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Tolerance

German:
Toleranz

Tolerance is the deviation between a target measurement and the actual one that is still acceptable for the job at hand.

In the file

How accurate a digitization turns out depends on the photo, the surface and where the reference tiles sit. That is why measuring a known distance on your own pattern belongs to the workflow. If it is off, the scale correction in the editor brings the piece back to the measured value.

Made-to-measure paper pattern on an atelier table with a dress form

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