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JEF — Janome Embroidery File

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.jef · application/vnd.janome.jef

JEF is the native file format of Janome embroidery machines: a binary file with a 116-byte header (hoop size, thread colors, design bounds) followed by stitch data. On osm2cdr.com a map turns into embroidery line by line — roads, water outlines, greenery and building contours are traced with a running stitch along the geometry. This is not satin fill but a running-stitch baseline — an honest starting point for a Janome machine or for refinement in an editor. Thread color is assigned per layer using Janome standard palette indices.

Beta: Beta -- experimental. The result may be incomplete; please tell us if something looks wrong.

OpenStreetMap data as of 26 October 2026 · 18 days ago

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Galvenās iespējas

✓116-byte Janome header with hoop size and color palette
✓Running stitch along map lines and outlines
✓Per-layer thread color assignment (roads, water, greenery, buildings)
✓Long segments auto-split into stitches up to 12.1 mm
✓Auto-scaling of geometry to the chosen hoop with a 5% margin
Example JEF export (city centre, 1x0.5 km)
Example: city centre, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

Par JEF formātu

JEF is the format of Janome embroidery machines: a binary file holding the design dimensions, the hoop size, the thread palette and the stitch stream itself. The machine reads it from a drive and sews exactly what is written — no interpretation happens on the spot.

A map is embroidered for the sake of an object: a pillowcase with the plan of your own district, a hoodie with the outline of a city, a wall piece as a gift. The geometry of streets and rivers suits this well — it is linear, and a stitch conveys it honestly.

Our export turns the map into a running stitch: road lines and the outlines of water, greenery and buildings are traced with stitching along the geometry. Thread color is assigned by layer type from the Janome palette, long runs are automatically broken into stitches of up to 12.1 mm, and the design is scaled to the chosen hoop with a margin of about five percent.

This is a blank, not a finished industrial design: there are no satin fills, polygons run as an outer outline only, and stitch density is not tuned to a particular fabric. Before serious work it is worth opening the file in an editor, checking the color order and sewing a test on a scrap.

Kura programma atver JEF failus

Tālāk norādītās programmas un lietotnes var atvērt, rediģēt un strādāt ar JEF — Janome Embroidery File (.jef) failiem, kas eksportēti no OSM2CDR:

💻Janome Digitizer ✏Inkscape Ink/Stitch 💻Embird 💻Hatch Embroidery 💻SewWhat-Pro

Format specifications

Kas izmanto JEF kartes

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Personal embroidery of a home-district map on a Janome machine (Memory Craft, Skyline, Continental)
The outline of familiar streets is stitched on a Janome machine like any other design.
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Gift goods — a pillowcase, blanket or hoodie with the outline of a familiar city
A pillowcase, a blanket or a hoodie with the map of a place that matters to someone.
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A baseline file to refine in Janome Digitizer or Inkscape Ink/Stitch before the final stitch-out
A base to which fills are added and stitch density adjusted in an editor.
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A machine-agnostic file set: JEF alongside PES and DST for an Etsy listing
JEF alongside PES and DST, so the design suits buyers with different machines.

Kā eksportēt JEF

1
Atlasiet apgabalu
Uzzīmējiet taisnstūri vai daudzstūri interaktīvajā kartē vietnē osm2cdr.ru
2
Izvēlieties JEF
Atlasiet JEF — Janome Embroidery File no 127 pieejamo eksporta formātu saraksta
3
Eksportēt
Noklikšķiniet uz Eksportēt un saņemiet savu .jef failu 1–5 minūtēs
4
Lejupielādēt
Lejupielādējiet gatavo JEF failu un atveriet to programmā Janome Digitizer

Kā atvērt pēc eksporta

Free

Eksportējiet kartes formātā JEF — Janome Embroidery File

Lejupielādējiet profesionālas JEF kartes no OpenStreetMap. Tūlītēja ģenerēšana, jebkurš apgabals.

Bezmaksas / eksports
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How many thread colors are in the design? ▼
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