Questions:
My Numonics Accugrid digitizer does not initialize any more. What can I do?
Can I use the digitizer for other applications?
What digtizers are supported by the PAR System?
Numonics does not produce Accugrid anymore. Where can I get a backlit digitizer?
My Numonics Accugrid digitizer does not initialize any more. What can I do?
Can I use the digitizer for other applications?
What digtizers are supported by the PAR System?
Numonics does not produce Accugrid anymore. Where can I get a backlit digitizer?
AccuGrid will assist in such functions as X-Ray imaging and high definition cartography from negatives and transparencies. Using electromagnetic technology, AccuGrid delivers accuracy, flexibility, and high performance that take advantage of recent advances in CAD software. Manual or powered stands, floor or desktop: Large viewing area.
My digitizer does not initialize any more. What can I do?
Check all the cables if the digitizer has been working previously. If the digitizer does not beep when the drawer is pulled out, check the power switch. Some models have two power switches, one for the backlight and one for the controller.
If mouse is battery or accumulator operated, check the charge status of the mouse.
Check the port selection in the PAR System, eventual by running a search for equipment.
If no reaction is achieved but the beeps are still present try recalibrating the digitizer using the calibration sheet following the unit. Consult the manual for instructions on how to perform this recalibration correctly. Make sure all the parameters are set as shown on the sheet.
If recalibration provides no response, contact your local dealer or PAR Scientific directly. Make sure you have Digitizer S/N and Mouse S/N present.
If mouse is battery or accumulator operated, check the charge status of the mouse.
Check the port selection in the PAR System, eventual by running a search for equipment.
If no reaction is achieved but the beeps are still present try recalibrating the digitizer using the calibration sheet following the unit. Consult the manual for instructions on how to perform this recalibration correctly. Make sure all the parameters are set as shown on the sheet.
If recalibration provides no response, contact your local dealer or PAR Scientific directly. Make sure you have Digitizer S/N and Mouse S/N present.
Can I use the digitzer for other applications?
If using the PAR Scientific driver for the digitizer, the Com-port is unavailable during digitization mode. This can be changed by installing the WinTab driver, which is a common Windows Digitizer Driver Type. This driver is supported by the version 4.50 and later.
This enables software supporting this driver to use the Digitizer without any problems.
When installing the driver please make sure to follow the instructions of the 'readme.txt' file.
This enables software supporting this driver to use the Digitizer without any problems.
When installing the driver please make sure to follow the instructions of the 'readme.txt' file.
What digtizers are supported by the PAR System?
The PAR System contains native drivers for the following digitizers:
Summagraphics MM 1201
Numonics Accugrid (UIOF)
Graphtec KL 4300
Graphtec KD 4600
KuhlMann CS 10
Altek AC30 / AC31 series
Kontron Digitron
Calcomp 622
Calcomp 9500 series
SAC GP-9
The PAR System version 4.50 also supports the use of WinTab driver, a common driver for different types of digitizers sharing the resources. Supported by these are Numonics. For other supported vendors, see http://www.pointing.com
Summagraphics MM 1201
Numonics Accugrid (UIOF)
Graphtec KL 4300
Graphtec KD 4600
KuhlMann CS 10
Altek AC30 / AC31 series
Kontron Digitron
Calcomp 622
Calcomp 9500 series
SAC GP-9
The PAR System version 4.50 also supports the use of WinTab driver, a common driver for different types of digitizers sharing the resources. Supported by these are Numonics. For other supported vendors, see http://www.pointing.com
Numonics does not produce Accugrid anymore. Where can I get a backlit digitizer?
Numonics ceased to produce the Accugrid backlit digitizer a while back. Other vendors are still making backlit digitizers. See a replacement here.
Do be aware since this is a larger digitizer, it does not fit into the built-in drawer of ACD4mk3 model.
Do be aware since this is a larger digitizer, it does not fit into the built-in drawer of ACD4mk3 model.
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing is often described as the garment industry “blue book”. The most highly rated book in the business is guaranteed to get you off to a solid start or your money back. Many service providers require you read this before they’ll work with you. This book has over 50 five star reviews on Amazon.Buying a copy qualifies you to be considered for membership in our (the $45 annual fee is waived the first year if you buy a new copy). With over 1500 members, the forum is easily the most active part of the Fashion-Incubator website.
There, in a relaxed confidential environment, you can rub elbows with experienced professionals comprising the gamut of the garment industry for sewing contractor referrals and to locate hard to find fabrics in small quantities. Here’s.Description: The book is 8.5″ x 11″, 240 pages softcover. So what does 240 pages mean when publishers use wide margins, large fonts, deep headings and generous line spacing to beef up their page count? This book does none of those things. As much information as was possible is packed on each page.
Although tidy, the margins aren’t generous, headings are scant and the text is set in two columns per page, maximizing the per page word count. In other words, there’s no filler here.with links to free chapters.The cost is $60 USD and is available on, via (or use the link in the right side bar) or by calling 505-877-1713 MST with a Visa or Mastercard. You can also mail payment to my address below. Please include $7 for domestic Priority Mail shipping, $3.99 for economy media mail, $22 for Canadian orders or $26 for all other foreign orders to ship Global Priority Mail.
If you’re on the East Coast, priority mail shipping is strongly recommended; otherwise it can take 21 days for your parcel to arrive.Other Services:I’m available to with you. You can also plan a visit to see my factory in order to better understand what you need (if you go that route) or to see what a competent contractor and or patternmaker should have. Pattern services:In a nutshell, we do the sort of work that is typical of western Europe and New York City but at much lower prices. Specifically, we specialize in pattern making for complex sewn products and men’s and women’s lined garments -what consumers describe as “couture” but insiders call “single needle”. Meaning, products that require the highest level of sewing operator skills- with specific emphasis on high end design, suits, coats, leather products, and lined garments.If you have patterns already made, we provide digitizing, grading and marking services. I’m also available for pattern auditing services which sewing factories are increasingly requesting, in addition to the tech packs. I use StyleCAD software, have a 4′ x 6′ digitizing table and a 72″ Ioline plotter to print markers.
All pattern, grading and marking services are billed at $125 an hour. Sample making and cutting runs $60 an hour, production is quoted by the job.Many people have asked me what brands I work for and will I send photos of work I’ve done for them. Discretion is one reason people hire me but more importantly, it strikes me as facile and predatory to use my customer’s brands for marketing purposes. As to photos, this is simply not done. Would you want me to use photos of your products to solicit work from your competitors? Ever heard of design piracy?
I’m not signing on for that -and that’s assuming I had the right to use depictions of my customer’s work, which I don’t. In any event, here and there on this site, are photos of personal projects. Considering the content on the site, I have obvious competencies -check out the.Consulting and Instruction:I’m available for phone consultation at $295 per hour ($250 an hour if you’re a forum member), minimum half hour for an initial consultation and billed in quarter hour segments after that. I enjoy conducting product reviews; other firms charge thousands of dollars for these but in my opinion, few take over three hours. I am available to travel to provide consulting or training to your staff on site with a two day minimum.Another service I provide is -which means you come in and we’ll work on the product start to finish.
I make the pattern in CAD (starting with digitizing the pattern if there is one), we cut it, sew it, fit it and rinse, lather and repeat for any needed correction in my 5,000 sqft factory. Ideally, the customer is ready to for a production quote the next day -often, we do the sewing on site. Daily rate is $2150 per day for the first person, $975 for each subsequent person with discounts for 3 or more.Training for starting and operating a sewing factory is available at our Sewing Factory School in Albuquerque New Mexico. We can comfortably accommodate a maximum of 15 people in our factory training facility. The program fee is $2500 per day with discounts for subsequent attendees from the same company.One class I think every designer or product developer needs is. Hi, Miss Kathleen I am so happy to have found your blog.
I am a home sewer and I would like to learn how to successfully run my own little fashion production factory from home and create my own line of clothing (the next HOUSE OF CB) haha! But I don’t know where to start learning and I am trying to avoid going to some fashion schools because of the classes they offer to me as fillers, I personally don’t need to learn, e.g general education etc. Can you make some suggestions as to who I can contact, or what courses and where? I’m not from the United States but I will be willing to travel to gain the knowledge. Please advice me.
Hello, you mentioned; “If you have patterns already made, I provide digitizing, grading and marking services. I’m also available for pattern checking services which I enjoy.” Does this extend to undergarments/foundation pieces; bra and pantie patterns? I am interested in having patterns checked, digitazed and graded.
If you do not do undergarments/foundations is there someone you would suggest? Thank you in advance.
By the way I am about a 1/3 of the way through you book and am finding it extremely usesul so thank you again:)!. Hi, I’m wanting to set up a phone conference and I do own your book. I would like to start a small production run of a coastal type dress but I have fashion illustrations of a leather and silk dress line I tried to start with. I met with the exclusive maker of Donna Karen’s gowns in NY about a year ago and he said you are a true designer simply because my designs were unique and nothing like he’s ever seen before.
He of course wanted a fortunate to make a pattern and sample. But this compliment carried through out NY as I met with different possible pattern makers and factories. I do know I don’t want to go the factory route on the leather and silk line. This will be custom made along the same lines as bridal. But my other silk possibly organza and charmeuse fabric with my signature piece can be a small production. I would like to know how to get started.
Do I find my own seamstress and do all in house on my own or look for a more small manufacturer to make the pattern/sample and small production run? I would like to be part of the process rather than send these things off to be made.
I have the flexibility to travel and move where I need to at this time. Looking forward to your advise! Smaller lots are always going to cost more on a per unit basis and there is little to be done about it, unfortunately. A big factor is cutting. There is little time difference in cutting 50 dresses vs 500 dresses but the contractor has to cover costs no matter the count or he or she goes out of business.
Obviously the cost per dress for the 500 unit lot will be much lower than the 50 unit lot.Even that isn’t the whole story; we recently completed a 400+ unit job and the roll length was a problem we struggled with. The customer ordered the correct amounts but the rolls were short. I had to put in more time than was budgeted but we made it work. The alternative was an incomplete order -something the customer couldn’t compromise on due to contractual obligations with his buyer. So, my customer had to pay and if he chooses, seek redress with the fabric supplier.
I felt bad for him but I also lost money on it and couldn’t sustain more.I understand your frustration and hope you find a way to make it work. Well, a good start would be to read the book that is advertised on this page. My follow up advice is to join our forum where you can discuss the ins and outs of your proposal with others who have done it many times. You’ll also get advice from contractors (like me) who can help you modify and refine your project.It’s like your business; what would it take for someone to be as successful at your industry with 20 years of experience, as you’ve been?
You’d probably say it’s not as easy as it looks on the surface, that many aspire and don’t make it. It’s like that in our industry too. And I’m sure that in your business, like ours, you can find a lot of misleading albeit plausibly sounding advice on the internet.
If you’re a member of the forum, people who do more sourcing than me, can provide better guidance.I’ve always been someone who has focused on my strengths instead of numbly going off into directions that I don’t know much about; the results posing a danger to myself and others. I do some sourcing but only under limited circumstances. This is not to say that I don’t know of suppliers; I know TONS of them. However, to do sourcing well (different from just saying you can do it) means you have solid purchasing relationships with those vendors. And I just don’t. In short, I can point you to sources but my hands are tied from there, for the most part.
I am very pleased to have ordered The Entrepreneurs Guide to Sewn Manufacturing. I called the office to order my book and was honored to have an opportunity to speak to Kathleen! I do have some questions regarding customizing already made clothing, like jeans. When a garment is embelished it is required to carry an additional identification tag and or registration number? I have been to the Federal Trade Commission site, but found no answer.
Please let me know what the requirements would be. These customized items would be sold commercially. I just received my copy of THE ENTREPRENEUR’S GUIDE TO SEWN PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. This encyclopedia of information (folks still encyclopedias), is priceless. After reading posts on the site and reading articles in the book’s table of contents; I was convinced that this was the investment most valuable to my “new” status as a DE. I even had an opportunity to speak to KATHLEEN FASANELLA when I ordered the book.
This book is imperative to the understanding and success of anyone seeking a niche in the garment industry business. This book is fascinating. I have made so many of the “faux paus” mentioned like using commercial patterns, until I’m now beginning to feel like a respectable DE. I’m so thankful to leave the “clueless” stage behind. Yes it’s true when I talk to people who haven’t read the book they don’t have a sense of protocols.
In discussions with veterans, they are pleased and surprised to know that I’ve removed some of the “green” off of my newness to the industry. And it is true these veterans are likely to speak to me respectfully because I’m not attempting to hide what I’m learning. The Entrepreneur’s guide is written so well that it’s hard to put it down. My husband is an abstract painter. I have had ideas of creating lingerie, light robes from these somewhat sexy designs. I can reproduce part of a painting digitally on filmy fabric and purchase it by yards.
I can also look for a pattern maker to help create the garment working with the fabric pattern. Am I on the right track. I love sewing myself and have made a lot of clothing and toys for my two daughters who are now adults. I wonder where to begin.
I have access to hundreds of original paintings – that is my first given. Hi Kathleen,I would like to start my own uniform/medical scrub line. I’ve been in the medical field for well over 10 yrs and that has always been the uniform designated for my job. Since becoming a medical assistant and then an LPN in the clinical area I am on the move far more than when I worked as a medical secretary at the front desk so I have realized that having the “right” uniform makes a difference.
Comfort first, looks second. I have no experience in the fashion industry, but I’m very passionate about this. Will your book help with how to get started? I am not sure how to even begin. Any information you can offer would greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!.