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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stitch_plan/stop.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stitch_plan/stop.py | 23 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stitch_plan/stop.py b/lib/stitch_plan/stop.py index 83afeb36..81dec1da 100644 --- a/lib/stitch_plan/stop.py +++ b/lib/stitch_plan/stop.py @@ -5,20 +5,29 @@ def process_stop(color_block): be useful for applique and similar on multi-needle machines that normally would not stop between colors. - On such machines, the user assigns needles to the colors in the - design before starting stitching. C01, C02, etc are normal + In machine embroidery files, there's no such thing as an actual + "STOP" instruction. All that exists is a "color change" command + (which libembroidery calls STOP just to be confusing). + + On multi-needle machines, the user assigns needles to the colors in + the design before starting stitching. C01, C02, etc are normal needles, but C00 is special. For a block of stitches assigned to C00, the machine will continue sewing with the last color it had and pause after it completes the C00 block. - That means we need to introduce an artificial color change - shortly before the current stitch so that the user can set that - to C00. We'll go back 3 stitches and do that: + That means we need to add an artificial color change instruction + shortly before the current stitch so that the user can set that color + block to C00. We'll go back 3 stitches and mark the start of the C00 + block: """ if len(color_block.stitches) >= 3: - # make a copy of the stitch and turn it into a STOP code + # make a copy of the stitch and set it as a color change stitch = color_block.stitches[-3].copy() + stitch.color_change = True + + # mark this stitch as a "stop" so that we can avoid + # adding tie stitches in ties.py stitch.stop = True # insert it after the stitch @@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ def process_stop(color_block): # block: stitch = color_block.stitches[-1].copy() - stitch.stop = True + stitch.color_change = True color_block.add_stitch(stitch) # reference for the above: https://github.com/lexelby/inkstitch/pull/29#issuecomment-359175447 |