Processing data generation device, embroidery sewing machine, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

An embroidery sewing machine comprising:

• an input portion;
• a sewing portion having a needle bar, the sewing portion being configured to drive the needle bar to reciprocate in an up-down direction to form stitches on a sewing object, in accordance with embroidery data;
• a processor configured to receive a detection signal of the input portion, and to control the sewing portion;
• and
• a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform processes comprising:
• pattern identification processing of identifying a target pattern;
• notification processing of notifying options of a region specification command to select a cutting region, the options including:
• a first command in which a first region is the cutting region,
• a second command in which a second region is the cutting region, the second region being surrounded by an outer contour, the outer contour being a contour, of the target pattern, separated from the first region, and the second region including the first region, and
• a third command in which a third region is the cutting region, the third region being obtained by excluding the first region from the second region;
• region specification command acquisition processing of acquiring, via the input portion, the region specification command selected from among the options;
• and
• processing data generation processing of creating processing data for cutting out, from a workpiece to be cut, the cutting region specified by the region specification command, as an applique piece.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that are executed by a processor of a processing data generation device, the computer-readable instructions performing processes comprising:

• pattern identification processing of identifying a target pattern;
• notification processing of notifying options of a region specification command to select a cutting region, the options including:
• a first command in which a first region is the cutting region,
• a second command in which a second region is the cutting region, the second region being surrounded by an outer contour, the outer contour being a contour, of the target pattern, separated from the first region, and the second region including the first region, and
• a third command in which a third region is the cutting region, the third region being obtained by excluding the first region from the second region;
• region specification command acquisition processing of acquiring, via an input portion, the region specification command selected from among the options;
• and
• processing data generation processing of creating processing data for cutting out, from a workpiece to be cut, the cutting region specified by the region specification command, as an applique piece.