VP3 — PFAFF / Husqvarna Viking
VP3 is the "new" PFAFF/Husqvarna format. It supports structured multi-color designs, thread metadata (chart, description, catalog), and multiple hoops. It is an HUS body compressed with EmbCompress, wrapped in a tree of format sections.
What it supports
- Trims: supported.
- Colors: thread objects with extended (manufacturer-style) metadata.
- Hoop: stored in the format.
- Compression: EmbCompress (see).
Reference tooling
Cross-verified against the pyembroidery reader (MIT). The writer is software-verified; acceptance on a real machine is still pending, as for HUS / VIP.