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Machine File Formats

Every production file PatternAI writes natively — the exact file your machine runs, written from the approved design and verified before it ships.

Not a picture converted into a file, but the real thing: a stitch path, a jacquard card, a knit program, a graded cut marker. Pick a format to see how it’s produced and which machines read it.

What is found before the file is written

Every design is read for what would fail on the floor, and the design is fixed — not the machine. Then every file is validated against its real format before it can leave.

  • Weave

    Floats too long

    Long floats are found and bound before the card is written, so the cloth holds.

  • Embroidery

    Stitches too dense

    Density, underlay and pull compensation are set for the fabric, so the stitching neither puckers nor gaps.

  • Print

    A repeat that breaks

    The tile is made seamless in the repeat you asked for, so no line shows where it meets itself.

  • Knit

    Floats behind the colours

    Yarn colours are assigned to carriers with float checks, so nothing snags on the back.

  • Quilt

    A broken path

    The quilting line is one continuous path with its start and end placed, sized to the machine.

  • Schiffli

    Lace that falls apart

    Bars and joins are added so the lace holds together once the ground is removed.

  • Embellish

    Miscounted stones

    Every stone, sequin and bead is placed and counted by size and colour.

  • Pattern cut

    Seams that do not meet

    Edges that sew together are measured to meet before the pieces are graded.

Every format