UserManual:Draw
Draw Mode
Draw Mode
The drawings in Seamly2D are formula driven. Each point, each line depends on a point created before. Instead of drawing one drawing with fixed values, you will use your measurment file. So if you change your measurements, the drawing will follow accordingly.
Import note: The one immutable fact of the application is that any given tool only has access to tools that were previously created. This means that your first point can't reference the last point. Bute the last point can reference the first one.
How to start
Before you start a new drawing you first need to create a new drawft block.
You can do so:
- by clicking the New-button
- or hit F2 to Rename Draft Block
You need to define a new name and a unit for you draft block
Once your first draft block is created you can change to the different working modes. For now we stick with the draw mode
A pattern is a collection of pieces, prepared individually. Drawing a pattern starts from a reference point. Construction lines are defined from there, until sewing lines are defined.
Most lines are defined by one or more points, and occasionally angles.
Important note:
These are measured anti-clockwise from 0 degrees = horizontal to the right.
It is generally easiest to sketch in the line approximately first, and then refine it using the parameters box displayed by double-clicking on the appropriate element. Notches, text, grain and other items are added after you have traced the outline of the pattern with the Workpiece tool.
Seamly is an open-source software designed for clothing patterns, more specifically - at the moment - slopers, which must be adjusted for both seam allowances and "ease", the amount of extra space needed by a particular fabric.
The Draw Mode is designed to allow easy adjustment of a pattern to suit particular wearers. It is therefore entirely formula-based, where the simplest formula is a set figure.
Overview
A pattern is a collection of pieces, prepared individually. Drawing a pattern starts from a reference point. Construction lines are defined from there, until sewing lines are defined. Most lines are defined by one or more points, and occasionally angles. These are measured anti-clockwise from 0 degrees = horizontal to the right. It is generally easiest to sketch in the line approximately first, and then refine it using the parameters box displayed by double-clicking on the appropriate element. Notches, text, grain and other items are added after you have traced the outline of the pattern with the Workpiece tool.
Tools
https://wiki.seamly.io/wiki/UserManual:Tools