What is pec file in embroidery?

Brother's machine-level stitch format: the part of a PES file the machine reads, saved on its own for older Brother and Baby Lock models.

File formats

PEC file, explained

A .pec file holds the stitches, a color for each change from Brother's 64-color palette (stored as palette numbers, not exact colors) and the thumbnail shown on the machine screen. Newer machines read PES, which contains a PEC block anyway. Embrizo writes PEC among its extra formats, which helps when a very old machine won't show a PES file; see the Brother page.

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