Comparing CADTERNS Features and Benefits

Different Needs – Different Versions

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1.         Test CADTERNS for free to know if it will meet your needs.

2.         Instantly and easily calculate and draft personal slopers for Womenswear Starter Set: using as few as the 1^st4 measurements of height, bust, waist and hip:
·    Skirt
·    Pant
·    Bodice
·    Blouse
·    Sheath

3.         Instantly and easily calculate and draft personal slopers for Menswear tailored City Set: using as few as the 1^st3 measurements of height, chest and waist.:
·    Trouser
·    Casual Shirt
·    Classic Shirt
·    Jacket
·    Vest

4.         Choose an Ease Description (Cut) for your project:
·    Precise (0 cm (0 in) )
·    Close    (recommended minimum)
·    Gentle   (double of recommended minimum)

5.         Include weight as part of sloper definition, if desired.

6.         Automatically calculate other measurements and ease allotments.

7.         Immediately preview any changes in sloper type, ease description, units, measurements or ease allotments

8.         Overlay Sloper Preview to compare sloper drawings with different variables (for example compare slopers with Precise and Close cut)

9.         Print folders for patternmaking project records :
·    Definition folder
·    Measurements folder - record of measurements and ease
·    Sloper Preview folder – choose from variety of scales
  o   Full scale - for a ready-to-cut sloper or pattern
  o   Half scale - good for display purposes
  o   Quarter scale -  good for teaching and learning flat patternmaking techniques 
  o   Eight scale – good for documentation
  o   Fit to single sheet – good for overview of sloper pieces

10.    Make quarter  scale dressform for testing quarter scale patterns

11.    Choose screen colours :
·     CADTERNS Default
·     Windows Default
·     Custom (set your own)

12.    Switch settings between slopers and patterns
·   Seam allowances
·   Hem allowances
·   Space between pieces

13.    Display:
·           Overlay slopers
·           Group sloper pieces

14.    File locations:
·           Default sloper folder
·           CADTERNS program
·           User settings
·           AutoSketch® demo

15.    Variables printed onto pattern pieces:
·           Name recorded on each pattern piece
·           Date of sloper creation
·           Measurements calculated automatically, based on 1^st4
·           Ease calculated automatically, based on combination of 1^st4 measurements and ease description

16.    Draw dart rotation circles around dart points for rearranging darts by moving, combining and dividing them.

17.    Change seam allowance width

18.    Change any measurement or ease value and immediately preview sloper.

19.    Switch effortlessly between basic slopers and wardrobe classic patterns by adding or removing seam allowances and hems.

20.    Save measurements and other variables for use another time.

21.    Print or plot personal slopers or classic patterns directly from CADTERNS using a personal printer or plotter

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22.    Print or plot personal slopers or classic patterns in a variety of scales including ¹/₈, ¼, ½, full or fitted to sheet of paper

23.    Print all three individual screens for project documentation:
·           Sloper Description
·           Measurements & Ease
·           Sloper Preview

24.    Export personal slopers to a CAD* program (not included).

25.    Style sloper drawings into patterns manually using traditional techniques and manual tools at a project table.

26.    Style personal slopers into personal patterns digitally using traditional techniques and CAD tools at your computer.