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In the 2025.1 version and beyond, stitches will automatically duplicate when creating symmetry. This enhancement applies to both Inner ...

Duplicate stitches for symmetry creation

 

There are several ways to create garment pieces.




Copy an Existing Piece



To copy an existing piece:





On the Main toolbar, cli...

Creating Garment Pieces

 

You can easily move, resize or rotate a piece in VStitcher.
To resize a piece:





On the Main toolbar, click Select.






On the Hor...

Moving, Resizing, and Rotating a Piece

 


This feature allows you to rotate a piece vertically or horizontally using the piece edges. You can rotate the piece by selecting one ...

Piece Rotation by Edge

 

The Attach feature allows you to attach one pattern piece to another without having to stitch the pieces together. Because you are atta...

Attaching a Piece

 

In VStitcher, you can set the seam allowance for an edge, and also the format for a seam corner.
To set a seam allowance and format:


...

Seam Allowances

 

To adjust the grain line:





On the Main toolbar, click Select.






On the Horizontal contextual menu, ensure Pieces is selected.

...

Adjusting the Grain Line

 

The wire feature allows you to add wire to your garments. Typically, wire is used in bras.



Adding Wire to a Garment

To add wire to ...

Wire

 

If you create a symmetrical copy of a piece, the effect is to link the two pieces so that edit actions done on one piece are automatica...

Creating a Symmetrical Copy

 

Instead of slicing a piece in two, if there is more than one line inside a piece, you can use these lines to divide the piece into mult...

Dividing a Piece

 

To create internal symmetry, the piece must be symmetrical to start with.
To create internal symmetry:





On the Main toolbar, click ...

Creating Internal Symmetry

 

When you create a symmetrical copy of a piece, the pieces are linked by that symmetry. If you decide you no longer want the pieces to b...

Cancelling Symmetry

 


Cloning internal elements allows you to quickly and accurately reproduce these elements. For example, after adding one button to a gar...

Cloning Internal Elements by Offset

 

This section describes several clone by offset use cases, giving more information about how the feature works with internal lines. The ...

Clone by Offset Use Cases

 


VStitcher 2021.3.1 and newer

This feature allows you to create holes and slits, for example for use with pocket zippers and as belt h...

Creating Holes and Slits

 

You can merge two pieces along a common edge into one piece.
To merge two pieces:



Move the pieces so they are in edge to edge contac...

Merging Pieces

 

To edit the draping properties of a piece:





On the Main toolbar, click Select.






On the Horizontal contextual menu, ensure Piec...

Editing Draping Properties

 

This feature digitally replicates the pattern-making technique of slash and spread, allowing you to add or subtract fabric to or from a...

Slash and Spread Overview

 

This topic describes one use case involving darts and the Slash and Spread feature.
if the Slash and Spread touches either of the dart ...

Using Slash and Spread

 

The following diagram shows the typical workflow for adding slash and spread to a pattern piece.

Slash and Spread Workflow

 

You can easily add slash and spread to your garments.
To add slash and spread to a pattern piece:



On the Main toolbar, click Insert....

Adding Slash and Spread

 

At any time before you implement the spread, you can edit the configuration of the slash and spread.
To edit slash and spread:




 

O...

Editing Slash and Spread

 


The group feature allows you to group internal elements together. Once grouped, you can do actions on the group. For example, you migh...

Grouping Elements

 


The lock feature allows you to lock elements. Once locked, such elements cannot be selected and so cannot be changed. The lock protect...

Locking Elements

 


You can hide elements in the 2D window or the 3D window or both.



An element hidden in the 2D window is automatically hidden in the ...

Hiding Elements

 


By naming elements of shapes, the application makes it easier and quicker to identify them, which helps, for example, when using autom...

Naming Elements

 


The element ordering functionality allows you to set the relative layer order of each element.
There are the following ways to access ...

Element Layer Ordering

 


This feature allows you to reduce the number of intermediate points on a line, thus helping to improve simulation performance.

You ca...

Reducing Points

 

If a piece has an internal line which goes from edge to edge, you can use that line to slice the piece. Once you have sliced a piece, y...

Slicing a Piece

Available in VStitcher 2025.2 and newerYou can simulate padding inside garments—such as bras, suits, or shoulder pads—to better visualize ...

Padding Simulation

 

You can create a symmetrical extension of a piece using edge symmetry. The new part of the piece and the original piece are combined in...

Creating an Extension of a Piece

 

3D simulation of garments in VStitcher uses a grid overlay to help with fabric physics and the drape of the garment on a body.
You can ...

Understanding the Grid

 


You can add a finish effect to a line. The line must be an edge without stitches.
To add the effect:



On the Main toolbar, click Sel...

Adding a Finish Effect

 

Piece edges are protected from being edited in some cases. This is sometimes referred to as protection mode.
Protection mode is an auto...

Piece Protection

Editing Pieces

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