PatternSmith 11 Quick Start Guide

PatternSmith is pattern-making software that lets you easily prepare your patterns, nest them for best efficiency, and send them to your automated cutter for fast and accurate cutting. It includes pattern drafting, editing, nesting, and machine control capabilities, all in one package.

PatternSmith organizes your patterns into projects. A project includes all of the patterns needed for a product and all the materials, with nested copies that are ready to be cut.

How Is Pattern-Making Software Different From CAD Software?

  • CAD software lets you create a drawing that communicates information. Pattern making
    software lets you create patterns that are ready to be cut by machine.
  • Pattern-making software understands seam allowances, notches, and anchors.
  • Pattern-making software includes nesting capabilities.

Design, Edit, and Nest

  • Draft patterns in PatternSmith or import them from another CAD program.
  • Make smooth curves for efficient cutting.
  • Nest patterns, manually or automatically – up to 99 tables of patterns on up to 99 different materials.
  • Maintain materials in a Material Library and import them into projects when needed.
  • Combine patterns from many files into one project.
  • Copy and paste patterns between projects.

Plot and Cut

  • Assign plotting or cutting tools to pattern elements
  • Send optimized cutting commands to your cutter that allow for the fastest possible cutting

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