README.md

vpype-embroidery

Vpype plugin for embroidery See: https://github.com/abey79/vpype

Embroidery vpype plugin. Reads and Writes embroidery files for the vpype pipeline.

• eread load an embroidery into the pipeline
• ewrite write embroidery geometries to disk
• efill fill closed shapes in the document with a Eulerian fill.

Installing

pipx-based vpype install:

$ pipx inject vpype vpype-embroidery

Global or venv-based vpype install:

$ pip install vpype-embroidery

Examples

Complex fills

vpype begin grid -o 25 25 10 10 circle 0 0 100 end efill show

Zoomed

Convert SVG -> DST

vpype read butterfly.svg ewrite butterfly.dst

Convert PES -> SVG

vpype eread duck.pes write duck.svg

Supported Formats.

This uses pyembroidery for the backend so the formats supported are as follows: https://github.com/EmbroidePy/pyembroidery

Embroidery Formats

Write

• .pes
• .dst
• .exp
• .jef
• .vp3
• .u01
• .pec
• .xxx
• .tbf
• .gcode

Read

• .pes
• .dst
• .exp
• .jef
• .vp3
• .10o
• .100
• .bro
• .dat (barudan & sunstar)
• .dsb
• .dsz
• .emd
• .exy
• .fxy
• .gt
• .hus
• .inb
• .jpx
• .ksm
• .max
• .mit
• .new
• .pcd
• .pcm
• .pcq
• .pcs
• .pec
• .phb
• .phc
• .sew
• .shv
• .stc
• .stx
• .tap
• .tbf
• .u01
• .xxx
• .zxy
• .gcode

Related Formats

We also write some miscellaneous formats

Write

• .col : Color format.
• .edr : Color format.
• .inf : Color format.
• .pmv : Brother Stitch Format.

Read

• .col : Color format.
• .edr : Color format.
• .inf : Color format.
• .pmv : Brother Stitch Format.

Utility Formats:

Write

• .csv : comma-separated values
• .json : JavaScript Object Notation
• .png : Portable Network Graphic
• .txt : text file.
• .svg : Scalable Vector Graphics

Read

• .csv : comma-separated values
• .json : JavaScript Object Notation