Stitch Sprint Help › Production
Output files
What a saved design writes
In the saved designs folder, Documents/Stitch Sprint (the shop's copy: digitizer/output/):
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
NAME.DST | The machine file |
NAME.png | Stitch preview in thread colours |
NAME.txt | Safety report: size, stitch count, run time, the Isacord thread for each needle, the needle order, warnings |
NAME.pdf | Production worksheet |
NAME.design | From the app only: the design's pieces, to open and change later |
NAME.PES … | Only when asked for: other machines' formats |
NAME cut.svg | Applique only: the fabric shape at real size |
NAME proof.pdf | Only when made: the customer proof |
- Files are never overwritten. A second save makes
NAME_v2.DST. - A file that fails the check goes to
rejectedin that folder. - File > Show Saved Designs opens it.
Production worksheet (NAME.pdf)
Laid out like the sheets a digitizing service sends:
- the picture, with the start point (where the dashed lines cross) and the first and last stitch;
- stitches, stops, trims, run time at the machine's speed;
- the design's extent left, right, up and down from the start;
- longest and shortest stitch, longest jump;
- bobbin thread (0.8 of the stitch length, Wilcom's rule);
- the hoop, the fabric's stabilizer, needle and topping;
- the Isacord thread and needle for each stop, with its stitches, and the needle order;
- applique stops and what each is for;
- the checks.
Customer proof
Under the save button, Proof for the customer:
- Pick where it goes: left chest, full front, full back, cap front, or design only.
- Enter a customer name, a quantity and a note.
- Make proof (PDF).
The proof shows the design on a shirt or cap in the garment colour, the design at actual size when printed at 100% (or the largest that fits), its size, stitches and thread colours, the price, and lines to approve and date. It is saved as NAME proof.pdf and opens in your PDF viewer (Preview on a Mac), ready to email.
Garment mockups are flat drawings for approval, not for measuring. The left chest sits about 7.5 in below the shoulder and 4 in from the centre.
Shop name and prices
Shop name and prices… sets:
| Setting | Example |
|---|---|
| Shop name | heads the proof |
| Price per 1,000 stitches | |
| Minimum each | |
| Each extra colour | |
| Set-up per order | |
| Quantity discounts | 12: 10%, 24: 15% |
| Currency sign | $ |
With a quantity, the app shows the price as you type and the proof prints it. Leave the price per 1,000 stitches empty for proofs without a price.
Other machines' formats
Switch on Also save as under Save DST (remembered next time).
| Format | Machines | Threads in the file |
|---|---|---|
| PES (version 6) | Brother, Baby Lock | Isacord number, name and colour |
| JEF | Janome | Nearest Janome colour |
| EXP | Melco, Bernina | None (like DST) |
| XXX | Singer | Colour |
| U01 | Barudan | None |
Every stitch is the same as in the DST, which is the file that was checked.
VP3 (Husqvarna Viking, Pfaff) is read but not written: VP3 has no jumps, so moves would be written as long stitches after a trim, which can't be checked here or confirmed on a machine yet.
Formats read
DST, PES, PEC, EXP, JEF, VP3, XXX, U01, TBF, SEW, HUS and EMD can be checked or placed in a design.