Tweakie .. thanks for answering.....I confess I don't have much knowledge about the embroidery machines.. i started working on making a Software that can generate G and Mcodes for the embroidery format DST... As you will be aware that the Tajima file format better known as DST format has some information of X/Y (Hoop) movement for each stitch and color change... the DST file format is complex binary coded so you can not open and read it directly..
As the embroidery files are abundantly available on the internet with DST format, so i decided to make a GCODE EMBROIDERY SOFTWARE that can import DST file and convert it into usable Gand Mcodes..
The Gcode file then can be used with CNC converted sewing machine and you can make perfect replica... The one limitation is that we use Mach3 for driving the embroidery so SPM (stitches per minute) is very low..or you can say that you can not get more than 200 stitches per minute.. We are currently working on how to improve our Speed..but i have lot of others project running...
I make this software for only one reason... The commercial home embroidery machines having very small hoop area.. I made my machine with a hoop of almost 10" x 8".. I use WILCOM software to create the embroidery and then export it into DST format.. Import the file in my Gcode Embroidery software (This software is Public domain, and i kept it free for all hobbiest but not can be used commercially)....
Following is the link of the thread at CNCZone...
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57404Following is the download link of the final version of my software...
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57404&page=33Following is my blog where you can see my work..by clicking the pictures they can be seen in large size...
www.my-woodcarving.blogspot.comBest Regards
Guest
Show Posts