Every other way of getting a pattern onto cloth goes through paper first. It is printed or
plotted, carried to the table, weighted down, drawn around, and then stored somewhere for
next time. A projector takes that whole stage out: the pattern is thrown onto the fabric at
100% scale and the cutter cuts to the light.
Alterations stop costing a reprint
Scale, proportions and measurements can be adjusted live while the pattern is being
projected. A customer who is half an inch wider across the back does not mean printing the
pattern again - the change happens on screen and the light on the cloth changes with it.
There is nothing to store
A thousand patterns live in the software rather than in a cupboard, so nothing yellows,
tears or goes missing between the first order and the repeat one. That is also where the
running cost goes: no pattern paper, no ink, no plotter consumables.
The library is the same one
The 1000+ garment patterns are the same library the CAD software uses, and the CAD licence
is included with the system - pattern making, grading and projector output are one licence,
not three.
Less than most people expect, and none of it is specialised.
A projector of 3000 lumens or more, with a standard HDMI input
It does not have to be ours - the software works with standard projectors, so a shop that
already has one may only need the software. Brightness is what matters: the projected line
has to stay readable against the cloth under the light you actually work in.
A flat surface
Any flat cutting table works. The projection is at full 100% scale, so the table needs to
take the largest piece you cut, the same as it would with a paper pattern.
Ten minutes, once
Calibration is a one-time setup of about ten minutes, after which the scale is correct every
time the system is switched on - there is no measuring or adjusting before each job.
Accuracy after calibration is within 2mm.
The software carries a year of support, and because the same licence covers pattern making
and grading, a shop that later adds a printer, a plotter or a laser cutter projects and
prints from the same patterns rather than redrawing them.