As the (probably :thinking: ) oldest newbie here, I am keen to develop skills in ‘Slash & Spread’ techniques. I have read the ‘Wiki’ on the relevant tool(s), but still have difficulty in seeing what …

You can have a look at this topic, as well: [image] Collecting use cases in the wild User Requests/Suggestion Box This is just the base sloper from the HJA book…

Hi Grace, thanks for the feedback … Sorry to say, in spite of your best efforts, it would seem that I am not bright enough to see the ‘wood’ for all those ‘trees’. I don’t have enough knowledge to ju…

Hi (again) Grace, My earlier response may have seemed ungrateful and I would apologise for my tone. My excuse: feeling overwhelmed / frustrated with an undertaking that was becoming beyond my knowled…

[image] DavidDeb: I enclose here the pattern that is at the root of my issues: MOVE+ROTATE_TEST.sm2d (97.2 KB) Hmmmm… Let’s start with a measurements file, please

Hi Grace, there are actually no current references to the .SMIS file, you could add anything you wanted, but here it is anyway … sorry for the omission! measurements_CB.smis (25.7 KB)

An easy way to make your bodice front fit is to use the Move tool to move the side seam outwards and to redraw the armhole & waist curves: [image] This will add the extra width needed without displ…

[image] Grace: An easy way to make your bodice front fit is to use the Move tool to move the side seam outwards and to redraw the armhole & waist curves: [image] This will add the extra width n…

[image] Place a point (C2) the distance at the hemline that you would like to open up. Then draw a line from the armpit to this point & one from the armpit to the existing hemline. This is to get t…

[image] DavidDeb: I had already done that, but this had the negative affect of making the bottom (hem) width wide enough, but the under-arm width (C9_foobar to C10_foobar) then too wide - that was…

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Slash and Spread ... HowTo (for Dummies)

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Douglas May 28, 2026, 9:02am 2

DavidDeb:

If anyone should care to pass on a simple pattern test file to demonstrate the technique (‘before’ & ‘after’) please - I would be most grateful! Should there also be some sort of guidance text, this would be most kind.

Slash and spread Documentation / How to

Hi @gigigrelis I normally place everything into different groups, so that I can hide the parts that aren’t necessary to the exercise. Later, you can delete the groups and place everything into one group, if you wish. And then, I work from the centre outwards, first on one half and then on the other. You won’t be able to select the lines between 2 points - you can only select nodes and curves, so you’ll need to add lines for guidance between each rotation. With these in mind, once you’ve pick…

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