Pattern Cutting for Clothing Using CAD

Preface

This book provides a practical and easy-to-use guide to how to make the most of Lectra’s Modaris pattern cutting software. It is based on my 40 years as a Pattern Cutter, including 10 years using CAD pattern cutting software such as Modaris. This practical experience has, I hope, put me in a particularly strong position to show you how to use Modaris to its full potential in the classroom and in the workplace. As anyone who has used software knows, there are all sorts of shortcuts, functions etc. that you only really learn by trial and error as you use the software in your day-to-day work. I hope readers will benefit from what I have learnt over the years in making my own work easier.

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