Chapter 26: Opening, Outputting, Importing And Exporting A Design; Understanding File Types; Opening A File; Opening A Stitch File - Brother BES-100E Workbook

Chapter 26: Opening, Outputting, Importing and Exporting a Design

Understanding file types
The BE-100 can read both stitch files and outline files. An outline file can be compared to a piece of wet clay;
it can be changed and redesigned more easily. A stitch file can be compared to a piece of clay that has dried;
it is difficult to make changes to it without chipping away or adding pieces.
Files with the following extensions can be opened.
Stitch Files
.dst, .dsb, .dsz — Tajima
.exp — Melco Expanded
.pes — Home Sewing Machine
.has — Brother 412 Machine
.ecs —Brother Six Head
.fmc — Barudan*
.fdr — Barudan*
.zsk — Zsk machine*
.bes — BES-110AF*
* Non-DOS formats
Opening a file
To open any type of file:
1
On the drop-down menu, click
File
NOTE: A file can also be opened by clicking the
2
In the
Files of type
3
In the drop-down list and the list below it, select the folder containing the desired file, and then
Look in
select the file that you wish to open.
NOTE: To view thumbnails of the files, click the
dialog box. Multiple files can be opened at the same time by holding down the Ctrl key while
clicking each file that you wish to open, then clicking the
To search for a specific file in the design library, click the
dialog box appears. For more information about this dialog box, see Searching the design library
in chapter 28.
Sample designs included with the software are available in the "Sample" folder. For more infor-
mation about the sample files, see chapter 27.
For information about opening a file that is not in a DOS format, see Opening non-DOS files
below.
4
Click the button.
Open
NOTE: The contents of a file can be merged into another file . For more information, see chapter 33.
Opening a stitch file
To open a stitch file:
1
On the drop-down menu, click
File
2
In the
Files of type
3
In the drop-down list and the list below it, select the folder containing the desired file, and then
Look in
select the file that you wish to open.
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Open
drop-down list, select the format for the file that you wish to open.
Open Stitch File
drop-down list, select the format for the file that you wish to open.
Outline Files
.bdf — Brother Data Format
.cnd — Melco DOS Condensed
.kwk — BAS-PG1 Files
. The dialog box appears.
Open
button (
Open
button. Small pictures appear in he
Thumbnails
. The
Open Stitch File
) in the bar.
Ribbon
button.
Open
button. The
Search Library
dialog box appears.
Thumbnails
Search Library