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Seam Allowance

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Allows users to add seam allowances to the contour of a pattern piece. This tool must work on Pieces View, not on Plan View, so users need to set the pieces first.

NOTE

For more information about how to set piece, please refer to Chapter Two Menu [Treatment] Menu section.

Add seam allowance

- Select the desired segment;
- Select tool_image163 tool;
- Click the selected segment, enter value in the dialog box, click [OK].
tool_image164 4. If you want to add same seam allowance value to the rest of the segments, repeat the former steps. It won’t influence the previous seam allowance.

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Edit seam allowance

- Left click to select the segment which you want to edit the seam allowance;
- click [Treatment]-[Item Info] to callout the “Seam Characteristics” box;
- Edit the value and click [OK] button to confirm the modification. > tool_image165_1

How to delete the seam allowance

Delete the single segment’s seam allowance

- Use pointer tool tool_image4 to left click to select the segment which you want to delete its seam allowance.
- Press Backspace(Windows) or Delete(Mac) key to delete the selected segment’s seam allowance.

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Delete multiple segments’s seam allowance on the same piece

As the below picture shows, now need to delete the two segments’s seam allowance which the red arrows point.

seam02 1. Firstly, you need to add seam corner for the point which the green arrows pointed. The detail steps pls refer to the interduce of the Seam Corner tool. 2. Hold down the Shift key, use the pointer tool tool_image4 to left click to select the segments. 3. Press Backspace(Windows) or Delete(Mac) key to delete the selected segment’s seam allowance.

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Delete the whole piece’s seam allowance

- Use pointer tool tool_image4 to box choose the whole piece.
- Press Backspace(Windows) or Delete(Mac) key to delete the selected piece’s seam allownace.

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