ShapeYourPattern: Free vs Pro
From home sewists drafting for themselves to professional fashion studios, ateliers, and apparel pattern makers: discover which tier suits your workflow.
Free Tier
Everything you need to draft custom made-to-measure patterns and print on a standard home printer.
- All standard & FreeSewing designs
- Custom body measurements
- Realtime 2D vector preview
- Tiled A4 home-printer PDF
- Uniform seam allowance offset
ShapeYourPattern Pro
Full production suite featuring wide plotter PDF, CAD export, marker optimization, grading and tech packs.
- A0 & Plotter PDF: Single wide-format sheet
- DXF (CAD) Export: Optitex, Gerber, Lectra, Clo3D
- Marker Optimization: Automatic layout & fabric savings
- Grading & Linings: Multi-size runs & smart linings
- Tech Pack Builder: Workshop PDF & DOCX tech packs
- Cloud Profiles: Sync client measurement sets
Detailed Feature Comparison
Complete breakdown of tools and capabilities by plan:
Why Upgrade to Pro?
1. No More Taping Pages: Wide-Format A0 Plotter
Taping dozens of printed A4 sheets together is slow, tedious, and risks dimensional drift. Pro exports monolithic wide-format sheets (A0, A1, A2, A3) ready for any local copy shop or roll plotter with zero assembly.
2. Industry CAD Ecosystem (DXF Export)
Export clean DXF geometry directly compatible with Gerber, Lectra, Optitex, Clo3D, Marvelous Designer, and standard CAD software, preserving notches, seam allowances, and grainlines.
3. Marker Layout & Fabric Optimization
Pick your roll width (e.g. 140 cm, 150 cm). The layout engine packs all pattern pieces along the straight grain, calculating linear consumption and fabric utilization to minimize expensive textile waste.
4. Multi-Size Grading & Smart Linings
Generate nested sizing runs across standard size ladders with a single click. In addition, derive true lining pattern pieces featuring movement pleats and proper seam clearances automatically from the shell.
5. Production-Ready Tech Packs
Export comprehensive PDF and DOCX technical specification sheets containing CAD illustrations, piece lists, grading tables, and sewing operation sequences for manufacturing ateliers.