch files" developed by Tajima.

Users frequently need to convert .DST files because they lack color profiles - they only contain commands to "stop" and "trim" so the operator can change the thread manually. This makes them difficult to preview visually without specialized software like Wilcom TrueSizer. Furthermore, home hobbyists with Brother or Janome machines cannot always read raw industrial data directly.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Home Machines: Convert to PES (Brother/Babylock) or JEF (Janome) to ensure compatibility with consumer hardware.
For Visualization: Convert to JPG, PNG, or PDF to create printable approval sheets or visual catalogs for clients who don't have embroidery software.
For Editing: Convert to EMB (Wilcom) if you need to resize or adjust density, as editing raw stitch files often degrades quality.

*Note: A small percentage of .DST files are AutoCAD Sheet Sets used to organize drawing layouts. These require Autodesk software to open.*

Convert.Guru analyzes your DST file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted EMB, DGT, JEF, PES, JPG, PNG, DSB, DTS, DSV, PDF, VP3, JPEG and DST_TMP files.

The DST 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 DST converter.