# Flat Patterns. Kind of like Marvelous Designer

**URL:** <https://community.artfulphysics.com/t/flat-patterns-kind-of-like-marvelous-designer/76>\
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**Created:** [January 10, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://community.artfulphysics.com/t/flat-patterns-kind-of-like-marvelous-designer/76 "2018-01-10T02:38:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rampa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@Rampa](https://community.artfulphysics.com/u/Rampa)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://community.artfulphysics.com/t/flat-patterns-kind-of-like-marvelous-designer/76/1 "2018-01-10T02:38:54Z")

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I just realized how the “Flat” option in the editor settings works. Now I feel kind of stupid for not realizing it sooner! 😉

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**Author:** ![Jaebea](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.artfulphysics.com/jaebea/32/52_2.png) [@Jaebea](https://community.artfulphysics.com/u/Jaebea)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://community.artfulphysics.com/t/flat-patterns-kind-of-like-marvelous-designer/76/2 "2018-01-10T03:59:59Z")

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That was awesome! I can’t wait to play with it some more!

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**Author:** ![jim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.artfulphysics.com/jim/32/4_2.png) [@jim](https://community.artfulphysics.com/u/jim)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.artfulphysics.com/t/flat-patterns-kind-of-like-marvelous-designer/76/3 "2018-01-10T18:59:28Z")

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This was so much fun to watch this morning! Thank you. I feel like I’ve learned a ton about how my own tool actually works by seeing someone else use it.

The issue you hit with the sleeves around 3:40 into the video is somewhat a bug in the code - but it is also something you can dramatically improve today. The problem is that in the default T-pose, the figures arms are slightly bent at the elbow by about 10 degrees. For draping a long sleeve, Artful Tailor assumes that the arm is perfectly straight - and if you have tight sleeves or collars this can cause these sorts of problems:

![StarBentArms](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex029/uploads/artfulphysics/original/1X/cd8d4590b5952b5910096848985e0a97cb2465c1.JPG)

However, if you bend the arms in Daz Studio to make them perfectly straight - in this case, I set the forearm bend to +/- 10 degrees to get that, the initial draping will work out much better.  
 ![StarStraightArms](https://cdck-file-uploads-canada1.s3.dualstack.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/flex029/uploads/artfulphysics/original/1X/95a0f4e69f03da67c9c21715f5a390bb78434d57.JPG)