Embroidermodder is a free machine embroidery software program. The newest version, Embroidermodder 2 can:
- edit and create embroidery designs
- estimate the amount of thread and machine time needed to stitch a design
- convert embroidery files to a variety of formats
- upscale or downscale designs
- run on Windows, Mac and Linux
For more information, see the sourceforge project page.
To build Embroidermodder 2 from source you will need at least:
- Embroidermodder 2
- Qt (version >= 4.8).
Optionally, you may want to add:
Various methods of building can be found in the project-files subfolder. For most builds, it is as simple as opening a terminal in the project-files/qmake subfolder and typing: qmake && make
Build time can be considerably decreased on multi-core machines, for example:
- Dual Core: qmake && make -j2
- Quad Core: qmake && make -j4
Various sample embroidery design files can be found in the embroidermodder2/samples folder.