What's new
A quick look at recent improvements designed to make pattern work clearer, faster, and easier to coordinate.
Latest update
Expanded Shirt construction options
Version 2026.6 expands Shirt patterns for men, women, boys, and girls with new placket and sleeve configurations, front and back yokes, selectable chest-pocket placement, optional darts, and configurable button layouts.
Version 2026.6 expands Shirt patterns for men, women, boys, and girls with new placket and sleeve configurations, front and back yokes, selectable chest-pocket placement, optional darts, and configurable button layouts.
Shirt fronts
Use a plain front or add a regular, concealed, or classic placket.
Sleeves
Keep the standard long sleeve, switch to a short sleeve, or remove the sleeve from the generated pattern.
Yokes
Add a front yoke or choose a standard back yoke, side pleats, or a center box pleat.
Shirt details
Place a chest pocket on the left, right, or both fronts, and include or remove waist darts.
Version 2026.5 adds dashboard filters for pattern type, gender, and grading status; pattern type search; a refreshed pattern editor with fast measurement search; segment measurement labels; and additional preview visibility controls.
Filter dashboard projects by pattern type, gender, and grading status.
Search pattern types by name when selecting or changing a pattern type.
Use the refined editor layout to find measurements quickly by name, description, or code.
Display individual segment measurements directly on pattern pieces in the preview.
Show or hide internal lines, construction lines, and measurement information independently.
Version 2026.4 added bulk dashboard actions and workspace member administration, improved mirrored grading markers, and refined the shared pattern editing workflow.
Added workflows to assign or remove tags and archive multiple selected patterns.
Added dedicated administration flows for workspace members, invitations, and access changes.
Improved notch and marker placement on mirrored graded pieces in the pattern preview.
For workspaces with realtime collaboration enabled, refined presence checks indicate when a pattern is already being edited.
Moved collaboration warnings into the pattern opening flow and removed the earlier dashboard pre-check.
Version 2026.3 expanded the pattern library with dedicated kids blocks, new sweatshirt and t-shirt pattern types, and additional piece options.
Added Boys and Girls anatomical sets and pattern types for jackets, sport pants, shirts, sweatshirts, oversized sweatshirts, t-shirts, and girls' basic skirts.
Added regular sweatshirts, oversized sweatshirts, and t-shirts for men and women.
Added rib collars, cuffs and waistbands, hoods, kangaroo pockets, and pant welt pockets.
Version 2026.2 added jacket, pants, and jeans piece options together with a new workspace analytics dashboard.
Added new waistband and cuff pieces for jacket variations.
Added internal and interfacing pieces for men's jackets.
Added new pocket variations for pants and jeans.
Added a dashboard for pattern type, gender distribution, and development timeline insights.
Version 2026.1 added jacket collar and front yoke options and introduced the Measurement Chart for grading workflows.
Added collar and stand-collar configurations for jacket patterns.
Added a Measurement Chart with grading support and CSV or Excel export.
Added front yoke configurations for men's jacket patterns.
Version 2025.6 introduced a larger preview workspace, new pocket sets, material codes, and piece quantity and mirroring options.
The redesigned interface doubled the available pattern preview area.
Added pocket configurations for outerwear and trousers.
Added material code assignment for pattern components exported to CAD systems.
Added piece quantity settings and automatic mirroring rules.
Version 2025.5 improved DXF/ASTM export, preview performance and layout, and added construction-line and pocket options.
Added dedicated optimization for cleaner DXF Gerber output.
Reduced preview generation time by up to 25 percent for DXF/ASTM output.
Added pocket options for men's jacket patterns.
Added an option to include selected construction lines in generated block patterns.
Improved the arrangement of pattern pieces in the preview.
Corrected several pattern construction geometry issues.
Version 2025.4 introduced the Men's Shirt pattern type.
Added a dedicated Men's Shirt pattern type.
Version 2025.3 added the Jeans Rider pattern and corrected DXF/ASTM compatibility issues across CAD systems.
Added Jeans Rider pattern types for men and women.
Corrected export compatibility issues affecting downstream CAD systems.
Version 2025.2 introduced grading mode and expanded support for DXF/ASTM export.
Added size charts and grading rules that can be defined and applied within Clab Assistant.
Expanded export support for industry-standard CAD file formats.
Version 2025.1 was the first public release of Clab Assistant for generating block patterns from measurements and transferring them into CAD workflows.
Introduced measurement-driven block pattern generation and CAD-oriented pattern workflows.