PatternScan Pro is a pattern digitizing app: photograph your paper sewing pattern and get a true-to-scale digital version with automatically detected contours. No scanner, no digitizing table, no special hardware.
Built for pattern work instead of production floors: the precision comes from camera calibration and the printed Reference Tiles, not from hardware.
Digitizing tables and large-format scanners are industrial tools with industrial prices, built for production floors. A pattern digitizing app uses the camera you already own. The printed Reference Tiles and camera calibration do the precision work that hardware would otherwise do.
Already know where your pattern needs to go? Jump straight to your workflow: SVG for vector programs, DXF for CAD or PACX for CLO3D.
PatternScan Pro handles distortion correction, scaling and contour detection automatically. Go straight from photo to usable digital pattern.
Lay your cut-out pattern piece on a dark surface, place the four Reference Tiles around it and photograph it from above. Our photography guide shows the ideal photo.
PatternScan Pro corrects the perspective and detects the contours automatically. You review the result in the editor, measure lengths and adjust curves where needed.
Choose SVG, DXF or PACX at export, depending on where you keep working. Every export is true to scale in millimeters.
Try the three steps with your own pattern.
PatternScan Pro runs in your browser, with a companion app for capturing. Photograph with your phone, edit and export on the big screen.
The four printed Reference Tiles around your pattern tell the app exactly how large everything is. PatternScan Pro also corrects the distortion of your camera lens. Together this is what makes photo-based digitizing precise enough for real pattern work. You can verify it yourself: measure a known length after importing.
More on the tiles in our reference guide.
Which phone do I need?
A current smartphone camera is enough. PatternScan Pro Mobile is available for iPhone and Android. On the desktop you can upload photos from any camera together with a calibration profile.
Guide: Creating a Calibration Profile
Learn how to create accurate calibration profiles
Guide: Print and Use Reference
Learn how to use the reference correctly
Guide: How to Photograph Your Pattern
Complete step-by-step instructions
Which formats does the app export?
SVG, PNG, DXF (R2013) and PACX for CLO3D. You choose the format at export, from the same digitized pattern.
Guide: Creating a Calibration Profile
Learn how to create accurate calibration profiles
Guide: Print and Use Reference
Learn how to use the reference correctly
Guide: How to Photograph Your Pattern
Complete step-by-step instructions
Do I need special hardware?
No. A smartphone camera and a normal printer for the Reference Tiles are enough. There is no scanner, no plotter and no special equipment involved.
Guide: Creating a Calibration Profile
Learn how to create accurate calibration profiles
Guide: Print and Use Reference
Learn how to use the reference correctly
Guide: How to Photograph Your Pattern
Complete step-by-step instructions
Does the pattern have to be cut out?
For automatic detection, yes. The app detects free-standing contours, so cut your pattern along its lines before photographing. Alternatively you can draw the contour manually in the editor, for example on an uncut multi-size sheet. PatternScan Pro still handles calibration, distortion correction and the transfer into any software.
Guide: Creating a Calibration Profile
Learn how to create accurate calibration profiles
Guide: Print and Use Reference
Learn how to use the reference correctly
Guide: How to Photograph Your Pattern
Complete step-by-step instructions
What does it cost?
Plans start at 9 euros per month, or 6 euros per month on the yearly plan. Every plan begins with a free 14-day trial with the full feature set.
Guide: Creating a Calibration Profile
Learn how to create accurate calibration profiles
Guide: Print and Use Reference
Learn how to use the reference correctly
Guide: How to Photograph Your Pattern
Complete step-by-step instructions
Have more questions? Feel free to contact us.
Use your digitized patterns for whatever comes next: grading, CAD, 3D simulation, projecting, or your archive.
Digitize sewing patterns without tracing.
Test PatternScan Pro free for 14 days with the full feature set. You need your smartphone, a printer and one pattern you always wanted digital.
Photograph your paper pattern and get an automatically scaled digital version with PatternScan Pro.
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