Glossary

Glossary

Listed here are terms used in Seamly2D. The Term column is sortable.

Term	Definition
Draft	First phase of a Seamly2D pattern, created using the Point, Line, Curve, Arc, and Circle tools in Draw Mode.
Workpiece	Second phase of a Seamly2D pattern, created with the Detail tool in Draw Mode. Add seam allowances, labels, grainlines, passmarks, internal paths, and join Workpieces together in Detail Mode.
Layout	Final phase of a Seamly2D pattern, created with the Layout tools in Layout Mode. For large format printers, select the paper size of the printer which must be able contain the largest Workpiece in your pattern. For desktop printers, select any paper size which can hold all of your pattern pieces, then print your Layout as a Tiled PDF onto A4 or Letter sized paper.

Vocabulary Update

Up until the version 0.6.0 of Seamly2D, some of the english vocabulary was wrong throughout the source code and the UI.

Here is a list of the uncorrect words and their correction.

Uncorrect english Term	Correct english Term
Passmark	Notch
Printer fields	Printer margins
Increments	Ease (or Variable, depending on how we want to use them, or Parameter) (nb. Ease is just one use for these)
Detail	Pattern piece
Pattern piece	Draft / Drawing

Priority Translation Request

The following table contains a specialized list of terms specific to pattern drafting. Many of these terms are difficult to translate using tools like Google translate. Forum users are invited to add special terms in their language and suggest translations.

English	español	Deutsch	Italian	Français	Português	Dutch	Finnish	Russian
pivot point a point around which a group of objects can be rotated	pivot point	Pivotpunkt	pivot point	Point de pivot	ponto de rotação	draaipunt	Ivpivot-piste	Ivpivot point
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