Gerber AccuMark 10.2 → Pattern Projector: What’s the simplest way to export a true 1:1 PDF/SVG for projector cutting?
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:
- 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
- I enabled Display Outline in Gerber's SVG/display settings and exported again. Still blank.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.