Pattern Digitising For Footwear & Leather
Keeping One Step Ahead in Digitising Footwear Patterns
Whether they are mass-produced or custom made orthopaedic shoes, they have one thing in common: They comprise of a multitude of small intricate patterns that have fine curves, nothces and several internal features such as drill holes and internal lines which serve for functional and decorative purposes.
Precision
Due to the size of patterns and the nature of materials used in footwear and leather goods industries, precision is the primary criteria in the digitising process.
For this reason, iDigit’s General Dxf and SVG formats provides excellent curve smoothnes as it exports the patterns as lines and arcs instead of polylines.
Speed
Additional features such as serial naming, automatic pair creation and insertion of custom internal shapes such as zigzags speed of the digitising process in iDigit.
Accurate cutting
iDigit’s high definition vectorised elements such as splines, circles and arcs make it possible to create even sub-millimetric curves without compromising on smoothness.
Thanks to these features of iDigit, the patterns cut on a cutting machine, whether it’s a sole, lining or upper pattern come out with perfectly smooth contours.
In addition to the cut data, text labels and mark up lines are also included in the DXF exported from iDigit in customisable layers.
Sample Installations
iDigit Lite | Footwear
Germany
Our client in Germany has customised this iDigit Lite system by constructing their own stand. It had greatly improved the efficiency in their digitising process of bespoke orthopaedic shoes patterns.
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iDigit Lite | Footwear
United Kingdom
This 90x60 cm iDigit Lite board is lightweight and small enough to be carried around and it can be laid on a table, floor or even leaned against a wall.
iDigit Lite | Gloves
United Kingdom
This mini iDigit Lite board is designed to digitise very small patterns, typically smaller than an A4 paper. Alternatively, they can be scanned in a normal office scanner and digitised in iDigit using the scanner mode.
iDigit Lite | Footwear
United Kingdom
Using the standard 150x120 cm iDigit Lite board allows fitting many patterns together, whilst maintaining the necessary accuracy. The wall mounted magnetic iDigit board saves space.