Answers
Straight answers to the questions brands ask before their first production run. Written in French first, because that is where the questions are asked.
What a tech pack costs in France
A French freelance pattern maker charges roughly €159 to €594 per garment depending on the piece, or about €116 for the tech pack alone. Here, a production pattern starts at $29 and the factory spec sheet is a $10 add-on.
ReadA DXF a factory can actually cut: what the plant checks
A factory opens your DXF and looks at four things: closed pieces, notches that correspond, a grainline on every piece, and a piece name with a cut quantity. A DXF exported from a general drawing tool opens and carries none of that.
ReadMaking a flat sketch from a photograph
A flat sketch is a line drawing, front and back, laid flat with no body in it, showing seams, topstitching and closures. You can get one from a photograph of the garment, and it is the normal starting point for a tech pack.
ReadTechpacker alternatives: what comes after the tech pack?
It depends on what you need after the tech pack. To keep authoring tech packs and managing product data, Techpacker's own plans or another PLM fit. If what stalls you is the pattern, the cutting file the factory imports, the alternative is a pattern service: here a professional pattern maker cuts the DXF from $29.
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