JEF 🧵

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.ru 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. Dacă serviciul nu poate crea un DWG nativ, returnează un fișier DXF cu un antet onest X-Actual-Format: dxf (aceleași programe CAD deschid ambele fișiere).
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Caracteristici principale

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 (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km)
Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

Despre formatul JEF

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.

Ce program deschide fișierele JEF

Următoarele programe și aplicații pot deschide, edita și prelucra fișiere JEF — Janome Embroidery File (.jef) exportate din OSM2CDR:

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

Format specifications

Cine folosește hărțile JEF

🏗
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.
💻
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.
📊
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.
🎨
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.

Cum se exportă JEF

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Selectează zona
Desenează un dreptunghi sau un poligon pe harta interactivă de pe osm2cdr.ru
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Alege JEF
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Exportă
Apasă Export și primește fișierul .jef în 1-5 minute
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Descarcă
Descarcă fișierul JEF finalizat și deschide-l în Janome Digitizer

Cum se deschide fișierul după export

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Întrebări frecvente

Is this a stitch-ready design or a starting point?
Is there satin fill of areas?
How many thread colors are in the design?
Which machines open JEF?
How large does the design come out?
How do I reduce the number of thread changes?

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