The most commonly used pattern design software

How to know which is the most popular pattern design software?

As software:

+ Get formal training at universities, teaching centers on textile, professional fashion design.

+ Used by many garment and textile companies, fashion designers.

The most commonly used pattern design software

Pattern design software helps textile businesses manage data, store, jump size easily. These software also make the pattern making process accurate and fast. Computer-printed design requires meticulousness and care, which helps to create the exact shape of the product. This step will help speed up the production schedule.

The most commonly used pattern design software today include: Lectra, Gerber, Optitex, Tuka…

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Optitex software

Optitex software is a professional pattern design software created by Jews. That’s why this is a very “smart” pattern design software, with many powerful intuitive command tools that allow converting 2D and 3D designs.

Advantages:

+ Experience a superior design application with many features such as: displaying measurements in different ways, scanning fabrics when editing and sketching details…

+ Compatible with many other hardware and CAD software.

+ Compare patterns, jump sizes to create a perfect balance for patterns

+ When moving to a point on the sample design, will automatically display the data and measurement orientation.

+ Will automatically update measurement parameters when performing size jump, changing pattern parameters.

Lectra software

Lectra is one of the most used pattern design software in textile and fashion design companies in Vietnam. The software originated and developed in France. Advantages of using Lectra software include:

+ Diagrams & quick pattern making

+ Helps support the correct design of the product’s style

+ Calculate norms, fast and accurate measurements

+ Develop creative thinking of designers on online product samples.

Gerber software

Born from years of research and the invention of fashion designers in the US. It is also known as Gerber Accumark software. This software has outstanding advantages such as:

+ High precision stamping design

+ Has an eye-catching interface, easy to save or exchange data easily

+ Used to design items such as: T-shirts, shirts, jeans, jackets… Used to jump size, cut diagrams to estimate cutting stages and prepare materials for cutting and sewing.

+ Shape the dimensions on the template both in terms of small details as well as the light of the template.

+ Provide data on fabric tension or curvature, shear force … specific simulation helps designers to orient, visualize and make appropriate adjustments.

In addition, many textile companies also use other printing software such as:  Tuka, Gemini (Italy), CyberCAD…