The .DST format is a staple in the world of embroidery, where it is used as a key tool for transferring designs to embroidery machines. Created by Tajima and requires special embroidery software to open.

Thanks to the .dst file, the embroidery machine knows the exact positions of the stitches and knows when to change the color. However, he does not know the real color. It only knows that there is to be a color exchange.

Special software is needed to work with .DST files. For example Chroma.