Appendix 4

Lectra Modaris terminology glossary

Lectra terminology varies from traditional pattern cutting terminology, and what is easily understandable in one case may not be so obvious another. Computer programs often need additional terms for something that did not exist for card patterns, and sometimes different words are used in different contexts but actually mean the same thing. This glossary is intended to put some Lectra terminology into plain pattern cutting terms.

acd – analytical code (text box field). Taken as a whole, the Lectra CAD system has a variety of separate parts working with different file types which need to work together. The acd enables these separate parts to identify the various pattern pieces. For example when a ...

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