“Convert the Line/Arc Outline DAT files in my Downloads folder to TAP”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.dat -c "convert to tap"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent convert Line/Arc Outline DAT to TAP?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.dat -c "convert to tap" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
A text outline format used by industrial sewing machines. Each line holds nine integers: a flag (0 = line, 1 = arc, -1 = end record), a start point, an end point and, for arcs, a centre point and a rotation direction, with coordinates in hundredths of a millimetre and every record terminated by LF CR.
An embroidery file type TAP is a file format used by home embroidery machines to store information about the design that is to be stitched. The file contains all the data and instructions necessary for the machine to create the design. It includes information about the type and color of threads to be used, the size of the design, and the exact locations of the different elements of the design.
MIME Type
text/plain
application/vnd.ms-tape
Embroidery
Machines that use TAP: Happy
What a conversion keeps
Stitches
Every stitch is kept at its exact position. Nothing is re-digitised.
Colours
Kept when the target stores them. DST stores no colours, only where each colour changes, so your machine asks for the threads.
Trims, jumps and stops
Kept, and written the way the target machine expects them.
Objects and lettering
Design programs keep shapes and text as objects. A machine file only holds stitches, so objects become stitches.
