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First rule, for pattern digitizing you need to have a hard copy or tracing of your design on paper. Paper must be flat for accurate piece digitizing and when sending out your patterns to a digitizer make sure all your pattern tracing are visible and marked with hard lines.

Second rule, Pattern information as grain lines and piece names must be recorded on every pattern piece. You must take the time to provide all these information and write it on each pattern piece, as this information will be useful for yourself for tracking purposes in the future.

Third rule, a pattern card or piece list must be provided for correct pattern description along with fabric description for each piece must be recorded. Make sure you provide a list of all the pattern pieces for every style you make to your digitizing house as these will serve also as a
record for you and your digitizer of how many pieces where digitized and save
into their computer digitizing system

Fourth rule, you must make sure that your pattern or style to be digitized in a cad digitizing system is the correct pattern as they will be digitized exactly as submitted. You must know what pattern pieces make your design and do not mix pattern pieces that do not belong to that particular
style as you will be charged for any extra piece digitized. Most pattern digitizing services have a minimum of five to ten pattern pieces minimum charge and a five to ten dollar extra charge per piece after their minimum pattern pieces have been digitized depending on size and complexity of pattern piece to be digitized.

Fifth rule, once your pattern has been entered into a computer system by a digitizer or digitizing service your pattern will not be modified, corrected or change by the digitizer as this will normally be a separate service charge to you and done by a professional pattern designer.

In addition, Apparel pattern piece digitizing is a time consuming process and can be expensive depending on the size of your pattern piece and complexity of your design. You must accurately provide to your pattern digitizer with all the necessary pattern piece information for your particular style or design and your pattern can not modified at the time of the digitizing process unless they
have a professional pattern designer who can assist you with any pattern alterations or corrections and of course, you are willing to pay for that extra service provided by the design house or firm.

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Leading Technical designer, Alejandro Esparza owner of http://www.smartpatternmaking.com has provided for over 22 years, Apparel pattern design services and technical design packages for many top companies of our time in Los Angeles CA USA

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