Gerber Accumark Pattern Design

[Glendora Starr]

Gerber AccuMark transforms your design, development and marker-making process through an industry-leading suite of software applications combining Gerber AccuMark 2D, Gerber AccuMark 3D and Gerber AccuNest.

With Gerber AccuMark, users can visualize designs, create accurate patterns and optimize their markers while seamlessly sharing data throughout the supply chain. Gerber AccuMark empowers fashion brands to accelerate time to market, improve fit, and maximize material utilization.

Gerber AccuMark 3D streamlines the design and development process through a direct connection between 2D patterns and 3D simulations. Users can visualize their ideas and improve fit with production-ready virtual samples, reducing the number of physical samples that need to be created.

Gerber AccuNest is an automated nesting application designed to save users time and money by automatically generating cost and production markers. Gerber AccuNest is backed by powerful algorithms that drastically accelerate the nesting process while maximizing material utilization and reducing costs.

Gerber AccuMark Made-to-Measure offers advanced automation functionality, from pattern modification through advanced rule-based specifications and order creation. Easily generate patterns with measurements from any source and automatically create markers, maximizing productivity.

Streamlining the CAD-to-cut-room process is a must in order to achieve true efficiency. With Gerber AccuPlan, you can optimize cutting by generating sophisticated spread and cut plans based on fabric rolls and cutting table availability, plan multiple cut work orders together with a powerful production tracker, and track orders from the CAD department through the cutting room with sophisticated digital cut tickets and barcodes.

Gerber MP Plotter stands ready to meet the most challenging workflow demands, allowing you to plot on your own terms. Gerber MP Plotter is equipped with superior technology to maximize throughput. Gerber MP Plotter has QR code support with Gerber AccuMark v.12+ for a seamless process.

Accelerate your product development process with the most widely used 2D and 3D patternmaking and grading solutions on the market. Modaris includes a powerful 3D virtual prototyping technology that makes fitting sessions a breeze. Empower your pattern development teams to make their own fabric estimates on the go with our Modaris-compatible cloud application, Quick Estimate.

Quick Offer by Lectra is a cloud-based, automated fabric consumption estimation and nesting solution that gives brands and retailers the information they need to quickly calculate fabric consumption and make better-informed decisions.

Welcome to the Gerber AccuMark Family software. Gerber AccuMark software is the standard for pattern design, grading and marker making/nesting in the apparel, transportation interiors, furniture and industrial fabrics industries.

There are different Gerber AccuMark software products including Professional and Advanced Edition. The Advanced Edition satisfies the needs of first-time automation users and the Professional Edition for the seasoned CAD user. For more information, please visit www.lectra.com

The installation of Gerber AccuMark Family Products sets administrator privileges for the Users group to Gerber AccuMark data (storage areas), its program directories and registry entries. Setting Permissions allows for non-administrator users to access Gerber data and applications.

This certificate course is designed to help industry professionals such as patternmakers and technical designers learn Gerber Accumark PDS, a computerized pattern design program. The basics of system management, digitizing, plotting, and pattern development are introduced using Gerber Accumark PDS.

FIT's CCPS offers credit and noncredit certificates and courses in fashion, business, design, technology, and marketing, to help you enter into or advance your career in the fashion and related industries. With short programs and flexible schedules, you can learn at a time and pace you can manage and afford.

I run a licensed CAD software & Dropbox keeps trying to sync/upload it. The Gerber Accumark pattern design software began giving me error notifications when I first added Dropbox. I need Dropbox to Ignore this file!

It's not trying to sync the software. It's only trying to sync the shortcut icon on your Desktop because you have the Backup feature enabled, which moved your key folders (in this case, your Desktop) into your Dropbox folder so it can sync.

The new AccuMark 3D version 12.1 lets users virtually visualise a design concept on a 3D model, enabling them to make real-time design iterations, helping to reduce sampling time and integrating the flow of data from design to manufacturing to get new styles to market faster.

In version 12.1, updates made in 2D can also be quickly visualised and tested with tension mapping in 3D to ensure the perfect fit and improve speed in the design process. And pattern makers can see production patterns in the same window as the 3D simulation, which contributes to accuracy of the final product and increases efficiency in the overall product design and development workflow.

Coupling 3D visualisation with 2D patterns ensures the garment can be produced technically correct without additional operations, helping to save brands time and allowing them to deliver high-quality garments in a more sustainable way.

CAD software can be pretty complex. I've been using the same software for about 20 years now, from a company called Gerber Technologies. I do all my pattern design, grading, alterations, and made-to-measure on this platform. Or rather, I did. When I joined Hickey Freeman they were in the process of doing a very significant upgrade of their own CAD software, from a company called Lectra (it's actually former investronica software, but they were bought by Lectra). In a way it was fortunate timing because everybody had to be retrained on the new version they are installing because they jumped four versions. Lots of new functions. But for me, who has never seen this platform before, it's like unlearning how to ride a bike and trying to learn how to do it upside down and backwards. Blindfolded. It has some great functionality built in but it's just killing me trying to learn it in the very short period of time that the trainer is here from Spain. One great thing is that I have it installed on a laptop so I can bring it home and work in my pajamas. I could never do that before so this weekend is all about practicing with this new software.

Would you recommend going CAD for small, 1 man operations (I don't do bespoke, more a RTW/MTM hybrid for men)? Do you have any experience with Grafis or any of the "lower" cost CAD programs (PAD, StyleCAD, etc)? Any thoughts? Do you think I'm too small to make CAD cost-effective (as opposed to drafting by hand, as I do now)? I'm leaning towards Grafis b/c it uses the Rundschau drafting system. Thanks, Jeffery! And, excellent blog. KT.

You can try Grafis for free, AFAIK they give you a few patterns to play with, but you can't print or save them.

I have no personal experience with any of the CAD systems. Most are modular and you can have additional software and special hardware with it.
In any case you would need access to a plotter.

The major CAD systems are expensive- think upwards of $10,000 per license so you have to be doing some serious pattern making to justify it. I don't have any experience with the other systems you mentioned, though a free trial sounds like a good start.

Having used Gerber for 20 years, I ended up worked for a company that had Optitex....I found myself always looking for work arounds on the functions that would replicate the gerber functions I was missing.

I'm working my way backwards through your blog and I just had to stop here and comment on how awesome you are for taking the time to create such quality content on tailoring and technical design.

I myself am working through a shift; I'm going from RTW & sportswear design to tech design for tailored apparel. While I have done my share of flat pattern drafting by hand, am now learning not only Gerber Accumark pattern design but also Accumark MTM. It has been a steep learning curve! I am envious of your ability to work on your laptop from home, too. Our software license cost a pretty penny and is only installed on one machine at the office.

Thanks again for maintaining such a great blog!

Gerber AccuMark is a top of the line professional pattern making software that is used by many fashion companies and large-scale fashion manufacturers all around the world. Although it comes with a hefty price tag, it has aaall the tools and notations you need to make production ready patterns that the factories can understand.

Price: Gerber offers custom pricing for different business sizes and needs. For reference, a Gerber license can set you off $3,900 a year just for the pattern design module. If you want their pattern design and marker making module, that bumps it up to $5,900 a year. They also offer 3-year licenses or a one-time purchase option which can make the price cheaper in the long run.

Similar to Gerber, Lectra Modaris also offers advanced 2D and 3D pattern making solutions tailored for fashion companies and manufacturers. It provides comprehensive software tools for virtual prototyping, pattern grading, efficient marker making, and 3D simulation. Lectra Modaris is widely used in the fashion industry for its precise pattern creation.

Although a few of the comments I saw regarding Lectra is that it used to be the industry leading pattern making software (a decade or so ago) but Gerber has since upped their game and is now considered the top choice for industry use.

CLO is a great 3D visualization and pattern design software that even beginners with ample pattern making knowledge can navigate. It has a user-friendly interface and they offer tons of tutorials on how to use it.

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