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Pattern assistance and controlled editing

The Pattern Assistant helps you find the right starting Pattern and interpret design intent. Pattern changes are applied by fixed rules, and you review the before-and-after preview, the measurements that change and any validation before accepting anything.

  • Private Pattern/Block library search, with every match explained
  • DXF import, and PatternScan paper capture via a PatternScan Digital Import Mat
  • Assisted interpretation of a brief and selected references
  • Around 25 Pattern changes can be previewed and applied
  • Before-and-after view, with the measurements that change
  • Validation and a manual-review checklist
  • When you accept, a new Pattern Version is saved
  • Change history stored with the Pattern Version

PatternScan is the path for bringing existing physical paper Patterns and Blocks into the digital workflow. Using a PatternScan Digital Import Mat, it proposes vector outlines from a photograph which you review and approve before they enter the library — it does not create arbitrary new Patterns from scratch. See PatternScan for the step-by-step capture process.

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Fashion studio interior with garments on racks, worktables and makers at machines
Designer reviewing garment line drawings on a tablet beside fabric swatches

Visual Style development

Maintain visual design context connected to technical development. The Digital Style Board links sketches, reference imagery, and material selections to the Style record. Style imagery is stored securely and stays attached to every version that follows.

  • Digital Style Board with sketches and references
  • Style records with revision history
  • Secure Style imagery
  • Preliminary material selections linked to the Style

Sampling and refinement

Track physical iterations without losing context. Sample Requests and Sample Reviews collect structured feedback. Each review creates a clear revision link back to the Pattern Version, so you always know what changed and why.

  • Sample Requests linked to Pattern versions
  • Sample Reviews with structured feedback
  • Revision links connecting feedback to changes
  • Sample and production-readiness status
Designer draping a toile on a dress form in a studio workroom

Inside the app

What the workspace actually looks like

Screens from the app, with representative demo data. For a wider comparison against other fashion software, see the feature matrix and the 2026 Fashion Software Buyer's Guide.

Designers reviewing fabric swatches at a studio table

Materials and sourcing

Organise reusable Fabric and Trims libraries. Connect multiple Supplier sources and capture imagery and technical specifications. Every material choice is tied to the Style record.

  • Fabric and Haberdashery Library
  • Multiple Supplier sources
  • Style Fabric and Trim selections
  • Imagery and technical specifications

Product costing and margin

Product Costing comes after materials and BOM in the same workflow. Because the Style already holds its fabric, trim and supplier data, costing draws its inputs from the same record rather than starting again in a separate spreadsheet.

  • Fabric and trim cost inputs from the Style BOM
  • Labour, maker and CMT inputs
  • Packaging, sampling, freight and duty / landed-cost inputs
  • Unit cost and target cost
  • Wholesale and retail pricing
  • Markup and margin
  • Costing scenarios, including working backwards from a target price

Costing results stay in the workspace as the source your studio reviews before anything is shared or sent on.

The Fabric and Haberdashery library in designroom.express, showing fabric swatches with their composition, width, weight and colour

Manufacturing preparation

Build technical and manufacturing information from the approved Style Revision. Tech Packs carry cover, technical flats, construction, materials/BOM, colourways, points of measure, care and revision notes. A Production Pack collects everything the maker needs — measurements, patterns in SVG and DXF, and a print-ready PDF — with a validation report. Manufacturing Documents are issued as fixed records you can trace, and a Factory Release is locked when you release it.

  • Structured Tech Pack
  • Bill of materials
  • Production Packs (ZIP export)
  • Manufacturing Documents (fixed issued records you can trace)
  • Factory Releases (locked at release)
Designers reviewing pattern documents and fabric at a studio work table
Designer working with garment drawings on a tablet at a studio desk

Studio workflow, planning and rostering

Coordinate makers, Suppliers, and Factory Releases from one place. Planning and capacity tools show what is waiting, blocked, or ready. Each account's work stays separate.

Planning covers the collection, Style, milestones, dependencies and work requirements — what needs to happen, and in what order. Rostering is the people layer that extends Planning: who is available, who is scheduled, roster requests and changes, shifts and personal schedules. Rostering is about who is where and when — it is not payroll.

  • Maker and Supplier workflows
  • Planning: collection, Style, milestone, dependency and work requirements
  • Rostering: Studio Week, availability, work patterns and roster proposals
  • Shifts, roster requests and personal schedules
  • Factory Releases and workflow status
  • Studio roles, with each account's work kept separate

Keep the whole range connected — and every change in your hands.

It supports the way you already work, alongside the pattern maker.