Russel, To find out if he is sending you files you cannot use on purpose, ask for it in PES format explaining your software will not read the bdf format. PES is also a Brother format, and I think his software is capable of saving as PES. It is like Melco software. It saves as OFM, (native format) and EXP (machine format). I believe the BDF is Brothers native format, and PES their machine format. Design Shop will open/save the PES files. Jeff Banks Melco Embroidery Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Silva" <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:18 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: File Conversion Hi Jeff, It must be the native format for Brother, the guy that the file came from uses a Brother embroidery machine, I think he purposely sent it to me in that format knowing I couldn't use it. Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Banks" <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: File Conversion > Russel, > > It is a Brother BES 100E software file, if it is an embroidery file. There > are quite a few file types out there that have the bdf extension. Go to > this > link, you will find it lists quite a few different file types for bdf, the > Brother format is just one. http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=bdf > > Jeff Banks > Melco Embroidery Systems > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell Silva" <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 3:26 PM > Subject: [amayausers] File Conversion > > > Has anyone out there ever heard of a .bdf file for embroidery? Can someone > convert it for me? > Thank you > Russell Silva > R.S. Embroidery > 508-222-4433 >