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Contour

German:
Kontur

The contour is the outline of a pattern piece, meaning the line you cut along.

In the file

PatternScan Pro detects the contour and stores it as one closed curve. Everything else, grainline, dart legs, labelling, sits separately from it rather than being part of the same line.

Also known as
outline, cutting line
Made-to-measure sewing pattern with tailoring tools

Digitize sewing patterns without tracing.

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