Embroidermodder


Embroidermodder is a free machine embroidery software tool that supports a variety of formats and allows the user to add custom modifications to their embroidery designs.

History

Embroidermodder 1 was started by Mark Pontius in 2004 while staying up all night with his son in his first couple months. When Mark returned to his day job, he lacked the time to continue the project. Mark made the decision to focus on his family and work, and in 2005, Mark gave full control of the project to Josh Varga so that Embroidermodder could continue its growth.
Embroidermodder 2 was conceived in mid 2011 when Jonathan Greig and Josh Varga discussed the possibility of making a cross-platform version. It runs on Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows.
The Embroidermodder website and downloads are hosted on SourceForge. On July 18, 2013, The Embroidermodder 2 Source was moved to GitHub.

Embroidermodder 1 Features

One of the byproducts of Embroidermodder 2 was the creation of libembroidery library. libembroidery is written in C. It supports reading and writing of a variety of embroidery formats, and several vector formats which are not commonly used in embroidery.
The formats are as such :
'Stable' = Yes, supported and is considered stable.
'Unstable' = Yes, supported but may be unstable.
No = Not supported.
FormatReadWriteDescription
.10oToyota Embroidery Format
.100Toyota Embroidery Format
.artBernina Embroidery Format
.bmcBitmap Cache Embroidery Format
.broBits & Volts Embroidery Format
.cndMelco Embroidery Format
.colEmbroidery Thread Color Format
.csdSinger Embroidery Format
.csvComma Separated Values
.datBarudan Embroidery Format
.demMelco Embroidery Format
.dsbBarudan Embroidery Format
.dstTajima Embroidery Format
.dszZSK USA Embroidery Format
.dxfDrawing Exchange Format
.edrEmbird Embroidery Format
.emdElna Embroidery Format
.expMelco Embroidery Format
.exyEltac Embroidery Format
.eysSierra Expanded Embroidery Format
.fxyFortron Embroidery Format
.gcSmoothie G-Code Format
.gncGreat Notions Embroidery Format
.gtGold Thread Embroidery Format
.husHusqvarna Viking Embroidery Format
.inbInbro Embroidery Format
.infEmbroidery Color Format
.jefJanome Embroidery Format
.ksmPfaff Embroidery Format
.maxPfaff Embroidery Format
.mitMitsubishi Embroidery Format
.newAmeco Embroidery Format
.ofmMelco Embroidery Format
.pcdPfaff Embroidery Format
.pcmPfaff Embroidery Format
.pcqPfaff Embroidery Format
.pcsPfaff Embroidery Format
.pecBrother Embroidery Format
.pelBrother Embroidery Format
.pemBrother Embroidery Format
.pesBrother Embroidery Format
.phbBrother Embroidery Format
.phcBrother Embroidery Format
.pltAutoCAD Plot Drawing
.rgbRGB Embroidery Format
.sewJanome Embroidery Format
.shvHusqvarna Viking Embroidery Format
.sstSunstar Embroidery Format
.stxData Stitch Embroidery Format
.svgScalable Vector Graphics
.t01Pfaff Embroidery Format
.t09Pfaff Embroidery Format
.tapHappy Embroidery Format
.thrThredWorks Embroidery Format
.txtText File
.u00Barudan Embroidery Format
.u01Barudan Embroidery Format
.vipPfaff Embroidery Format
.vp3Pfaff Embroidery Format
.xxxSinger Embroidery Format
.zskZSK USA Embroidery Format