r/ProjectorsForSewing

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.