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Add Pocket Tool

What it Does​

Draws a pocket pattern piece in the size you choose. The bottom edge can be straight or pointed. You can also draw a matching outline on another pattern piece that shows where the pocket goes. This outline is called a placement outline.

Use this when you need a patch pocket, or a pocket shape you can copy and place on a garment.

How to Use​

  1. Activate the tool by selecting the Add Pocket icon
  2. Click in the workspace where the top left corner of the pocket pattern should go. You can click again to move it
  3. Select Continue
  4. Enter the Pocket Width in the unit shown
  5. Enter the Pocket Height in the unit shown
  6. Enter the Center Drop in the unit shown. This is how far the center of the bottom edge hangs below the bottom corners. Leave it at 0 for a straight bottom edge, or enter a number for a pointed bottom
  7. Select Preview to see the pocket. Width and height must both be greater than 0
  8. Change any value and select Preview again until the shape is right

After you preview, you can choose one of two ways to finish.

Save​

  1. Select Save to keep the pocket pattern only

Save & Create Placement​

  1. Select Save & Create Placement. The pocket pattern is kept
  2. Click in the workspace where the placement outline should go. Click on the pattern piece that will hold the pocket. You can click again to move it
  3. Select Continue. The outline is drawn the same size as the pocket and linked to it
  4. Select Save to keep the outline, or Cancel to discard the outline. The pocket pattern stays either way

You can select Cancel before you preview to leave without adding the pocket.

info

The placement outline is linked to the pocket pattern. If you change the pocket, the outline changes with it. The outline is drawn in a different line style so you can tell it from the pocket.

tip

You can type a number or a formula in each size box. See Entering Values.

🧠Memorization

When you memorize a draft, the pocket is remembered along with the width, height and center drop you entered. A placement outline is remembered too.