Industrial Patternmaking Course
Learn professional pattern development, grading, CAD, marker making and production preparation.
A free learning path aimed at manufacturers, brands, workshops and textile entrepreneurs: from made-to-measure patternmaking to series production, with size grading, digitizing and marker making.
What you will learn
- Understand the difference between industrial and made-to-measure patternmaking
- Build an industrial size chart
- Know the full development flow of a garment for production
Level 1 — Introduction to Production — Introduction to Production
What industrial patternmaking is and how a size chart is organized for series production.
- Industrial vs. Made-to-Measure Patternmaking
- Industrial size chart: how it is built and used
- What is industrial patternmaking?
Level 2 — Size Grading — Size Grading
How a base pattern is graded into a full size range, with the technical rules and your own measurement chart.
- How to Grade Sewing Patterns
- Armhole and neckline grading rules
- How to build your own industrial measurement chart
Level 3 — Digital Patternmaking and CAD — Digital Patternmaking and CAD
The digital formats, free software to get started and how to move a paper pattern onto the computer.
- Digital Patternmaking Formats: Which Ones Exist
- Free software to start in digital patternmaking
- How to digitize paper patterns
Level 4 — From Marker to Factory — From Marker to Factory
Computerized marker making, fabric consumption calculation and the tech pack: what a garment workshop needs to produce your design.
- What Is a Marker and How It Saves Fabric
- How much fabric do I need: consumption and yield
- How to build a tech pack for the garment workshop
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