DOS program to sort a PCD2 file by color
- Keywords
- PFAFF PCD CREATIVE DESIGNER 7570 SORT COLOR
- Abstract
- This DOS program reads a version 2 PCD, PCQ, or PCS file
and sorts it by color index. It has no knowledge of sewing but simply
performs a dumb sort to group all stitch coordinates of a color
together, so you will probably have to add locking stitches. The
original stitch order within a color is preserved.
- Author
- Kenneth Porter
- Email
-
Internet: ken@sewingwitch.com
- License
- Freely redistributable with attribution to the author. If
you use it regularly, a donation of $5 is suggested. Send to
LSI
1431 Madeline Rd.
San Pablo, CA 94806-1259
- Installation
-
After you download and unzip the program, you can put it
anywhere in the DOS path (since you'll be running it from DOS). On
my system, I have an all-purpose \bin directory that I put random
utilities in, and put that in my path. That way I don't have a
separate path entry for every little doo-dad I download. So that's
where I'd put the PCD utilities. Once the program is in the path,
you can execute it from anywhere (ie. from whatever directories you
keep your designs in).
- Usage
- At the DOS command prompt, enter
SORTPCD file.pcs sorted_file.pcs
where file.pcs is a Pfaff Creative Designer version 2
embroidery design file, and sorted_file.pcs is the name of
the output file. You can't use the same file name for both files
(this might corrupt the input file). The file may have the extensions
PCD, PCQ, or PCS. However, it only makes sense to sort PCS files, as
PCD and PCQ files have no color information.
Download now. (26k ZIP file)
Download a neat Windows utility to
make it easy to run SortPCD without resorting to DOS. This utility
comes from Joran K. Gendell.
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