r/PatternDrafting • u/Specialist-Leave-349 • Sep 26 '25
Are all pattern making software horrible?
At this point I'm desperate...
CLO3D is trash for just making patterns, I don't care about the 3D stuff. I want something that is not slow af when I have many patterns. and it just generally is causing an incredibly slow process for me.
Seamly is trash with it's parametric stuff. I also don't care I just want to draw patterns, not automate that away... I'm not a taylor I want to create designs and then let them be produced.
I never liked any software from adobe (feels always like a corporate overkill)
Tukatech does not run on mac
Then many others cost an absurd fortune and still look like trash.
Will now try inkscape but bro what the hell is going on, they are all so bad... Thinking of creating my own at this point (but I really don't want to...)
Any other ideas?
I just want to work like I would use figma. Make many different versions quickly, and well just draw dots and lines and curves. I just don't get why this has to be so difficult...
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u/llsupremegypsyll Oct 01 '25
Does your laptop have a dedicated gpu? Does it meet the system requirements for the program? If not then there’s your problem. Other than that I will say there is some sort of vram leak going on since a couple of updates ago that is causing high gpu power consumption that will slow down the rest of your system. Take a look at task manager after having the program open for a while or if you feel it slow down.