What is an EMB File and Why Is It Included In My Download?
Today, I would just like to explain what EMB files are and
why we include them in our downloads.
Let me start with the information that we digitize in the Wilcom
Professional Digitizing Suite. The Wilcom
digitizing software is the leading professional digitizing software used by
professionals.
When a design is digitized, it produces an output file which
is an EMB file. The output file differs
from the stitch or format file that is used by an embroidery machine. The output file holds all the precise
settings for stitch type, density etc and from this file stitch files such as
PES are then exported.
The stitch file which is exported and used by branded
embroidery machines is a representation of the object file, however, does not
hold all the settings. So if you are to
resize a stitch file in an independent embroidery program, the resizing
performance can be variable because the mathematical formulas held in the
object file are not transferred to the stitch file. When it resizes it will not necessarily adjust
settings such as stitch density and this is why it is often said to not resize
more than 10%. If you resize with the
object file, the mathematical basis behind the design is stored in the object
file and when it is resized it will adjust precisely for the settings such as
density.
Wilcom offers a free program called Wilcom Truesizer to the
public so that customers of digitizers using the Wilcom digitizing suite can
resize EMB files to their needs (there is also a paid version but the free one
allows customers to resize the files and is all that you need). The Truesizer program allows you to open and
view a file, resize an emb file to your needs, has a thumbnailer so you can see
your files in explorer, and allows you to some very basic editing such as
rotate and mirror the design and to export your resized design in major stitch
file formats (eg PES). Resizing in the
Truesizer program will allow you to have better results with resizing and allow
you to resize to a greater degree more reliably than if done in an independent
embroidery software. The resize in theory should be the same as if the digitizer
did it for you themselves.
If you have Wilcom Hatch, you can also use EMB Files with
Hatch. Hatch is paid Wilcom product for
home embroiders and is a customising and editing program priced just right for
the hobbyist. It is a modular program
that you can build up but you can also do home digitizing with the Hatch full
package.
To download the free Wilcom Truesizer program, you can do so
at https://www.wilcom.com/en-us/products/truesizerproducts.aspx
Wilcom also have some great instructional videos on how to
use Truesizer for resizing at https://www.wilcom.com/GetHelp/VideoGallery/VideoPlayer/TabId/1251/VideoId/142/language/en-US/Design-Resizing.aspx.
This video is specifically done with the paid version, but it should the same
for the free version. You can find a
handful of other videos on Truesizer at https://www.wilcom.com/en-us/gethelp/support/trainingvideos.aspx
and just choose Truesizer as the category.
I hope this helps explain why EMB files are included and what
a great benefit they are to you as the customer.
