Work with Pattern Templates
A Pattern Template lets you reuse measurement customizations and piece configuration in other projects. Clab adapts the saved measurement adjustments to the project's anatomical set, while fixed design values retain their saved values.
Pattern Templates are available in enabled workspaces and for supported Pattern Types. The current supported profiles are men's and women's jackets. The templates offered to you also depend on the Pattern Types available in your workspace.
A Pattern Template defines a starting design. A Size Chart Template defines sizes and grading rules; assign it separately when you need grading.
Create a project from a template
On the Dashboard, click + to add a project.
Enter the project name and optional code.
Choose a Template, add any tags, and create the project.
Open the project and review its anatomical set, measurements, piece configuration, and preview.
You can also open Templates from the dashboard and choose Start from this template. Use the Gender and Pattern Type filters to narrow the catalog. Clear Filters returns to the full available list.
The new project starts with the template's configuration and its existing anatomical set. The set's current measurements are used, so changes to that shared set can affect the result. If the original set is no longer available or compatible, the template cannot be used to create the project.
Templates do not include a size chart, grading rules, manual point edits. Configure these separately in the new project.
Save a project as a template
Open a configured project using a supported Pattern Type.
Open the Project Settings toolbar menu and choose Save as template.
Enter a template name.
Optionally select Apply template to this pattern. This applies the saved template to the current project and clears its entered measurement overrides; the anatomical set is kept.
If applying it, you can select Save a version before applying to preserve the previous state.
Confirm the save.
Members, Admins, and Owners can save a new template when the feature is available. Only Admins and Owners can overwrite an existing template with the same name.
Overwriting affects linked projects and saved versions. They will use the updated template adjustments. Choose a new name to keep the existing template unchanged. Overwriting an archived template keeps it archived.
Check the source template
Click the template badge beside the project name to see its name, profile, and original anatomical set and sample size. These describe the saved template's source; the project's current anatomy can be different.
Admins and Owners also have shortcuts to template management and saved measurement adjustments when the feature is available.
Adjust a template-based project
Enter measurements as usual. An entered value takes precedence over the template's adjustment for that measurement. Clearing the entered value restores the template's calculation.
Changing the anatomical set keeps the template linked and recalculates the pattern for the new anatomy. Review the preview after changing either the anatomy or the pattern configuration.
Apply or change a template
Open an editable project and the Project Settings toolbar menu.
Choose Apply template, or Change template if one is already assigned.
Select an available template for the same gender and Pattern Type.
Choose whether to Reset entered measurements and Save a version before applying.
Click Apply template and review the updated measurements and pieces.
Applying replaces the piece and group configuration with the selected template's configuration. Your anatomical set is kept. Entered measurement overrides remain unless you choose to reset them. Existing grading and manual geometry remain, so check that they still suit the new design.
Disconnect a template
Choose Disconnect template from the Project Settings toolbar menu, review the warning, select the confirmation checkbox, and confirm.
The project returns to standard Pattern Type calculations. Its entered measurements, configuration, and grading remain, but calculated values and geometry may change. Saved versions in this project linked to the same template are also disconnected. Other projects and the catalog template are unaffected.
Changing Pattern Type or restarting the project also removes the current template association.
For shared catalog actions, see Manage Pattern Templates.
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