# TurtleStitch

TurtleStitch is a visual, blocks-based programming environment for turtle graphics with a focus on 
embroidery file generation. 

The generated patterns can be exported as a embroidery file (currently Melco/EXP and Tajima/DST are supported) or SVG vector graphic

TurtleStitch is based on [Snap<i>!</i> Build Your Own Blocks](http://snap.berkeley.edu) written by Jens Mönig and Brian Harvey.

It uses webgl [ThreeJS](http://threejs.org) as rendering engine for performance as smooth as possible.


## Try it

For full functionality run it from the TurtleStitch platform on http://www.turtlestitch.org

http://www.turtlestitch.org/run

or the testing the current develeopment version integrated into the platform:

http://www.turtlestitch.org/beta

You can also try the [latest development version from the git master branch](https://backface.github.io/turtlestitch/) via github pages (no cloud access!)



## Acknowledgements / License

Snap! Build Your Own Blocks [http://snap.berkeley.edu] is a 
visual, blocks based programming language inspired by Scratch


Copyright (C) 2018 by Jens Mönig and Brian Harvey

Snap! is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Want to use Snap! but scared by the open-source license? Get in touch with us,
we'll make it work.