How to Print Your Pattern | CLO 3D Design Tutorial

In this video, one of our designers shares how to generate printable files with CLO. This will help you to translate your 3D garments back into real life through printing out your pattern pieces in their original size.
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[@matteoguillot8439]

Please set up something to re size it into A4 format 😢 it’s super time consuming to re scale every pattern.. No one has a plotter at home :(

[@CLO3D]

Hi Matteo. You can already resize to A4 in CLO. When you are in Print Layout Mode and Click on the 2D Snapshot a pop up will open. On the Left side of the pop up is size. The first option down is Preset, if you click on the drop down menu you can change from 1:1 to A4 as well as several other standard home printer paper sizes. :)

[@tiktokvideos1293]

@@CLO3D2d snapshot It cannot be clicked😢 Whay

[@patrickbingham9348]

Can you show how to export to pdf with grade sizes nested/stacked? This would make printing pattern sizes so much easier.

[@CLO3D]

currently this is not possible other than creating a Screenshot/Print Screen

[@polkunus]

@@CLO3D thats really dumb

[@MISTER.LUKE.]

Thanks for the video, so can i Print my patterns with a4 paper format?

[@CLO3D]

That would relate to the driver for the printer you are using. Most printers have the option to tile the printouts, but this is not something that can be set up in CLO.

[@CLO3D]

see the previous response.

[@sisiraalwis316]

Nesting tools not visible in print layout window how do i activate them?pls. Help

[@CLO3D]

Hi. When you go into Print Layout you should see the tools appear automatically in the upper right corner of the window. If that is not the case and you need to add visuals please post to our Community Forums or Official Discord channel

[@saint1yusuf]

hello, i did exactly the same what you showed but there are borders on the printed a4 papers. and as you can accept it's not good... when i want to make papers stick with adhesive tape pattern will be wrong because of the margins between papers. you can say that i can crop that margins with a scissors but it's not gonna 100% perfect cutted... can you please help me about this issue. i do everything alright but when i get the print it's so awful. and as i searched about, there is no feature about printing posters without borders.

[@CLO3D]

Hi. Most printers cannot print all the way to the edge and this is something you will need to work through. You can look into Table Paper cutters which will be more accurate or bring the patterns first into Ai or Ps and add cutting borders, but for most home printers you will need to get creative. Otherwise you can look into anyshops in your local area that may have large scale printers for printing

[@griselmedinacapitao5878]

Hi, i have 3 sizes to print in the same marker but how can i put a label size in each pattern? it is troubling me that i have a very long marker and i have literally to label each pattern size myself, this is bad when i have multiple combination sizes for several markers for production, please can you help me?

[@CLO3D]

This is a feature we hope to add to a future CLO release :)

[@pipcooper7034]

This was really helpful, but my PDF is like 333MB. How can I reduce this file size? Most printers max is 100mb

[@CLO3D]

It may be helpful to take it into another program or use a converter to shrink the file size

[@Imannzack1404]

when i save, why my pattern name like running out from pattern, is there any way to do, to make the pattern name fix inside pattern after we export, hope you can help me

[@CLO3D]

Hello. Currently there is not a way to change the size of the pattern name. We have had a number of requests about this and are looking into options. Thank you for reaching out.

[@Imannzack1404]

@@CLO3D okey noted!! Thanks for the info! Btw hope you”ll can fix this problem! One more when we export sometimes the name of the pattern will disappear from pattern, hope this problem will be solved too in the future!! Tq🙏

[@CLO3D]

@@Imannzack1404 We appreciate the input.

[@AlisonCallaway]

I am printing pattern pieces on a Kornit Fabric printer and need the image on the pattern pc to extend to the edge of the seam allowance, how do I do that in Clo3D? Right now my seam allowances are printing white which makes it extremely difficult to sew and not show the white of the seam allowance if the sewing is not perfect.

[@CLO3D]

Hi CLO can export for PLT machines, but not for fabric machines. So depending on how you are exporting you may need to edit the layout in a program like Ai or Ps to change the line colors

[@tuanminhtruong9218]

How to show an outline frame and length of the marker when i export PLT

[@CLO3D]

Hi There. When exporting a PLT file you can show additional information by selecting them in the Export Plotter pop-up. Under Show Add'l Information make sure that 2D measurement is check on

[@tuanminhtruong9218]

@@CLO3D i already check on all Add Information, but it still not show the outline frames

[@CLO3D]

@@tuanminhtruong9218 For further help for this type of issue we recommend posting to our Community Forums or Official Discord channel. This way you can show images

[@griselmedinacapitao5878]

i have the exact same problem. how do you solve it? and how do you label sizes in the print layout?

[@CLO3D]

@@griselmedinacapitao5878 currently you cannot label each one individually. But this is a feature we hope to add soon :)

[@paulberges8705]

Hi i am new to clo and have a question, if the models in clo3D are all the same size, when i design a pattern and print it how will it fit me if i am not the same dimensions as the clo models? Please help

[@CLO3D]

You can edit the avatar sizes. Take a look at more videos on the youtube about the Avatar Editor :)

[@catherinefritsch3397]

For some reason it's saving a lot of white space with the PDF (it's basically double width) and I'm not sure why that is happening...

[@CLO3D]

Hi. It may be more helpful to post to our Official Discord channel so you can also share images of export settings and what the PDF looks like. This was our 3D team which monitors the chat can better assist

[@catherinefritsch3397]

I figured it out! Lol I was custom setting the paper size in snapshot instead of using the 1:1.

[@adaoraokoye5333]

I selected the patterns that I wanted printed however, when I hit export, it exports every pattern that I’ve created instead of the few that I chose what do I do?

[@CLO3D]

Currently you can only print everything. So if you only want to export a selected few pattern pieces you will need to delete the extra pieces. Ideally do a Save As first so you have just a print version

[@krelyn]

I would like to print a pattern from clo, i exported into pdf then printed it, but i got just one page, how can i set the printing sitting to get all pages printed in a continuous way ?

[@CLO3D]

Once exported you need to change the printer settings. The narrator covers this at the 7 min mark

[@krelyn]

Thank you, it works @@CLO3D

[@caglapamay934]

I don’t have the seam allowance icon how can I get it?

[@CLO3D]

If you have your Tools Hidden it will be underneath a different tool. You can click and hold on tools to reveal hidden ones

[@thatssewrochelle]

❤thank you

[@ashrafulalam2722]

❤️

[@CLO3D]

😊

[@nagihaen]

Thank you so much 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@CLO3D]

You are so welcome

[@sadisticmeasure]

how can i add topstich lines for printing?

[@CLO3D]

You can add either Base Lines or Internal Lines to mark out stitching. Either of these can be exported with your patterns

[@sadisticmeasure]

@@CLO3D The distance between the dotted lines created using base lines are too narrow....and internal lines look like straight lines..is there a way to make the dotted lines look just like the stitch lines on clo3d?

[@CLO3D]

Currently no. You would need to go into another program like Ai or Ps and edit the patterns