Nestproof

Your graded patterns, open in your LA factory's system in every size, and signed off before the cut.

Tell us what the factory asked for and what you have. We draw up the transfer scope, the checks your factory signs off, and who fixes what. Terms follow by email.

Software, sizes, pieces per style, dates, and who you want doing cleanup. Your own words are fine.

Or try an example:

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Example · what you get back, before any email

AccuMark to Optitex, 2 styles, XS to XL

inWRAP DRESSFRONTSIZE MCUT 1M baseSLXSXL
Illustration of your size run, one outline per size. Your actual pieces are checked when we open the files.

Transfer

From
Gerber AccuMark
Files you hold
AAMA DXF
Grade file
RUL rule file included
To
Optitex
Factory imports
AAMA DXF, graded
Units
Inches
Seam allowance
Seam allowance included
Styles and pieces
Wrap dress 9 · Wide-leg pant 7 · 16 pieces
Size run
XS to XL · 5 sizes
Cleanup by
Nestproof
Pattern changes
File repair only, until you approve changesuntil you choose

What “signed off” will mean

  1. 1Scale true on a named measurement.NestproofFactory
    Why this check

    DXF does not force a unit. A mismatch makes pieces 25.4 times off while the shapes still look right, so one known measurement is checked on import.

  2. 2Every ordered size present in the nest (5: XS to XL).NestproofFactory
    Why this check

    A DXF that needs a separate RUL file and arrives without it can open as the base size only.

  3. 3Notches and grainlines arrive as notches and grainlines.Nestproof
    Why this check

    Notches can import as plain line segments; then nobody can match seams at the table.

  4. 4Contours closed, no duplicate lines.Nestproof
    Why this check

    Hairline gaps stop a cutter; duplicate entities cut twice.

  5. 5Piece names and cut quantities readable; count matches your list (16 pieces).NestproofFactory
    Why this check

    Labels exploded into line geometry cannot be read as piece names.

  6. 6The person you name at the factory confirms by December 4, 2026.YouFactory
    Why this check

    Sign-off is a named person at the factory saying the files open and pass these checks. You name them, or we ask the factory with your go-ahead.

If a check fails, Nestproof fixes the file problem and re-checks it before the factory sees the files again. Anything that changes fit or grading comes back to you first.

Files to factoryto confirm
Sign-off targetDecember 4, 2026
Cut or sample dateDecember 8, 2026

4 days between sign-off and cut.

Confirms at the factory
to confirm

Open before we start 2

  1. Who at the factory signs off the files? Usually the sample and development manager or the pattern room.

    YouYou name them, or we ask the factory with your go-ahead.

  2. The patterns are yours to share with Nestproof and the factory.

    YouYou confirm when you reply.

Pattern transfer

In scope

Convert and check Gerber AccuMark to Optitex, 5 sizes, against the six checks above.

Markers

Not included unless you ask

Pattern exchange carries pieces and grading, not marker or plotter data, so a marker is its own job.

Pattern work

Not included

Fit or grade changes come back to you before anyone makes them.

Three choices only you can make

Everything else we work out from your words and your files.

Who fixes file problems?

Pattern changes

Markers

Send for terms

Nestproof reviews the scope and emails nonbinding terms, the sign-off plan for your factory and the questions still open. Nothing is transferred, priced or signed off until you agree terms.

Nestproof replies here with terms. Nothing is sent until you press Send for terms.

Who owns the factory check today

Each route can work. The question is who sees the files open at the factory, and who fixes them when they don't.

Your original patternmaker re-exports

Good atKnows the pattern, the grade rules and the seam allowances, and can fix pattern logic.

Leaves openNobody watches the import at the factory, so you relay errors between them. Export settings can drop grading or notches.

The factory's pattern room re-digitizes

Good atOne counterparty, and the output is native to the cutting system.

Leaves openThe work lives in that factory. Ask whether you get the converted files back, and see what changed against your approved pattern.

A pattern room converts per style

Good atLocal trade skill, and plotting if you also need markers.

Leaves openAsk whether the commitment is the factory accepting the files, or the file format alone.

You manage it by email and a spreadsheet

Good atNo cost, full control.

Leaves openWithout CAD you cannot check scale or the nest, so problems surface at the cutting table.

Nestproof Nestproof writes the factory's request down as a deliverable, checks the import against six named checks, and, when you choose Nestproof for cleanup, fixes file problems until the person you name at the factory signs off.