Attaching a Piece

The Attach feature allows you to attach one pattern piece to another without having to stitch the pieces together. Because you are attaching a pattern piece, that pattern piece can be fully configured as with other pattern pieces. For example, you can assign seam material to the edges. The Attach feature is a quick way of, for example, adding pockets to a garment.

Prerequisites

You can attach a piece using the Attach feature provided it has none of the following:

• 3D trim assigned

• Diamond darts

• Internal line with the Cross property

• Intersection fill

• Lotta artwork assigned

• Pleats

• Smart Zipper assigned

• Stitching (or internal lines or points with stitches)

• Symmetry - full or inner

• VStitcher attachment assigned

How to Attach a Piece

To attach a piece:

1. Go to the 2D window.

2. Move the piece you want to attach on top of the piece you want to attach it to.

3. Go to the Context view.

4. In the Actions section, click Attach. The piece is attached.

You can also attach multiple pieces simultaneously.

To attach multiple pieces:

1. Go to the 2D window.

2. Move each piece you want to attach on top of the piece you want to attach them to.

3. Select all the pieces you want to attach - press Shift and click on each piece.

4. Go to the Context view.

5. In the Actions section, click Attach. The pieces are attached.

How to Detach a Piece

To detach a piece:

1. Go to the 2D window.

2. Click the piece you want to detach.

3. Go to the Context view.

4. In the Actions section, click Detach. The piece is detached.

For an overview, check out the video: Attaching Pieces

Physics and the Attach Feature

Previously, when you attached an element to another, the software used the physical properties of the element on top for the simulation behavior of the combined elements. Now, when you attach an element to another, the software combines the physical properties of both elements and uses that in simulation.

Combining Materials Without Stitching

How you combine materials in VStitcher determines how the software replicates their physical properties.