When I use the Pants Designer, I notice that the program says it is an "owned default pattern". What does the 'default' mean? Also, what does the 'default' measurement chart in the measurement chart mean?

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When I use the Pants Designer, I notice that the program says it is an "owned default pattern". What does the 'default' mean? Also, what does the 'default' measurement chart in the measurement chart mean?

A default pattern is one that is unchanged from what was supplied by the tool. If you alter it and save it with your own name, then it will no longer be a default.

The default chart is just an example one that comes up if you have no other chart selected. Just a way to draft a pattern when you first run and not worth anything more. If you ever get a default pattern after you have been running awhile, then something went wrong and it lost or mis-placed your real chart. Hopefully you can just reload it and all will again be well. If your system returns to a default chart when it should not, then something is wrong and we would need to try to guess what sequence of actions made that happen.

A default pattern is one that is unchanged from what was supplied by the tool. If you alter it and save it with your own name, then it will no longer be a default.

The default chart is just an example one that comes up if you have no other chart selected. Just a way to draft a pattern when you first run and not worth anything more. If you ever get a default pattern after you have been running awhile, then something went wrong and it lost or mis-placed your real chart. Hopefully you can just reload it and all will again be well. If your system returns to a default chart when it should not, then something is wrong and we would need to try to guess what sequence of actions made that happen.
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If I name my default pattern and save it with the measurement chart that I want to use with it, is it not supposed to open with the new pattern name and with the same measurement chart that I saved it with?

I am finding that if I select my saved pattern, it will have the measuring chart that I used last, which is generally not the one that I saved it with.

I have had the default measuring chart come up on occasion after I had been using another, but sorry to say, I don't remember the sequence of actions I had used at this time.

Is there something new about saving a pattern if you have selected a pants pattern from the Pants Designer? It just seems different and I am wondering if I am missing a step. I had thought I remembered seeing the name of the pattern that I named listed below the model on the left hand of the screen before. What I see now is the # of the pattern and maybe it just says Classic Pants. I never see the name that I named it and then I think I have the wrong pattern on the screen when it probably is the same one, but I can not tell for sure.

You have to LOAD a chart with a saved name in order for it to appear.
Kaaren

I got confused with this in the beginning. The pattern you save will open with any measurement chart you wish to choose. If you don't choose a measurement first it will open with the last chart used. Just then choose the one you want.

I got confused with this in the beginning. The pattern you save will open with any measurement chart you wish to choose. If you don't choose a measurement first it will open with the last chart used. Just then choose the one you want.
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Okay. Thanks for the heads up. I did use that feature a lot as I identified pattern names with measuring charts. Also, I name my patterns quite specifically and I found that the name does not show on the screen or on the patterns now. The measuring chart name is printed on the pattern. Will have to remember to write the measuring chart name on the summary sheet now.

With truer measurements in the program, I find that I do not need as many different measurement charts for myself now. I do find that I still need separate tops and pants charts as I want the pants pattern to fit closely and the tops patterns to skim looser over the ab and hips.

Does anyone, also, use a higher waist measurement for tops, too, so that the tops will start flaring a little higher as the top skims over the ab and hips? Would I have to change any other measurments than all of the floor to waist measurements? Thanks.

Pants use floor to waist confromed measurements
tops and dress use floor to waist straight measurements.
Kaaren