Is there any method or possibilty / ‘hack’ to manually rearrange a ‘Piece’ or ‘Pieces’ as they appear in a new ‘Layout’? I have a ‘Piece’ that would fit perfectly into an A3 PDF, but the layouter insists on placing the item either at an angle or right across margins, requiring at least 4 A4 tiles, and with additional ‘Pieces’, which one could fit into 4 A4 tiles I have had up to 8 tiles with ‘Pieces’ straddling margins everywhere.
This most frustrating and a total waste of time, cutting up numerous sheets of paper and then taping the bits back together again … Or am I missing something (not impossible!) here?
Greetz,
David D.
PS: I posted this just now, but when I detected an error and I found that one can no longer correct the posting, I deleted it.
… OK, I dislike answering my own posts, but, I have been advised to try exporting pieces individually to .SVG format files and then create a PDF with Inkscape.
I can manually place and orient objects via this method.
I am still open to any other ideas that would keep the workflow within Seamly2D
That’s the preferred method by many. What you can also do is create a rectangle in a draft block the size of a layout… like say 30" x 3yards… 30" for 60" fabric folded in half, then create a "fabric"pattern piece from that rectangle. You can then maually move and arrange your pattern pieces within the fabric piece… much like the layout does - but poorly. The only disadvantage exporting pieces is we can’t rotate or flip them yet. Of course you could always do this in Inkscape.
Note: If you’re looking to nest pattern pieces of various sizes, you can toggle off the labels and grainline while exxporting for all but 1 size so you’re not having to delete the extra ones in Inkscape.
Thanks for the confirmation and your alternative suggestion. I’m not sure that I get this entirely, could you please provide some simple explanatory pattern files as examples?
Here I created a Draft block “Fabric”. For the block a drafted a rect B B1, B2 B3.. the rect is 76.2cm x 275cm… obviously it doesn’t fully fit on the screen and zooming out makes it hard to see:
When you export you don’t include the fabric piece. Now the pieces are exported in a layout that fits the fabric on grain. Of course one would have to adjust the length or yardage depending on the pattern.
Of course you could also create a tiled “paper” size made up of multiples of standard printer paper - like A4… and do the same thing. Then tile print from software that does that. For me I can use Corel draw. There’s a way to simulate poster printing in Inkscape, but it’s not as easy as just checking a Tile box in the Corel print dialog. Adobe Acrobat does support poster priting PDF’s/
Ich habe mich dazu entschlossen in A4 ausdrucken und bei guter Musik oder Podcast den Schnitt zusammen zu kleben. Ich habe für jede Größe eine andere Papierfarbe, damit ich die Größen einfacher auseinanderhalten kann.
It just happened to be at the top of the last used list from debugging the pattern.
I’m a big proponent of color coding. I use to spray paint the top of the hangers that my patterns hung on at the shop based on what size it is. Small = Orange, Medium = White, Large = Yellow, XLarge = Red, 2XL = Blue, 3XL = Green. Since the patterns were seperated by style or show using these:
A lot of people are now investing in projectors and cutting mats which is ideally suited to Seamly and eliminates the need to print, glue & cut out sewing patterns:
There are some very resonably priced projectors on the market, now days, that can do the job. The only drawback is that some of the globes expire after a certain period of time, but the savings in time, ink and paper more than cover this.
Does anyone in this forum have any experience and possibly recommendations for such devices, and any ideas about the sizes that can be accurately projected?
I admire @Scholli‘s dedication to her handcraft, but I also think I would rather use the time for other tasks (Coffee for example )
@Scholli is an amazing patternmaker and actually has her own boutique. You can most certainly take some tips from her.
I can think of 2 or 3 that use a projector and I’ve been “thinking about it”, did a bit of research, however, time is a bit scarce for sewing at the moment.
Depending on space, you’ll also need an extension rod that clips to a table or an extendable ceiling mount and a marked cutting mat to assist with calibration. There are some opensource or free software to assist with the calibration. And then, it’ll need to connect to your laptop via bluetooth or wifi to your computer/laptop (just for convenience).
Depending on your actual needs, you’ll need one with enough lumins to show the cutting lines during the day in full light otherwise you could get away with one with less lumins but you’ll need to cut out in a dimly lit room. So keep an eye on the lumins.
That’s about all that I can suggest. Perhaps others can add their advice & experience?
hier erkenne ich den Schnitt:)
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