Patent ID: 8655474

Claim:
An embroidery data generating apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions, and a processor that is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to: acquire pattern data representing a pattern that is a target to generate embroidery data; identify a base area that is an area in which a plurality of base stitches are to be formed, each of the plurality of base stitches being formed by a running stitch, the plurality of base stitches including a plurality of intersecting portions, each of which is a portion at which two base stitches of the plurality of base stitches intersect, the two base stitches extending in directions different from each other, and the plurality of base stitches being formed in a mesh shape; generate first sewing data to be used to sew the plurality of base stitches in the base area; acquire second sewing data to be used to sew the pattern represented by the pattern data, in an area that includes at least a part of the base area; and generate embroidery data which includes the first sewing data and the second sewing data, and in which a sewing order of the first sewing data is set to be in advance of a sewing order of the second sewing data.