Get PatternSmith 9 to Use the New and Updated Tools<\/b><\/h3>\n\nThis new version of PatternSmith has all of the features that you loved in PatternSmith 7, like compatibility with Eastman and Gerber cutting machines, and better support for plaid and patterned materials including auto-nesting. We also listened to you, our customers, and made the pattern editing tools easier to use, based on your input. We think you\u2019ll like it. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nHere is a full list of features that were added to PatternSmith 9<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n- Convert circles to points: this feature is used when a punch is desired instead of cutting a small <\/span>circle. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Pattern Colors: improved the user interface and added the ability to use a slanted stripe pattern. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Circle Creation: Circles can be specified by radius or diameter. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Thin Tool: Improved thining routines for better point spacing and smoother curves. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Perimeter Detection: Improved perimeter detection to more reliably find the correct perimeter and make it easier to find breaks in a perimeter. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Modify Text Elements: Allows the user to change attributes of all text entities in a project at one time. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Modify Notches: Allows the user to change attributes of all notch entities in a project at one time. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Anchor Tool: This tool allow the user to get evenly spaced points, lines, or circles on any entity. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Templates: an improved version of our TailorMade program. Parametrically control patterns to resize them. This is an add-on feature to PatternSmith. <\/span><\/li>\n
- WorkFlow: PatternSmith is now compatible with WorkFlow. WorkFlow is a standalone product to improve production efficiency by reading in a list of orders and creating PatternSmith files that contain patterns grouped by materials. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plotting: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n- Added the ability to have a user-specified gap between the last pattern and the cutoff tool. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Improved Common Line Removal <\/span><\/li>\n
- Display conveyor \u201cbites\u201d in the plotting window. A dashed line representing the next convey line moves down the plotting view as the job progresses. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Conveyor Advance: Cutting head moves to the start point of the next pattern during conveyor advance. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Framing: This feature allows the user to cut patterns longer than the table. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Job Finish Position: added an option to \u201cpark\u201d the gantry at a user-specified distance past the end of the nest. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Import\/Export: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n- Improved spline output in DXF. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Apply DXF import options to all files when multiple files are selected. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Export a Gerber cut file. (.gbr, .nc , .cut, .iso) <\/span><\/li>\n
- Export\/Import an Eastman cut file. (.cmd) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Nesting: <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n- Manual nesting on horizontal an vertical strips, and plaid\/patterned materials. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Automatic nesting with Scapos on horizontal strips and plaid\/patterns. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Implement Alternating Stripes. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Improved handling of \u201czero\u201d copy spacing. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Added a preference to control the default amount of time to AutoNest. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Mark order options: <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u25cb Mark entire table, then go home and pause. <\/span><\/p>\n\u25cb Mark entire table, then continue without pausing. <\/span><\/p>\n\u25cb Mark first on a Pattern by Pattern basis. <\/span><\/p>\n\n- When nesting a group of patterns that are pre-arranged in a nest already, they will automatically snap to the lower left corner of the nest view. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Placement Groups: Added the ability to put patterns into placement groups and, with the Scapos AutoNester, nest the patterns by groups and keep them together on the table. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Initial Copy Rotation: Allows a pattern to be nested using its current rotation in the project view or a user-specified rotation as it\u2019s initial rotation when dragged to the Nesting View. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Duplicate – Copy\/Array: make copies or arrays of patterns in the Nesting View. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Rotate a copy a user-specified amount. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Identify Flipped Patterns: Patterns flipped in the nesting view have an icon in the project view showing horizontal, vertical or both flipped. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Bonus!<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n- Pattern Properties have been moved to the right hand toolbar <\/span><\/li>\n
- Nest\/Table Properties have been moved to the right hand toolbar. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Printing: Print patterns and nests. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Added a Spanish version of the help manual. <\/span><\/li>\n
- New Pattern: The New Pattern tool is used to extract a single pattern from a pattern that contains multiple patterns. It can now maintain the patterns original location in the project view. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Show Pattern Labels: Shows pattern names in the Project View all the time. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Pattern Area: PatternSmith will subtract internal cutouts from area calculations. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Material Library Filtering: See only the groups you want to see the Material Library. <\/span><\/li>\n
- Added Vertical Stripe and Plaid\/Pattern materials to the Material Library.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd finally, here is a quick review of Templates and Workflow in case you missed our previous blogs.<\/span><\/p>\nTemplates Automatically Generates Patterns in Other Sizes<\/b><\/h3>\n
Here\u2019s a scenario that many of you are familiar with. You create a new pattern for a size 10 women\u2019s shirt. But then you need patterns for that same shirt in a wide range of sizes. It used to take a bunch of math to figure out the measurements for those new sizes. Now, the Templates<\/a> PatternSmith add-on can do all of that for you \u2013 in seconds. Just open your pattern in PatternSmith and tell the Templates plug-in which sizes you need \u2013 the software will generate perfect patterns for all of the sizes you need. No math required.<\/span><\/p>\nWorkflow Consolidates Project into a Perfectly Optimized Process<\/b><\/h3>\n
This new version of PatternSmith has all of the features that you loved in PatternSmith 7, like compatibility with Eastman and Gerber cutting machines, and better support for plaid and patterned materials including auto-nesting. We also listened to you, our customers, and made the pattern editing tools easier to use, based on your input. We think you\u2019ll like it. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u25cb Mark entire table, then go home and pause. <\/span><\/p>\n \u25cb Mark entire table, then continue without pausing. <\/span><\/p>\n \u25cb Mark first on a Pattern by Pattern basis. <\/span><\/p>\n And finally, here is a quick review of Templates and Workflow in case you missed our previous blogs.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a scenario that many of you are familiar with. You create a new pattern for a size 10 women\u2019s shirt. But then you need patterns for that same shirt in a wide range of sizes. It used to take a bunch of math to figure out the measurements for those new sizes. Now, the Templates<\/a> PatternSmith add-on can do all of that for you \u2013 in seconds. Just open your pattern in PatternSmith and tell the Templates plug-in which sizes you need \u2013 the software will generate perfect patterns for all of the sizes you need. No math required.<\/span><\/p>\nHere is a full list of features that were added to PatternSmith 9<\/a>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Plotting: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Import\/Export: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Nesting: <\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Bonus!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nTemplates Automatically Generates Patterns in Other Sizes<\/b><\/h3>\n
Workflow Consolidates Project into a Perfectly Optimized Process<\/b><\/h3>\n