Sewing
Pattern pieces for garments, bags and soft furnishings, with the marks a pattern carries: seam allowances, notches, grain lines, darts, pleats, buttonholes, fold lines and labels. A drawing whose industry is Sewing offers these tools in the toolbar and in Edit › Tool.
Tools
| Tool | Does | |
|---|---|---|
| Seam Allowance | A seam allowance round a pattern piece, its corners mitred or squared off | |
| Notch | Notches square to a seam line: balance and match marks | |
| Grain Line | A grain line arrow, parallel to an edge if you like | |
| Dart | A dart from a point on an edge | |
| Pleat | Knife and inverted box pleat marks | |
| Buttonhole | Buttonholes, or buttons' places, along a line | |
| Stitch Line | A stitching line in from an edge | |
| Fold Line | A fold line across a piece | |
| Piece Label | A pattern piece's name, size and how many to cut |
The production tools (Registration Mark, Drill Hole) are offered for every industry.
A piece is drawn on its sewing line; the Seam Allowance tool adds the cutting line outside it. Notches on two pieces that are sewn together, the same distance along their seams, match them up; two notches mark a back, one a front. Sizes are graded with Grading.
Designs in the library
File › Run Parametric… has a Sewing folder (see Run Parametric):
| Design | What it is |
|---|---|
| Tote bag | Two body pieces with boxed corners, and straps |
| Drawstring bag | A bag with a drawstring channel |
| Zip pouch | A lined pouch with a zip |
| Duffle bag | A cylinder bag with round ends |
| Fabric storage basket | A lined basket with boxed corners |
| Envelope cushion cover | A front and two overlapping backs |
| Housewife pillowcase | A pillowcase in one piece with its flap |
| Placemat and napkin set | A placemat and a napkin |
| Bib apron | An apron with its bib, straps and pocket |
| Baby bib | A bib that fastens with a snap |
| Oven mitt | A quilted mitten |
| Bucket hat | A lined hat: crown, band and brim |
| Circle skirt | A full or half circle skirt |
| Elastic waist skirt | A gathered skirt with an elastic waist |
| Infinity scarf | A strip joined into a loop |
| Bunting | Pennant flags on a tape |
Exports
- AAMA/ASTM DXF takes the pattern to apparel CAD and cutting-room software (Gerber, Lectra, Optitex …): each piece with its cutting line, notches, grain line, sewing line, drill holes, name and how many to cut, in one size or every size of a graded drawing.
- Tiled print (File › Export › Export Tiled Print…) prints the pattern full size on A4 or Letter sheets to tape together.
- Projector PDF shows it full size on the fabric from a projector over the cutting table, each layer to show or hide.
Machine profiles
Make It (File › Export › Make It, Ctrl+Shift+M, or the Make It button at the top of the window) writes the cutting room's DXF (Cutting room CAD (AAMA / ASTM DXF)) in one click, beside the drawing, after checking the design: see Make It.
File › Export › Export… lists this trade's formats first. File › Send Using Machine Profile sends the drawing to a machine in one click, with the format, options, layer names and pens it needs; those that come with the app for this trade: Pattern plotter (HP-GL/2), Cutting room CAD (AAMA / ASTM DXF), Graphtec cutter (GP-GL). See Export by Industry and Machine Profiles.
See also: Industries and Tool Sets, Tools.