Gunold PCH format
PCH ‘Punch and Stitch’ is the native file format of the Gunold Embroidery Design software. Gunold PCH designs can be directly converted to EMB files although EmbroideryStudio interprets some of the stitch types differently. This table details how Gunold PCH features are converted to EMB format.
| Gunold PCH | EMB |
|---|---|
| Outline types | |
| Parallel | Column A |
| Serial | Column C |
| Block Outline | Complex Fill |
| Run | Run |
| Incline | Run |
| Manual | Manual |
| Stitch types | |
| Satin | Satin |
| Ceding | Tatami |
| Random Ceding | Tatami with random factor applied |
| Step | Tatami |
| Piping | Contour |
| OBI | Tatami |
| Zigzag | Zigzag |
| Cross | not supported |
| Photo | not supported |
| Satin underlays | |
| none | none |
| Single | Center Run |
| Edge | Edge Run |
| Zigzag | Zigzag |
| Cross | Zigzag |
| Edge Zigzag | Edge Run + Zigzag |
| Edge Cross | Edge Run + Zigzag |
| Netting | Double Zigzag |
| Double Zigzag | Double Zigzag |
| Triple Zigzag | Double Zigzag |
| Step / block fill levels | |
| Complex Fill | Holes in Complex Fill |
| Form Fill | User Defined Split in Complex Fill |
| Vector Fill | User Defined Split in Complex Fill |
| Block Fill | Program Split in Complex Fill |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Branches | Grouped object (uses lettering sequence algorithm) |
| Random - side 1 / side 2 | Jagged Edge effect |
| Pitch | Stitch Spacing |
| Length | Stitch length |
| Stitch angle | Complex Fill stitch angle |
| U turn | Backtrack |
| Compensation | Pull Compensation |
| Corner mode | Smart Corners |
| Short / Long | Stitch Shortening |
| Square backstitch Satin Step | Straight stitch Trapunto |
| Styles | Motifs |
| Patterns | none |