[DaltonST]

Attached is an image showing the transformation of source files to final Calibre "books" with related "formats" pertaining to embroidery.

The generic functionality and concepts shown here apply to most other types of files.


DaltonST


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{embroidery_file_info} is currently functional only for file types .pcs, .hus, and .vip. It means 'get the stitch count (.hus, and .vip only), number of colors, hoop size and colors (.pcs only) from the supported embroidery files' as the metadata value. The .pcs colors are returned as HTML with the appropriate textual coloring, so this Dynamic Variable should be used in the Comments or in a Custom Column of datatype 'comments' that is HTML, not plain text. If you do not use any version of the .pcs format, then it is advised to use a free software utility (e.g. Embroidermodder) to convert from the formats that you do use to .pcs just for the above purpose. Embroidermodder will also create a .csv file that MFI will add to your "book". If you do not care about this particular metadata, then simply skip the use of this specific Dynamic Variable. Note that constantly changing file formats will result in the need to add metadata to your MFI "books" using the information provided by embroidering-specific software such as Embroidermodder rather than relying on a generic tool such as MFI.