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PolyNest is a pattern design software and marker-making system built for apparel manufacturers who need accurate patterns to flow cleanly into grading, marker making, and the cutting floor. Developed by Polygon Software since 1986, PolyNest gives pattern makers, graders, and production teams one system to design, modify, grade, and prepare patterns for cutting, with direct integration to automatic cutting systems and plotters.
Whether you produce fashion programs, uniforms, workwear, or made-to-measure garments, PolyNest helps you protect pattern accuracy from development through production so fabric utilization stays high and manual cleanup stays low.
PolyNest runs pattern design, grading, and marker making together on one platform, so accuracy in development translates directly into efficiency on the cutting floor.
Generate optimized markers based on accurate pattern geometry, with reliable, repeatable layouts that reduce fabric waste at production scale.
Imported patterns come in as true curves rather than point-to-point segments, cutting the manual cleanup that armholes, necklines, and contoured seams usually require.
Support graded size runs, made-to-measure programs, and multi-source pattern libraries without compromising consistency across facilities or product lines.
Pattern makers create and modify patterns inside a system designed around garment construction, not generic CAD geometry. Curves, seams, and notches behave the way patterns are meant to behave, so what gets approved in development holds its shape through grading and marker making.
Graders work from the same pattern record used in development, applying size rules across full size runs without re-entering data or reconciling versions between systems. Updates flow through every graded size, keeping the full pattern library consistent.
Marker makers use automatic marker generation to nest pattern pieces tightly based on accurate pattern data. Markers move directly to automatic cutting systems and plotters, eliminating intermediate correction steps between marker making and the cutting floor.
Create and adjust patterns inside a system built around garment construction. Curves, seams, and shape modifications hold their geometry through grading and marker making instead of being rebuilt downstream.
Apply grading rules across full size runs in one workflow. Graded sizes stay consistent with the master pattern, so corrections made once carry through to every size.
Generate optimized markers quickly using algorithms built around real garment geometry. Manufacturers using PolyNest report 3 to 5 percent reductions in fabric costs through better marker efficiency.
Import patterns from external partners, design teams, or legacy systems with curves interpreted as true geometry rather than segmented points. Export patterns and markers out to downstream systems when needed.
Manage made-to-measure and configured garment programs alongside standard production, so custom and bulk orders run through the same pattern design software without parallel workflows.
Send markers directly to automatic cutting systems and plotters. Output moves from marker making to the cutting floor without intermediate file conversion or manual correction.
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Weeks 1–3
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Weeks 4–8
Configure PolyNest to match your pattern conventions, run a pilot on a current style or program, and train your core pattern, grading, and marker making team.
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Weeks 9–12+
Pattern makers, graders, and marker makers use pattern design software like PolyNest to create, modify, grade, and nest patterns for cutting in one place. With everyone working off the same pattern data, manual cleanup drops, fabric utilization improves, and patterns reach the cutting floor faster.
General CAD tools offer strong geometry features but were not built around garment grading logic, marker making, or DXF interoperability for sewn-products manufacturing. PolyNest is purpose-built pattern design software for apparel, with grading and marker making connected to the same pattern record used in design.
PolyNest interprets DXF imports as true curves rather than point-to-point segments. Armholes, necklines, and contoured seams import as smooth garment geometry, reducing the manual cleanup typically required before grading and marker making can begin.
Yes. PolyNest supports collaboration across multiple locations and works with patterns from different manufacturers, partners, and grading and marking systems. Markers can be sent directly to a variety of automatic cutting systems and plotters, so output moves cleanly to the floor regardless of the equipment each facility runs.
Companies using PolyNest report up to 30 percent time savings in pattern making and grading, and 3 to 5 percent reductions in fabric costs through optimized markers. Those results come from running pattern design, grading, and marker making inside the same pattern design software instead of patching the workflow together across separate tools.
