PDF → DXF AAMA / €15 per file
Upload the PDF you would send to the copy shop. We trace every pattern piece — cut line, sew line, grain line, notches — and give you a DXF AAMA file that opens as real pieces in CLO3D, AccuMark, Optitex, Lectra or Valentina.
No software to install and no account needed until you buy. Most patterns are traced in a few seconds.
Drop the pattern file — an A0 copy-shop sheet, a large-format plot or print-at-home A4 / Letter tiles. Up to 60 MB.
IN · .PDF (VECTOR)
Every detected piece drawn to scale, with its size, seam allowance, grain line and notch count. Multi-size pattern? Pick your size.
FREE · NO ACCOUNT NEEDED
Pay €15, download the .dxf and import it into your CAD or 3D tool. It stays in your account for re-download.
OUT · .DXF (AAMA)
A plain DXF is just lines. A DXF AAMA file groups them into pattern pieces and puts each kind of information on its own numbered layer, so your CAD knows which line is the cut, which is the seam and which way the grain runs. Hover or tap a layer to see it on the piece.
Digital sewing patterns are vector drawings. That is what we read — so the DXF has the designer’s exact lines, not a traced scan.
The big sheets you send to a print shop — all pieces nested on one or a few A0 pages.
Plotter-width files (36″ / 91 cm rolls, projector files) with every piece on one long page.
A4 or US Letter pages with overlap margins and alignment marks — we stitch the tiles back together.
Nested size lines in one file? Pick your size on the preview and we extract just those outlines.
Not yetScanned or photographed paper patterns (image-only PDFs). The preview tells you straight away if a file can’t be read — before you pay anything.
Pattern to sample
Import the DXF into CLO3D or VStitcher to fit the garment on an avatar before cutting cloth, grade and nest markers in AccuMark or Optitex, or adjust the draft in Valentina. Pieces keep their names, grain lines and notches — so sewing them together in 3D starts where the PDF left off.
Convert a patternUpload and preview as many PDFs as you like. You pay only for the files you download — and only once you’ve seen that every piece was found.
DXF AAMA · per pattern file
€15
One-time payment
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DXF AAMA is the apparel-industry flavour of the DXF format, defined by the American Apparel & Footwear Association. Each pattern piece is stored as a block with its cut line, sew line, grain line, notches, internal lines and text (piece name, size, quantity) on standard layers, so pattern CAD and 3D software can import it as real pattern pieces instead of loose lines.
Any software that imports DXF AAMA: CLO3D and Marvelous Designer, Browzwear VStitcher, Gerber AccuMark, Optitex, Lectra Modaris, Tukatech, Valentina / Seamly2D and most other apparel CAD systems.
Vector PDFs, which is how almost every digital sewing pattern is sold: A0 / copy-shop sheets, large-format single sheets and print-at-home A4 or US Letter tiles. Multi-size patterns are supported: you pick the size and we extract only those lines. Scanned paper patterns (photos or image-only PDFs) are not supported yet.
No. Upload is free and you get a preview of every detected piece with its size, seam allowance, grain line and notches. You only pay €15 when the preview looks right, and you can switch sizes for free before or after paying.
Yes. Coordinates are taken from the vector drawing in millimetres, so pieces come out at 1:1 — there is no printer scaling involved. As with any pattern, measure a known piece after import before you cut.
Write to us with the program and version. We will fix the file or refund the €15 — see the refund policy.
Yes. Your PDF is stored only to run the conversion, is never shared or used to train anything, and is deleted after 30 days. If you buy the DXF, we keep the converted file in your account so you can download it again.
Only upload patterns you own or have the right to use. Converting a pattern you bought for your own sewing or sampling is usually covered by the designer's personal-use licence; redistributing or reselling the converted file is not. When in doubt, ask the designer.
We keep what the pattern contains. If the PDF has both a cut line and a sew line, both go into the DXF (layers 1 and 14). If the pattern has no seam allowance, the outline is exported as the boundary and you add allowance in your CAD.
Usually a few seconds. Large A0 files with many sizes can take up to a minute or two.
Free preview · €15 to download