Defining Iron Sections

If your are creating a pleat that requires an iron section, for example a Top/Bottom Ironed pleat, you can define iron sections to create the iron line. In the example below, we are going to show you how to create a top iron line in a Knife Pleat dress.

To define an iron location:

  1. Open up your PDS file.

  1. Select your pleat to open the Pleat Properties dialog.

  1. Expand the Pleat 3D View Attributes section.

  2. In the Iron Sections field, click the button with the number. (This number reflects the number of iron lines you defined. In the above example we have defined 1 iron line).

The Iron Sections dialog is displayed and your pattern is marked with an X to display the iron line:

  1. To define another iron line, you have a few different options. Click to expand an option.

ClosedDefine Line for Full Length of Pleat

  1. Click Full Length.

An iron line is added to the entire length of the pleat:

  1. In the Iron Sections dialog, click Add.

ClosedManually Mark on Pleat

  1. Click Mark on Pleat.

The cursor becomes a Pleat marker.

  1. In the pattern, while standing on one of the neighbor lines, click with the mouse, and drag to the location you require for the start of the iron line, then let go.

  2. Repeat the same for the end of the iron line.

The pattern is marked with the iron sections as follows:

  1. In the Iron Sections dialog, click Add.

ClosedManually Enter Start/End Values

  1. In the Start field, enter the value of where the iron line should start either in a value (CM) or in a percentage. For example, enter 0%

  2. In the End field enter the value of where the iron line should end in a value (CM) or in a percentage. For example, enter 50%.

The iron line is marked on the pattern as follows:

  1. In the Iron Sections dialog, click Add.

  1. When you are done, click Ok.

  2. Click Cancel if you do not want to save changes.