Adding a Dart - Overview

This dart feature allows you to add a dart object, a container for the various parts of the dart.

The following image shows the parts of a dart object.

To add a dart object:

1. On the Main toolbar, click Insert.

2. On the Horizontal contextual menu, click . A menu is displayed.

   

3. Click Dart.

4. In the 2D Window, click the edge where you want the dart to appear.

   The following image shows how the cursor changes when the mouse is hovering on a location eligible for a dart.

   

   A default dart object is added with the Width and Leg Length displayed.

   • The default dart is perpendicular to the edge and has the following measurements:

     Width: 3cm

     Center Length: 10cm

     Leg Length: 10.11cm.

   • A dart is created by folding one edge over the other.

   • The direction of the fold determines the direction of the directional seam and influences the cap shape of the full dart allowance.

   • The leg that folds over the other is thicker.

   • The leg length numeric component is outside the dart on the side of the thicker leg.

   The following image shows this feature in action.

   

   Once you have added a dart, you can edit it.

   You can right click the dart to display various edit options.

For further information, refer to:

• Changing a Dart's Width or Length

• Converting an Existing Pattern Piece Dart

• Deleting a Dart

• Editing a Dart Using the Context View

• Implementing a Dart

• Locking a Dart Point

• Previewing Closed Darts

• Rotating and Moving a Dart

• Making a Dart Round

• Selecting a Dart

• Selecting a Snap to Option

• Using Slash and Spread