Textile Pattern CAD Office

What you can do

A clear view of the available features for creating, organizing, checking and sharing patterns in a workshop or small apparel brand.

Open the App

Create and organize patterns

Centralize workshop pattern documents and keep a clean working list.

Pattern documents

Manage opened patterns in the Office.

Create a new pattern.
Create a structured demo pattern.
Create a workshop pattern: bodice, pencil skirt, A-line skirt, set-in sleeve, straight trouser, wide trouser or darted dress block.
Adjust workshop pattern ease and length at creation time.
Adjust a workshop pattern from bust, waist and hip measurements.
Export and import a reusable pattern library.
Quickly select a pattern from the left column.
Search a pattern by name, customer, season or fabric.
Filter patterns by status, season and customer.
Sort patterns by modification date or name.
Duplicate an existing pattern.
Delete a pattern from the list with a hold action.
Clean empty patterns with a hold action.

Style information

Fill in useful workshop data.

Pattern name.
Style code.
Client.
Season.
Base size.
Work status.
Workshop notes.

Build the pattern

Draw and edit the main elements of a 2D pattern in millimeters.

Drawing and editing

Create and adjust pattern paths.

Draw pattern paths.
Finish a path with the button, right click, Enter or Escape.
Continue an open path from a selected endpoint.
Select a path.
Use an edit mode to adjust points and handles without adding a new point.
Move a whole object in select mode.
Move a path.
Edit path points.
Edit the X/Y coordinates of a selected point.
Split an open path at the selected point.
Open a closed contour at the selected point.
Join two open paths through nearby endpoints.
Insert editable points at path intersections.
Trim an open path to an intersection.
Extend an open path to an intersection.
Normalize a closed contour clockwise or counterclockwise.
Edit point Bezier handles with exact lengths and angles.
Link Bezier handle tangency or reset a point to a corner.
Remove Bezier vectors from a selected point.
Move Bezier handles directly on the drafting board.
Constrain a Bezier handle with Shift and unlink the opposite handle with Alt.
Smooth a Bezier point automatically from neighboring points.
Create a construction line from a point with exact length and angle.
Create a dimensioned straight line from the floating point inspector.
Lock the drafted segment angle in 15° steps with Shift.
Draw open strokes without automatic fill.
Display live cursor X/Y, snap, segment length and angle while drafting.
Translate a selected path by exact millimeter values.
Rotate a selected path by an exact angle.
Mirror a selected path locally.
Resize a closed path with selection handles.
Display width and height while resizing a path.
Enter exact width and height for a selected path.
Select multiple paths with a marquee and apply grouped move, rotation, mirror or delete.
Mirror a selected path around the active piece fold line.
Reverse the direction of a selected path.
Create an exact parallel from a selected path.
Create an exact perpendicular from a selected path.
Keep the source path and exact value on parallels and perpendiculars.
Add a construction rectangle with exact width and height.
Add a construction ellipse with exact width and height.
Build a dimensioned technical draft before extracting pieces from it.
Mark an internal line as a fold line.
Delete a selected path or point.
Undo and redo drafting operations.
Finish an active drawing.
Use grid snapping.
Move a selection freely or locked to the grid.
Snap a drafted point to a nearby existing piece outline.
Snap a drafted point to existing segment vertices and midpoints.
Use a symmetry axis.

Pattern marks

Add expected workshop indications to a pattern.

Add assembly notches.
Add a grainline.
Add visual annotations.
Rename a selected mark.
Assign a business role to a selected path.
Rename and qualify an element from the drafting board.
Create construction lines.
Show or hide drawing, grid, symmetry and measurement layers.

Plan reading

Navigate the pattern while working.

See a millimeter grid.
See horizontal and vertical rulers.
Read clean rulers with an aligned zero mark.
Pan across the workspace with the mouse.
Scroll the drafting board with the wheel.
Move the workspace with the space bar.
Zoom in and out.
Keep the pattern close to the useful area while zooming and panning.
Zoom around the cursor.
Fit the view to the pattern.
Reset the view.

Describe pieces

Structure the pattern as a nomenclature that can be used for cutting and workshop communication.

Active piece

Describe the selected piece.

Name a piece.
Define its group.
Define its material.
Define the cutting quantity.
Define its seam allowance.
Display the cutting contour generated from the seam allowance.
Extract a new linked piece from a selected closed outline.
Keep the link between the source technical contour and the extracted piece when the file is reloaded.
Add simple darts with intake value.
Create a constructed midpoint from two path points.
Create a proportional constructed point between two source points.
Add point-delta grading rules by size.
Preview graded sizes on the drafting board.
Propagate grading to notches, darts, grainlines, internal lines, annotations and constructed points.
Mark whether the piece is mirrored.
Mark whether the piece is cut on fold.
Read the workshop marks attached to the piece.
List workshop marks for the active piece.
Open a piece for editing from its nomenclature card.
Add notes specific to the piece.

Nomenclature

Review the pattern piece summary.

List pattern pieces.
See each piece material.
See each piece seam allowance.
See the estimated area for each closed piece.
See path count by piece.
See notches, grainlines, darts, constructed points, grading and internal lines.
See total cutting quantities.

Check and measure

Verify important dimensions before sharing or exporting the pattern.

Measurements

Create and review pattern measurements.

Draw measurements on the pattern.
Read the angle of each drafted measurement.
Measure curved contour lengths.
Show or hide measurements.
Review the saved measurement list.
Clear measurements.

Indicators

Read the document state quickly.

Piece count.
Path count.
Measurement count.
Millimeter working unit.

Workshop check

Spot missing information before export or sharing.

Flag a pattern without exportable paths.
Flag empty pieces.
Flag invalid cut quantities.
Flag missing fabrics.
Flag a base size that is missing from the size range.
Flag missing grainlines.
Flag grainlines that are too short to guide cutting.
Flag missing assembly notches.
Flag notches without usable labels.
Flag notches away from the seam contour.
Flag notches that are too deep for the usable allowance.
Flag missing seam allowances.
Flag cut-on-fold pieces without a usable fold line.
Flag open main contours.
Flag closed contours that cross themselves.
Flag incomplete DXF imports before handoff.
Flag same-named matching contours with length differences.
Filter checks by severity.
See the workshop priority first.
Use correction shortcuts.

Export and share

Prepare deliverables to share, document or send the pattern to the workshop.

Pattern exports

Export the pattern in usable formats.

Export the drawing as SVG.
Export the drawing as PNG.
Exclude grid, axis and drafting helpers from visual exports.
Frame SVG exports around useful content with millimeter dimensions.
Name visual exports after the pattern.
Export the pattern as JSON.
Export an Office archive for the document.
Export the piece nomenclature as CSV.
Open a 1:1 scale A4 tiled print plan.
Display cut-on-fold marks on the A4 plan.
Export a millimeter DXF base for workshop verification.
Export a workshop DXF profile with contour, cut, notch, grainline and text layers.
Export a DXF with graded sizes on dedicated layers.
Export separate DXF files for each size.
Export slit, V, T, double and drill notches on distinct DXF layers.
Include readable piece labels with name, category, quantity, fabric and seam allowance.
Include cutting contours generated from seam allowances.

Workshop file

Share the information that comes with the pattern.

Export a printable technical sheet.
Open a sheet ready to save as PDF.
Include style information.
Include the nomenclature.
Include a piece summary page.
Include main measurements.
Include the workshop check.
Include workshop notes.
Copy a sharing snapshot.

Review on mobile

Open patterns from a phone to review or check them quickly.

Mobile reading

Consult patterns without turning the phone into a full drafting station.

See the pattern list.
Switch between list, preview and information on mobile.
Open a pattern.
Review the automatically framed drawing.
Fit the preview again from the phone.
Pan the pattern in touch reading mode.
Read piece, path and measurement counters in the preview.
Return to the preview after selecting a pattern.
Review pattern properties.
Review information without editing tools on phones.
Export SVG or PNG from mobile.

Save and track

Keep work locally and prepare a more collaborative organization.

Saving

Preserve document changes.

Save the active pattern.
Keep local revisions.
Restore a recent version.
Import an Office archive.
Import a basic DXF with lines, polylines, arcs, circles and common workshop layers.
Recover imported notches and drill holes as piece marks.

Optional cloud

Synchronize work when a cloud workspace is configured.

Sign in by email link.
Send documents to the cloud.
Receive documents from the cloud.
Sign out from the cloud.