Files

Export to a USB stick

SummaryWrite a machine file you copy to a USB stick, an appliqué cut file, and a real-size print.

Export writes a machine file from this hoop. The .breeze file stays the one you edit. Copy the exported file to a USB stick (or a folder you will copy to one), then open it on the machine.

Format and File

The filled Export button uses the last Format and Send to target. The caret next to it opens the menu. When a machine is the target, the button reads Send instead: Send wirelessly.

Export menu: Format, File, Print Preview

  1. Click the caret next to Export.
  2. Under Format, choose the format your machine uses. The list is Brother PES, Tajima DST, Janome JEF, Melco EXP, Pfaff VP3, and Singer XXX.
  3. Under Send to, click File.
  4. Click Export and choose where to save the file.

DST and EXP also write a PNG preview and a text thread-order guide next to the file. Those formats do not carry thread colors in the machine file.

In Brother PES, each thread in the design gets its own Brother thread color, so two of your colors never show as one thread on the machine.

An empty hoop cannot export. Add a shape first. Export needs a license after the trial.

After export

The status line names the stitch count and the format. Keep the .breeze file as the editable design.

A shape filled with Appliqué keeps its machine stops in every format. A .txt next to the file lists the thread order and where each stop falls. What to do at each stop is in Appliqué.

Appliqué cut file

When the hoop has a shape filled with Appliqué, the menu adds an Appliqué cut file section. It writes the fabric pieces as a true-size SVG for Cricut, ScanNCut, and other cutting machines.

  1. Click the caret next to Export.
  2. Tick Mirror for fusible web if you trace the pieces onto paper-backed fusible web.
  3. Click Export cut file and choose where to save it.

The cut file suits Pre-cut pieces: Appliqué. It needs a license after the trial.

Print Preview

Print Preview in the same menu opens a real-size PDF of the stitches. Print that PDF at 100% (Actual Size) and tape the paper on the garment. It is unavailable until the hoop has stitches.

On iPad, Print Preview opens the print sheet at true size. Android has no Print Preview. On a phone, the Menu has neither Print Preview nor the cut file.

Sending the file over Wi-Fi is a separate job: Send wirelessly.