With svg2embr you will first need to convert pxf to exp file and then convert the exp to svg. As far as I have understood the pxf is a Pulse-file and you would need Pulse Ambassador to convert it to .exp or .pcs. This link says that Pulse Ambassador will do that: http://www.embroiderybayou.com/produ...

I don't know if this will help, but at least it is another way around to create the Hershey font which work better for my purpuses and with smoother lines. I made a single-line true type version of the Hershey font to use it for my plotter (Silhouette cutter with pen). True type font need to be clos...

When I design for embroidery the order of the paths is very important so I see your problem. I made a tutorial for my (quite tedious) way of controlling the path-directions and path-order . I hope you get more sofisticated answers. My cutter/plotter-software have functionality to print with minimize...

I did upgrade recently, but the software had serious crashing issues so I downgraded. I'm happy to learn that svg will be accepted from now on. I will be looking forward to the next version, then

When you google "inkscape to silhouette studio" the first hits specify clearly that the Robo option should be selected. Now I have tried with different designs with and without the Robo option selected and the results are quite confusing, but I think my conclusion is that the final problem...

Are you suggesting that I should switch to Ubuntu assuming there is a problem with Windows, or am I just doing it wrong? It's quite a limited number of steps to do so I struggle to see what I can do differently.

I'm using v 0.91 on windows 10.

I've attatched the original svg example file, but was not able to upload the dxf file.

I'm doing projects with my cutting-machine and to import the Inkscape designs into the Silhouette software I need to go through the dxf format. I struggle to get the exact same result with dxf as with svg. Until now I have solved the problem by adding a bunch of extra nodes in the svg file before ex...

I need to do something with my user-settings so that I can get alerted on replies to this thread :) Good to hear that the tutorial was helpful, but I see that my tutorials could be optimized to be clearer. Jump-stiches is the stitches you will have to trim away after finishing the embroidery - the s...

Jo takk, Ragnar :) Thanks for reminding me to update to dropbox. I thought I already had done that. Now its fixed. Got a feedback that I forgot to remove some lines from the code for debugging which made it crash for others. Now I have updated it on my blog (and I guess I will several times to refin...

I have now refined the extension to copy the paths to the glyphs and the process is a lot easier than the first approach. There will always be a lot of work designing the paths, but the conversion to the font is pretty compressed with this extension.

You can find the updated tutorial on my blog.

I tried once more with fresh courage and fresh ideas to search the cupicsuperpath/simplepath/simpletransform.py and I found something that sounded helpful and tried it and it did work: simpletransform.fuseTransform(tempNode) I takes the d and the transform attributes and calculates a new path d. Hur...

Thanks for the tips. The cheat to drop the transform is good to learn for other purposes, but will not work in my case as I will not change the original paths that I can see and select. I want to change the copy that I paste into glyphs, which I cannot select in that manner. Thank you also for the l...

I have path with a transform attribute which I need to convert to the same transformed path, but having the transform incorporated in the path string. I guess somebody has written that code already, but I have now got lost in cyberspace and in simplePath.py, cubicSuperPath.py, simpleTransform.py and...

I'm sure that the workflow is not waterproof, hulf2012. The process of tossing the paths around with ctrl-A and a black fog of paths with little or no visual feedback and control is a fragile procedure, but at least it works if every step is after the recipe and within the family of the bugs I've me...

I've been working on creating my own single line fonts lately and I'd like to share with you the workflow that I ended up with. It involves converting all single paths in one go to the glyphs of the svg-font.

Updated version with a lot easier workflow.

Embird might work very well and be the least expensive ($164), but for me I'd rather have the fun of creating my own free and simple program, than spend those money

Hey! Somebody else with the same interests Would be interesting to discuss algorithms

Now I realize that both the hatch effect and the netting extension will be useful. The hatch effect for satin fill in one direction, the netting extension to have the direction of the zigzag follow the object. Here's an work-in-progress image of an elephant motive I'm going to put on a textile gift ...

Ah - now the bending works. I had deselected bend in the path effect editor and then the bending diamond didn't respond.

sunaden wrote:I made a 'netting' extension that netting nodes 1, n, 2, n-1, 3, n-2.....with a string line.

Thank you for the idea. I find syllie's solution more flexible for the zigzag fill, but this netting effect is certainly something that could work well for embroidery.

syllie wrote:What about a Live Path Effect?

Wonderful! Even better than I had hoped for. Thank you! Great tutorial also. Love the hatch effect.

I did not get the bending to work, though. Which is the reference point? I tried extreme positions with the bend-diamond, but couldn't see any bending.

ffaat wrote:There are similar efforts to create vinyl cutter files from Inkscape to escape the proprietary software used for those. (The inkscape vectors are turned into paths the cutter blade follows)

I would think there is much in common between the two.

Sounds like there is similarities, yes.

The heathenx's tutorial shows how to create zigzag with one width only. I have used the same technique with pattern along path to get this type of zigzag, but now I need zigzag that stretches out between two paths. Thanks for trying to help, I really learned some new things during the tutorial

I am talking about software to prepare files that stitch by stitch tell an embroidery machine where to put the needle. Here is an example on a machine embroidery which you certainly not would sew by hand. And the basis for this embroidery is an embroidery file conisisting of straight line element ve...