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The Purpose of the Cadterns Personal Patternmaking program is to enable anyone to create accurate personal Ready-to-Style Slopers™ very, very quickly and very, very easily.  These personal slopers can then be styled into personal patterns manually at a work surfact and/or digitally at a computer.  

The major difference in using Cadterns different versions is that:

Pro
·            Has both Menswear tailored City Set
·            Has Womenswear Ready-to-Style Slopers™
·            Can be used both manually and digitally

Lite
·            Has Womenswear Ready-to-Style Slopers™
·            Can be used for styling manually

Ltd
·            Provides a good interactive demo
·            Enables you to try all features with the Womenswear Starter Set
·            Does not save your work
·            Does not print your work
·            Does not expire.

 This program is of particular benefit to both teachers and students of Fashion Arts as well as Recreational Fashion Designers.  It provides the opportunity to isolate and separate the tasks of fitting, styling and designing.

 Cadterns is usefull also in the study and application of CAD (Computer-Aided Drafting), as well as entrepreneurial and home-based businesses.

 The following Table lists a comparison of the Ltd, Lite and Pro versions of Cadterns in detail.

 

Comparing Cadterns Features and Benefits

Different Needs – Different Versions

Ltd

Lite

Pro

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

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

·    Pant
·    Bodice
·    Blouse
·    Sheath

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

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

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

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6.         Automatically calculate other measurements and ease allotments.

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

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

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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

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10.    Make quarter  scale dressform for testing quarter scale patterns

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

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

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13.    Display:
·           Overlay slopers
·           Group sloper pieces

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

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

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

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17.    Change seam allowance width

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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*NB: The CAD program used must be able to import a Cadterns sloper drawing such as the sample Skirt.dxf drawing file at http://www.cadterns.com/dnld_registration.htm.   CADTERNS DXF files are AutoCAD® compatible format.

CADTERNS "… simply the BEST way to make personal patterns… AWESOME!"

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