===== Pleat =====

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> Allow users to develop a pleat on a piece.

==== Develop a pleat ====

>   - Activate the piece;
>   - Select {{en:pattern:tool:tool_image131.png|tool_image131}} tool;
>   - Click the first reference point (A), then click the second reference point (B), click the fixed part of the piece;
>   - The dialog box appears, select pleat type, enter values, and click the punch holes and notches (if necessary), then click [OK] button. > {{en:pattern:tool:tool_image132.png|tool_image132}}

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==== Develop mutliple pleats in one step ====

>   - Add points to segments (Segment e & Segment f), for example, if you want to develop 7 pleats, then add 7 points on each segment;
>   - Select all new-added points, then select {{en:pattern:tool:tool_image131.png|tool_image131}} tool;
>   - Click a point (E.g. Point E) on Segment e, then click corresponding Point F on segment f; > #### NOTE > The click point is fixed point, the pleats will develop according to it.
>   - The dialog box appears, select pleat type, enter values, and click the punch holes and notches (if necessary), then click [OK] button.

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> {{en:pattern:tool:tool_image133_1.png|tool_image133_1}} > #### NOTE > Allow value 0 in the Width of Side A but not in the Width of Side B. So if develop a pleat with one side of value 0, note the order of clicking: first click is Pleat A, and second click is Pleat B.