end 24 the preferred system architecture of the windows ce supported hardware platform 22 includes an embroidery design creation protocol 12 and an embroidery production network protocol 18 which are used to interface with an embroidery creation server 14 and an embroidery production server 16 through a network medium the front end 24 preferably interfaces with a conventional microprocessor controlled embroidery machine 20 such as available from tajima through which machine control protocol 26 is provided to an existing non graphics user interface or non gui machine controller 28 and therefrom controls the conventional mechanical and electrical components 30 of the embroidery machine 20 the preferred embroidery creation server 14 provides the fill functionality available within the pulse signature line of products available from pulse microsystems including but not limited to stitch file generation and manipulation auto digitization lettering 3d rendering file conversion and the generation and manipulation of outline files the currently preferred embroidery creation server 14 is an internet enabled embroidery design creation server which encapsulates the pulse signature embroidery design engines and functionality in a component object model architecture or com object as specified by microsoft the com object provides a non gui interface for creating embroidery designs.