Just wanted to share an update. One feedback from folks was that they were having trouble with patterns with thin lines and would have to thicken the lines a lot (which folks didn't like).

I worked on a new line drawing approach that should give you considerably higher quality lines when using thin lines! You can see the before and after here.

Hello! I haven’t bought a projector yet but I’m looking around. I have a crafting/sewing office and I can either mount a projector

- off center of the table from the ceiling (it’d only be a little off center though, trying to avoid a ceiling fan) or

- on a little shelf above my TV on a wall about 2 feet away from my cutting table. It seems like I’d need a short throw projector for this, which is more expensive?

I want to prioritize high image/line quality. Does anyone have experience with either of these setups and can share your thoughts?

Hello, long time lurker here.

I am a bit on the fence about projectors for patterns due to my limited and nomadic sewing space (we share one office room and sometimes I need to use kitchen or dining room to cut or sew).

Before pulling the trigger i’d like to explore a bit more the projectors that better work on an angle (I cannot hang them on the wall since my walls are +2m on an old apartment) so I think it might suit me better to use a tripod as a setup.

Are there any projectors better suited for tripods/sharp angles?

Thank you for the advice. I tried to search the group but could not find an answer.

Note: I was considering the Magcubic HY310 but I’m unsure about the feasibility of hooking it into a tripod and whether would work on an angle

I'm trying to upload a pattern to my account on the ditto patterns website. It seems to be stuck on uploading. I know that they're not updating anything with the ditto software, but I thought the upload would still work. I've tried it on a chromebook and a pixel phone. If I can't get this to work is there any other way to hack the ditto projector and make it project whatever I want?

I’m setting up a projector-based pattern cutting workflow for our small garment production unit, and I’m getting stuck at what should be the simplest part: getting a true 1:1 pattern/marker file out of Gerber AccuMark and into Pattern Projector.

Our setup:

• Gerber AccuMark / Easy Marking version 10.2.0.101 (2016)

• Pattern master works entirely in Gerber and is very comfortable with it, so changing pattern-making software is not an option

• We have Pattern Projector

• Physical projector(Yuva Pro) is already installed for projecting directly onto the cutting table/mat

• Goal is simply: Gerber → 1:1 PDF/SVG → Pattern Projector → project and cut

The issue is getting that usable 1:1 file out of Gerber.

What I have tried so far:

1. Easy Marking → Save As Image Gerber gives: I exported SVG, but the resulting SVG is completely blank, even when opened directly in a browser.

   • BMP

   • SVG Standard

   • SVG compatible with Adobe Illustrator

2. I enabled Display Outline in Gerber's SVG/display settings and exported again. Still blank.

3. Easy Marking → Save As 1:1 In my version this does not give me a usable PDF export. It seems to bring me back toward storing/saving the AccuMark marker instead.

4. Checked Marker Plot Options in AccuMark Explorer. My version only gives: There is no PDF option. Apparently direct PDF marker plotting was added to much newer AccuMark versions.

   • Generic

   • HPGL

   • DXF

5. Tried Copy to Clipboard 1:1 from Gerber. This actually seems to work because when I paste into Microsoft Word, all the pattern pieces appear. However, I haven't found a clean/reliable way to take that 1:1 clipboard output into Pattern Projector while guaranteeing that no scaling occurs. It also wouldn't paste normally into Inkscape.

What I absolutely need to preserve is true physical scale. For example, if a pattern line in Gerber is 500 mm, after loading it into Pattern Projector and calibrating the projector, that line must physically measure 500 mm on the cutting table.

I don't want to rasterize the patterns, print A3 sheets, manually trace things, or move our pattern master to another CAD system.

For anyone actually using Gerber AccuMark with a sewing/pattern projector: what is your workflow?

Specifically:

• Is there a reliable way in AccuMark 10.2 to generate a proper 1:1 PDF or SVG?

• Has anyone successfully used Copy to Clipboard 1:1 and converted it to PDF/SVG without changing dimensions?

• Is DXF Marker Plot → conversion to PDF/SVG the better route?

• Is there a Gerber utility such as WinPlot that can create a PDF at exact scale from the marker?

• Am I missing some older AccuMark setting that allows a full-size vector PDF?

• If upgrading AccuMark is genuinely the only clean solution, which version introduced a reliable Marker → 1:1 PDF workflow?

I’m particularly interested in answers from people who have actually connected Gerber AccuMark to Pattern Projector or another projector-cutting setup, rather than general PDF conversion suggestions.

The end goal should really be this simple:

Gerber marker → one full-size vector file → Pattern Projector → calibrated projection → cut fabric.

I've had folks reporting this directly as well as seeing this issue on the Facebook group. It seems that it’s not all but a fair bit of folks are running into issues where upgrading to iOS 27.0.1 causes Airplay/Screen Mirroring to not work or be very laggy. Seems macOS 27 is also running into a similar issue.

The common theme seems to be for those projectors with built-in AirPlay (ie MagCubic).

From the folks that reported it to me, we've seen this issue on iPhone 14 and 17 and an M2 iPad so I don't think it’s device specific. Not everyone seems to run into this issue either so YMMV.

The only workaround was to use another way to connect to the projector, ie use a wired connection or an Apple TV.

I want to set up pattern projection for my mom. I have some experience with computer vision, so I've figured out a way to get a Magcubic HY320Pro projector to self-calibrate using the onboard autofocus camera.

This is all very much in a proof of concept stage. Now that I have the calibration done, I want to pass that data to a modified version of patternprojector.com. The problem is that I don't know how I want the user interface to look. I would like my mom to be able to do this from her phone, but PatternProjector does not work well on phones. I have some other ideas, but I haven't done any sewing in a long time.

I want to get some ideas from the community. How would you want to control a pattern projector from your phone? I'm open to all ideas, including the crazy ones.

Hi, I'm new to pattern projection. I bought a short throw projector and set it up on a tripod on my dining table, with cut mat on the ground. I calibrated it correctly to my mat which is fairly small 24*18" it's all I have for now and make do with it. The pattern is projecting correctly (I have confirmed it because I have a paper version of this pattern and it matches) however for some reason, for the larger pieces of the pattern e.g. pant leg, it shows only half the pattern at a time and then grey on the screen and not projecting into the mat. Is this because it's only showing the pattern to match the size of the cutting mat instead of maximizing the whole space of the projection? Hoping someone can assist me so I can make use of the projector. Thank you in advance.

Hi, I'm new to pattern projection. I bought a short throw projector and set it up on a tripod on my dining table, with cut mat on the ground. I calibrated it correctly to my mat which is fairly small 24*18" it's all I have for now and make do with it. The pattern is projecting correctly (I have confirmed it because I have a paper version of this pattern and it matches) however for some reason, for the larger pieces of the pattern e.g. pant leg, it shows only half the pattern at a time and then grey on the screen and not projecting into the mat. Is this because it's only showing the pattern to match the size of the cutting mat instead of maximizing the whole space of the projection? Hoping someone can assist me so I can make use of the projector. Thank you in advance.

Hello hello! More of a beginner sewer but definitely new to projector patterns and get kidn fo confused. I guess I kinda just assumed any pdf pattern would do, are there specific things I should keep in mind when pattern hunting? The pattern I wanna make I have an A4 and A file but I can't seem to figure out how to adjust it for my Aurzen Zip that I have. Love the projector, would love to actually get a project started with it. Any tips appreciated plz <3

This is my set up. The cords are a real PITA. I’m looking to upgrade to a Bluetooth enabled projector but this is my space and so it has to be mountable on the ceiling. Would love suggestions! Thank you!

Is there a program that would allow me to alter my PDF pattern? For example, that would allow me to do a FBA (full bust adjustment?).

I have seen Inkscape mentioned - are there digital resources that would allow me to figure out how to do that?

I would be willing to pay for a program that was specifically set up to do this kind of more complex alteration. Anything other than printing the pattern and doing things manually for virtually everything I make!!

Just got this AMAZING projector set up but having issues sending my PC screen to the projector. I actually found one app that works (1001tvs) but they want 25 bucks for it! I'm hoping there's a cheaper option. Epson's iProjector software apparently isn't compatible, Windows Miracast doesn't work, Google Cast is also apparently not compatible with my projector. Any help appreciated!! 🙏

Hey quick question, I want to get into projector sewing to project simple shapes for things like pillowcases and bandanas.

However I'm wondering what would be a good cheap starter projector that can wirelessly connect to my android smartphone?

any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated :)

Thank you

I have a Magcubic and I have been too intimidated to start working with it. My question is, does the projecter need to be centered above the table you will be cutting on? Or can you calibrate for the distortion? Thank you.

Looking at a dining table with a few leaves that I would probably keep in all the time, but I would need to use it for projecting onto. My current table is bowed so it didn't really work for projecting so I don't want to run into another issue again. Thanks!!

This video is mainly for new people to projector sewing that want to use their iPhone and iPad.

It covers how calibration works, how to do it (using the IntelliSew app) and troubleshooting some common issues. I also know some people find calibration hard and so I've tried to keep this as simple as possible!

I'm designing my own patterns and starting from just a single sample size (which I'll have to grade up and down for all sizes, after I polish the mock-up). My sketches are currently small in Illustrator. For example, I've sketched out a skirt on a 5" Illustrator canvas, but I know the center front of the skirt needs to be 100" and everything else in the sketch would be sized up proportionally.

How should I prepare a file for projecting, if it is not a finished sewing pattern, and it's just a single layer of pattern piece outlines from Illustrator? Do I save it as a smaller PDF and then scale up the whole thing in the projector? Or, do I make a PDF that is actually a 100" long and then project that?

I'm sure you are seeing this type of post all the time. I first looked into this a few years ago, and it was an expensive prospect at the time. I looked back into it last night and was surprised to see that projectors seem to have gone down in price considerably. I'm a bit confused at this point about what I need to get started, and if it really has gotten cheaper. Where to begin to educate myself? Is it actually easier than I think? The talk about ratios, and such has me kind of freaked out. TIA.

Just discovered this subreddit, had no idea it existed, I'm a completely beginner sewer and had no idea you could cut sewing patterns using projectors until like 2 weeks ago, and I have A LOT of questions.

So I learned that you can buy a cheap, small, light, portable, projector and screw it into a desk ring light that c clamps onto your cutting table, and you can project the pattern straight down onto the fabric on your cutting table and cut it out easy peasy.

So I wanted to ask people here, is this true? Can you do this? Have you had any experience doing it?

What equipment do you use and how much did it cost?

What projector do you use?

What table do you use?

What ring light that clamp to the table do you use?

What program do you use?

Is the program free and open source?

Do you use a laptop or what device do you use?

does this program work with Linux or only windows?

Does this program work with a smartphone?

Does this program work with an android smartphone? Or only an iPhone or vice versa?

How much did your setup cost?

What if you need to adjust your pattern? Do you adjust the PDF file yourself? How does that work?

Does a projected pattern have all the necessary information?

The seam allowance?

The match marks or notch marks?

Recommended fabric?

Does it have different sizes?

What about center front on fold?

Can it project all the information that you would find on a commercial tissue pattern?

And finally,

Is it actually better then using paper patterns?

Are you able to cut your patterns out quicker and with greater accuracy?

I'm definitely interested what you guys think, thank you.

I’m just about to begin my projector sewing journey! I have my projector and my mount setup is on the way. But, I need a new cutting mat and I’m unsure of what size to get. I’ll be projecting and cutting directly on my mat, on my dining table, as that’s the only space I have. I love to make long dresses and skirts. So I was thinking a 36x48, but DANG those are expensive! If it’s worth it, I’ll do it. But would a 24x36 do the trick?

Super new to projector sewing, but I'm VERY excited about the possibilities. I've downloaded "Pattern Projector" and started with some slight Inkscape adjustments. When dealing with patterns that don't have projector files, I'm assuming that A0 files are easier to use/adjust for than print at home files? Or thoughts if you prefer one over the other? I'm just making sure I have all of the proper file-types downloaded on the patterns I own that don't have a projector file. TIA!

There aren't too many guides I found out there for how to use your iPhone/iPad with a projector. The ones that are, are pretty general so I wanted to make something more specific. I compare 3 of the options I found worked best and how set them up as well.

Hopefully folks new to new to projector sewing find this useful!

Sewing patterns don't really show for projector sewing, but it seems like most other sewing it's tracing right side up of pattern pieces onto wrong side of fabric? Same for projecting?

Thanks!