How to Create a .dst Embroidery File using Java

Question

I want to create a .dst embroidery file using Java. Are there any supporting libraries available? Or is it possible to convert any kind of image file to the .dst embroidery file

Answer 1

Yes. I've written exactly such a library for python (pyembroidery) and trancoded that to java. It will work for both Android and Oracle Java and has fully fleshed out reading and writing of most major embroidery formats.

https://github.com/EmbroidePy/EmbroideryIO

As part of a parallel project I've also done a considerable amount of work documenting various formats for a wiki on the topic. Located here:

https://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Embroidery_format

Which also has all the known technical details for DST file formats:

https://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Embroidery_format_DST

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As for the second part of the question, embroidery files are vector-like files which provides a series of commands to be issued to an embroidery machine. You cannot directly convert raster-based image files to embroidery because the pixel information does not directly convert to any sort of embroidery machine command instruction structure.