Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HUS file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert HUS to another file type
To convert HUS embroidery files to another format, you need Embird Studio or other Data software.
Convert a file to HUS
To convert other file formats to the "Machine Embroidery Design" file type, you need software like Embird Studio or a similar tool.
About HUS files
The .HUS file extension is a proprietary embroidery machine design format primarily developed by Husqvarna Viking. These files contain stitch coordinates, thread colors, and specific machine commands required to sew digital patterns onto fabric. Because .HUS is a closed, proprietary format tied to specific sewing machine hardware ecosystems, it presents significant interoperability challenges. Users face severe limitations because these files cannot be opened or previewed using standard operating system tools, image viewers, or web browsers. Without specialized, expensive digitizing software like Embird or Husqvarna's proprietary suites, inspecting the design is impossible. Users typically need to convert .HUS files to more universal or modern embroidery formats like PES, DST, or VP3 to use them on different brands of embroidery machines such as Brother or Tajima. Standard online image converters completely fail to process .HUS files because embroidery data relies on machine-specific hardware instructions, not pixels or vectors. If our analysis detects standard underlying data or embedded previews, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HUS file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert HUS file to DWG, DXF, DGN, RVT, RFA, SKP, 3DM, STEP, IGES, SAT, X_T or X_B, you can use Embird Studio or similar software from the "Embroidery Machine Design Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SLDASM, DGN, PRT, IAM, X_B, CATPRODUCT, SLDPRT, RVT, ASM, DWG, CATPART or DXF files to HUS, try Embird Studio or another comparable tool in the "Embroidery Machine Design Storage" category.
The HUS 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 HUS converter.