Creating PDF sewing patterns - Digital pattern making tutorial
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Part 8 in a series of tutorials that demonstrate digital pattern cutting in Adobe Illustrator.
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This is possibly one of the most important tutorials that we have created! So, you’ve drafted a basic block using PatternLab, downloaded it as an ePattern, added a selection of different design elements using some of our great tutorials and you’re now ready to start making a toile. Great, but how do you get your pattern from Adobe illustrator on to physical paper? Simple… In this tutorial, we show you how to save your finished pattern as a Multipage PDF in a variety of sizes such as; US Letter, A4, A3, A2, A1 or A0. Once saved you can store, share, and print. We also show you how to lock your multipage PDF with a password so you can then sell your pattern online.
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Thank you for producing this series and providing it to the community. This is exactly what I was looking for and struggling to figure out on my own for months!
Hi Anthony, that's fantastic to hear. I'm glad you are enjoying the course! Good luck with it all.
Thank you so much for posting all these episodes and knowledge! I've been searching trying to find something more industrial and less of a home sewers guide. I am grateful for your openness with this information, as I've found that most try to keep their cards close to their chest. Very grateful! Thank you again!
No problem at all. It’s all there to help people get the most from our made to measure sewing patterns and basic blocks. Hopefully we’ll add more in the New Year. Enjoy!
So thorough and awesome! Thanks for giving a little back to the newbies ❤️
You are so welcome!
Great tutorial! This is just exactly what I needed! Thank you very much!
You're very welcome! Enjoy.
Wow.....That was brilliant!! Thankyou. I have been meaning to concentrate and investigate more about what you do. Tree
STITCHLESS TV how to sew your own style tutorials Hi Tree! Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it. We’re going to be adding more design and style tutorials soon. So loads more fun content for our viewers. P.s. I love your work, we should do a collaboration!
Ralph
Thanks for these videos - they’re so helpful. :)
You're very welcome, enjoy!
Exactly what I needed, thank you so much!!!!
You're so welcome!
Thanks, this is a very useful video. I learned a lot from your tutorial.
Glad it was helpful!
AWESOME INFORMATION, A DIAMOND!
Thank you!
This is amazing. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
you really help me a lot. Thank you so much
Happy to help!
Excellent tutorials thanks.
You are welcome!
Following your instructions I have achieved alot with making some PDF patterns, one issue I’m having is after the PDF is created and printed some border grid lines will not print, even making them thicker makes no difference, it all looks good on the print preview but just will not print all border lined on some pages, any ideas on how to resolve this problem
Thank you.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
No problem!
If i have the pattern drawn on a large piece of paper like almost 100cm wide and 120cm long , how do i make it as a pdf so it can be printed to multiple copies
Great video thank you.
Very welcome
Thanks a lot for this ❤❤❤❤❤
You're very welcome 😊 Enjoy and good luck with your project!
Merci merci !!!
pas de problème du tout, profitez-en!
Awesome! Do you have any tutorial about grading?
We've just added a tutorial that demonstrates the concept of grading in Adobe illustrator. hopefully it will be useful to you. You can find it here: patternlab.london/home/project/scaling-pattern-adobe-illustrator/
Hello and thank you for your amazing site, products and content. I'm a huge fan! Quick question, do we need to add any bleed or crop marks before we send the files to the printers? I notice the lines go all the way to the end of the page so I'm not sure how it looks when printed or it automatically resizes to accommodate? I don't have a home printer so I just want to minimise room for error before I send off to a third-party for printing. Thanks!
Sara Kelly thanks for your comment. The bleed and crop marks are already included on the PDF print templates. Simply add your pattern to the correct template and print. It's all set pre-setup. Enjoy!
@@PatternLabLondon Thanks very much!
Thank you for posting this. The issue i am having now is that when I go to print the PDF pattern, it cuts off the sides of my pattern bc of the margins when printing. How do I avoid that from happening so the full pattern is printed?
It sounds like you either need to increase the printable area of your printer? Or possibly create a custom print template. We have a tutorial on how to do that here: ua-cam.com/video/NB_g2_kKd38/v-deo.html
I would like to combine my tiled pattern with my written instructions and pictures into a single pdf. file. Can I do all that in adobe illustrator?
You sure can, it might be a bit tricky doing it in Adobe illustrator. The best way would be to create your instructions and patterns as two separate PDF documents and then combine them in Adobe Acrobat. Simply google "combining PDF files in Acrobat" for a breakdown of how to do this.
Thanks for this video!
My question is, how to make the print ... is because there are some patterns that have a "print margin", and in the tutorial you taught us, does not contain this print margin!
My second question is, how is it done to make the standards on graduation. I learned to do without the seam allowance, so I believe that in the digital field, this remains, am I right?
I would like to thank you again, because these classes helped me to my knowledge! A big hug from Brazil!
Tay Rez The A4 print template has been sized so that the “print margin” has already been included. Simply add your pattern to the template. Save it as a PDF and print it in full scale. Do not scale to fit when printing. Your pattern will print full scale as a multi-page PDF with the margins included. Hopefully this answers your question?
Great tutorial! May I ask if the template also work with Affinity Designer 2?
Thank you so much for this... great info and so clearly explained! really helpful. I'm just wondering one more thing though, is it possible to save a picture of the whole grid with the pattern layout on. This will help demonstrate how the A4 pages all fit together like a jigsaw.... but I want the one image on one A4 page to show how they all look one pieced together (basically what we see on the illustrator screen before saving as a PDF. (other PDF sewing patterns I have bought online tend to also include this layout preview page) Hope this makes sense... that would be really useful to know :) thank you.
Hi Margaret, that's a great question and luckily it's relatively simple to do. Simply, take a screenshot of your pattern layout.
MAC: You can do this on a mac by using these two keys in combination: "Command + 4" keys on your keyboard. This will give you a tool that allows you to click and drag the area you would want to take a screenshot of. The image will then be saved to your desktop.
PC: You can do this on a PC by using these three keys in combination: "Shift, Command + 3". The image should then be saved to your desktop.
You could then print this image. When printing select A4 paper and make sure that you select "Fit to page".
I hope this helps?
Thanks, Ralph
thanks
No problem!
god you absolute beauty thank you! just a note - your CC folder i think has a corrupt .ai file - i have 2019 CC illustrator and it's insists on opening it as a .pdf. the older versions like cs6 etc work fine though. Thanks so much for this! i'm a graphic designer myself but massively appreciate any template that saves me faffing around!
No problem at all. Thanks for the heads up. I'll take a look at correcting that corrupted file.
Hello! Great tutorial!
I have created my own art board and followed your instructions. I’m ready to print! But, could you please tell me how you avoided the print margin problem? What do I need to do to make my art boards compatible like your are?
Larger paper size? Boarder on each page?
Thanks.
Alice C the art boards are smaller than the printer margins. Just print it at 100% scale and your pattern will be fine.
Thanks 🙂
Thank you! Can you show printer settings ? How to avoid border ? My pattern is getting cut because of the border.
I also would like to know how to avoid borders :)
Hi Falak and Sara! If you have a European printer please use the A4 Print templates. If you have a US printer, please use the US-Letter print templates. Also, be sure to check that you are printing at full scale, so 100% scale. Do not select the "Fit To Page" option. When it comes to printer borders, each printer is different and has different options, so please consult your printers user guide or do a google search on how to change those settings. Otherwise, we advise always setting your border to the smallest amount or use borderless printing.
Do you have a video on how to create the tiled artboard that you used to created the pdf pattern?
Unfortunately not, but you can download the page template pack here: patternlab.london/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PRINT-TEMPLATE-PACK.zip
@@PatternLabLondon This link is not working for me, could you advise? Thanks!
Thank you soooo much, I have been struggling with this for weeks. I make bags and have just started making my own designs. I managed to draft a pattern in Illustrator, but just couldn't figure out how to transfer it for printing. I thought I had managed it but had the dreaded 'missing strip' on the edges of each page, so your tutorial was wonderful. I found the one where you created your own template for printing - that was super hepful too. I only have one little issue, not down to you, probably the way I've created my design, but when I put my pattern pieces on my artboards, it covers my registration marks. How do I get my pattern pieces to be 'transparent' so I can see the registration marks through them??? Thanks for any help, I can prob manage without as it's my pattern and I know what/where it shoukd line up but if I send it to anyone else, they may need the registration marks. Thank you again, super helpful tutorials xxx
You could always create or add your registration marks to a different layer to your pattern within Adobe Illustrator. You can then arrange the layers ensuring that your registration marks sit on top of your pattern. Give it a shot!
Heya, I just tried at home to print on A4 pages using your illustrator A4 template. But I kept getting borders on the printing. After trying to fix it on the printer and/or driver side, I realized your document artboards were setup to be at 17.98 cm width for 26.69 cm which was causing the issue (I was able to create my own artboards A4 size). I thought I'd let you know in case the issue lies on your side (but it could be a weird interference when opening up the illustrator file)
Hi Jules, thanks for your comment. We're currently working on a tutorial to demonstrate how to create your own artboards which should help people like yourself. Great work creating your own!
Great work , i have a question , why you don't use "tile print" without the a4 pdf template ? thank you for sharing this knowledge .
Hi Sahbi. I've never heard of this technique, but it sounds incredibly useful. Can you give me more info or a link to a tutorial on how to do this? If it helps our subscribers then I'd love to feature it. Many thanks!
@@PatternLabLondon Tile print enables you to add an overlap then you can add cutting lines making the pattern easier to put together.
This quick tutorial explains it: ua-cam.com/video/bEk3YrrCugc/v-deo.html
Question:
When I print my pdf patterns, do I select "fit to page" or "actual size"?
Always either 100% or actual size. This is very important! If you print at any other scale, your pattern will be too small or too large.
@@PatternLabLondon Thank you for answering my question! I created a border on each paper and when I go to print sometime the border does not show up, I have to draw in the border myself. Would you know why it's doing that? Thank you.
Hi PatternLab, I enjoy watch all of your tut and it helps me a lot! BTW May I have the download link for pdf print template? Thank you :)
Hi, hanks for your comment. Yeah of course: patternlab.london/home/newsletter-sign-up/
@@PatternLabLondon Thank you! 😊
Hello, i am from indonesia..
why i can't open cutting table file in Illustrator CS6? i repeat what i did, and it just keep didn't show anything
i hope u reply
Adhelia Melina we’ve had this question asked before and we’ve recently fixed the issue. It was saved as a adobe illustrator cc file which was not compatible with earlier versions of illustrator. We’ve now saved it as a CS2 file which should work with all versions. Navigate back to the tutorial page on out website to download the amended copy. Hope that helps!
Hello, I am in the US, and we don't really use the A sizes of paper. I have a printer that prints 11x17 but nothing seems to be printing correctly, I tried it with CS6 A3 size, and when I print I have it scaled to 100%, What am I doing wrong?
Hi Alexandria. That is a real problem but luckily it can be solved quite easily by creating your very own custom
print templates. Here is a tutorial to show you how: ua-cam.com/video/NB_g2_kKd38/v-deo.html
How would I go about saving a project to be printed from a large format printer at a printing service like an Office Depot?
You can create an artboard to any size you like. Simply ask your printer what the maximum paper size they print, then create an artboard with those dimensions. You can then place your pattern within that art board. Make sure you leave around 2cm border on the inside of the entire artboard to make sure your pattern is printed within the printers print area. Finally save it as a PDF and send that to the printers. Ask them to ensure they do not fit to page but print 100% scale. I hope that helps!
This entire series has been so helpful. Thank you so much!!! I realised that I've left my notches as the black dots. Is this industry standard? Can I get away with this?
Thank you. I'm glad you're enjoying them! The black notches still define where the sleeve matches the armhole so yes this should be fine. It might not be industry standard but it's still useable. Plus industry standard could be considered as subjective.
@@PatternLabLondon Awesome! Thank you so much!
Thank you for your video, how can I transfer my patter that I draw in the computer, is a horse 🐴 and I would like to add details as well.
Hi there, I'm not sure I understand the question. Can you explain it more to me?
When I open the pages on Adobe Illustrator of the A4 print file, the pages come out separated by a 0,5 cm border and the come all horizzontally placed. I cannot do it like this, what should I change?
I'm really not sure why this is happening without more information. What version of Adobe Illustrator do you have and are you using our pre-made print templates or are you making your own?
I followed these instructions, and like yours I see my deleted artboard tiles grayed out. When I save as a PDF file it saves all 40 tiles. the four that have something and the 36 blank. I don't know how to make those go away. I need to make it so that just the four can be printed.
You need to delete those artboards. Press CTRL ALT P to open the document setting s dialogue box. Click "Edit Artboards" Now select the last artboard and hit delete on your keyboard. This will delete any unused artboards. Delete them until only the ones used remain. You can select artboards individually by clicking on them. Once you have finished deleting, hit the enter key on your keyboard. Hopefully that helps?
Hi, what package are you using to do this?
This is all done in Adobe Illustrator. You can download it here: adobe.prf.hn/click/camref:1100lriMA/pubref:illustrator/ar:patternlab/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adobe.com%2Fproducts%2Fillustrator.html
I’m having problems with the printing ..... parts of my pattern are missing and the markers are only half printed ...... I’m printing at 100% what am I doing wrong thanks x
Hi Loopy, this might be down to paper size. Please ensure you are using either A4 if you have a UK printer or US-letter if you have an american printer. Another option is to take your pattern to a professional printers. MAybe use the A0 page template for this?
@@PatternLabLondon I’m using A4 in the UK
I make DXF , MDL ..... and many of other formats , and I want to know how to convert those to PDF , any help please ??? I use MODARIS & GERBER
Unfortunately, this is not something that we have tried before. You could always try and import DXF into Adobe Illustrator and then transfrom it into a multi-page PDF using this tutorial. Good luck!
Also how to add back the art boards that I deleted
The quickest way is to hit: Edit> Undo (CTRL Z on your keyboard) this will undo the last steps you performed. This will only work if you have literally just deleted the artboard/s.
Hit File>Document Setup (CMD OPTION P on your keyboard) Then click "Edit Artboards" You can now redraw an artboard anywhere you like and any size you like. Just click and drag to create the artboard. Hit Enter on your keyboard when you're done.
I'm using the US letter of your multipage thingy and when I print, it doesn't work. It has a huge margin on the right side and a small margin around the whole sheet. Nothing is able to be lined up and taped together. What am I doing wrong?
Hi Josh, this is Rose. You mention that it has a "huge margin" did you print your pattern from Adobe Acrobat software? And did you select "Actual size?" I hope this helps.
@@EncoderFashion I'm not sure what I was doing wrong, but I learned how to correct the problem by creating my own system of how to do it.
Thank you Rose for helping Josh. I'm sorry I didn't answer this sooner. Your answer is spot on so thank you for sharing.
Hi Josh. How did you resolve the issue? Possibly your answer could help others. I'd love to know!
Fantastic video (as always!). But I can't find the download links anywhere. I've looked on your site and in the description box of this video, but there is nothing. Could you please re-upload the download links? Thank you for sharing so much!
Hi Cora... Sorry, this took a little while to answer. We've been very busy. I've now added the links to our full pattern making course hosted on the PatternLab website. You should now be able to find all of the tutorials, in order and with their respective downloads. Enjoy!
@@PatternLabLondon I checked the website and while other tutorials have the link to the Bodice PDF and Cutting Board there isn't any link for the Multi-Page Template pdf on the bottom of this tutorial. I was wondering where I could find it.
@@ruperv. Sorry for the missing content, I'm not sure why this wasn't added in the first place. The links to these important downloads can now be found on the original tutorial page and the description above. Enjoy!
i hope this will help u
u can download VPN extention for your browser and set it to UK area
i already tried it, and it work
thank you for this generous gift of pdf template pack, i am working on windows and it doesn't seem to have all those scales or registration marks , im using Ai 2020
Hmm.. That is odd. Please contact us at info@patternlab.london and I can provide you with more help or give you a new pack.
@@PatternLabLondon Thank you so much, impressive service provider (ISP)👍
This sounds good. I wish I could see what he's doing. Why black theme for a video?
Black theme? I'm not sure what you mean. Can you not see the video? Possibly you have a streaming issue?
Please provide link to PDF Print Templates. Can't find it on web. Thank you
Hi Keti, try this: patternlab.london/home/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/PRINT-TEMPLATE-PACK.zip
@@PatternLabLondon Thank you
You're welcome, Keti!
Seems like the letter size PDF on your site is inaccurately sized, instead of 8.5x11 (21.59x27.94) is actually 7.3x9.815 (18.59x24.9301)
That’s the correct size. The print templates are built with printer margins removed. We remove quite a bit to ensure they work on all make and model of printer. We do have a different tutorial that demonstrates how to make your own Print templates. You can specify any size of paper you wish :D
@@PatternLabLondon Yeah I realized my error when trying to print it, regardless the tutorial was still very helpful in printing out my patterns
What if you don't have a computer only a mobile phone? What then ?
cheryl serin unfortunately adobe illustrator isn’t available for mobile phones. Hopefully in the future. You could instead print your custom fitting PatternLab basics blocks in PDF format, print them on paper and then manually pattern cut using pattern master and pencil, whilst following the tutorial. The process is very similar.
cheryl serin you also can use iPad version of software
Is there a fee to get illustrator?
Yes, it is a yearly subscription fee.
Encoder Fashion is correct. It's a yearly or monthly fee but well worth it if you work with digital patterns often.
I am looking to hire a digital pattern maker. Please inbox me if you are available.
Thanks for the comment! Unfortunately we currently don't work on bespoke or private projects. Good luck with your project.
Hi. Firstly thanks for the tutorials. They really helped me get through both pattern making and illustrator.
I used the CS6 A4 template and for some reason the notches, the pattern lines, dont match. Like when I am putting together 2 pages, either the notches won't match or the lines won't.
What could be the issue?
Hi Madhuban,
It's possible that you are not printing to the correct scale. Make sure you deselect "scale to fit" or ensure you are printing the pattern at 100% scale. Also, make sure you are using the correct page template. A4 should be used for Uk printers. US-letter should be used for US printers. They are very different when it comes to paper size. Also make sure your printer borders are set to small or minimum. I hope this helps resolve your issue.