Gemini CAD Systems

Open Your Perspective

for INDUSTRY 4.0
With Gemini Pattern Designer X19, apparel CAD environment opens itself for a wide range of interactions
with various other technologies and platforms, to exchange information and automate more and more
phases of design and manufacturing processes, ready for the evolution to INDUSTRY 4.0.

• Access & Security Credentials;

• Organization Members & Partners;
• Licence management;
• Subscriptions for support and updates; CAD CONVERTERS
• Contracts, billing and payments
DIGITAL PRINTING

ready-to-print
merged content import native file
formats SUPPLIERS

high definition
printable
graphical files

EXTERNAL FITTING SERVICES

MTM Fabrics and
custom accessories -
dimensions preview graphics
and properties

POS
product data
questionnaire
sheet, costing
guide
information and
product design XML structured
ready-to-publish options data
product web customer order
tailoring
pages style and
point-of-sale
customized cut dimensions
style options
sets
and custom
dimensions
live interaction & simulation
streaming to personal devices

E-COMMERCE & APOGY BESPOKE

ERP

3D CLOUD SIMULATION

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Hello!
For existing users, here is a list of
interesting things to discover in the
new version, split into two categories:

When first launched in 2004, Gemini Pattern Editor defined new bold
approaches on many parts of the CAD workflow, such as real-time Major Updated Features
measurement table, corner angle control, derived gradings,
parametric made-to-measure skeleton, etc. The program also Activity Zone
incorporated most of the features existing at that moment on the
market in competitor products, claiming to be the most Grading Table and Size Manager
comprehensive CAD product for its field of application.
Step-by-Step Functions
Most of the initial features evolved during the past decade,
responding to the evolution of customer’s needs and challenges Size Set Manager
raised by ever-changing industry.
Piece Information Cartridge
Some of the initial infrastructure of the software proved to be difficult
to adapt to new features, forcing compromises in the way the new Mary, Walking Pieces, Packing
functions were implemented. For example, Gemini was one of the first
products to include multiple grading systems (grade, drop, spec, etc.), Seam Allowance and Corners
but when applying this to functions such as Walking Pieces it was
impossible to make the correct simulation, just because the Piece Matching System
geometrical infrastructure did not allow it. Other competitor software
products were (and still are) in the same position. Advanced Magnetisation

The advantage of X19 version is that we deleted everything and Indicated Elements
started really from zero. Our team pushed CTRL-NEW and started a
brand-new project, without any technical debt to an old approach or Selection Procedure
an obsolete infrastructure. It takes a lot of effort, a lot of time and a
significant investment to do this, but it pays off all these by the quality
and performance of the new product. Totally New Features

Instead of discovering things during years and incorporating little by

little into a product, now we had the chance to know and plan
everything in advance. That is why, for example, we can claim now that Folds Editor
we are the only CAD product on the market capable to use Walking
Pieces, Marry and Packing on all grading systems. Or, we are the only Style Selector & Web Publisher
product capable to have free-linked patterns, combining the benefits
of two apparently incompatible working modes. Digital Printing

Piece Quick Interaction

Text on Path, Info Bullet

Art Lines, Art Points

Model History, Restore Points

and Branch Manager

Model Encryption
& Access Rights Manager

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Discover the new Gemini X19
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Native multi screen

New Feature  The well appreciated Right Properties Area from Gemini Pattern Editor
X9 becomes the new Activity Zone, while remaining the core of all user
Unique in Gemini  interaction, and it is divided now into 6 zones:
E-commerce Feature  • Function Steps • Grading Table
Mass Customization Feature  • Measurements • Guide Rules
Collaboration/Resource Sharing  • Base Size • Context Options
• Bespoke
New Workflow Approach
All zones are permanently visible, they can be docked on the right
Design Automation
side or can be switched to floating windows and placed according to
user’s preference. The most important thing is that all content is
available regardless of the working mode or selection. For example,
Applied in:
switching the base size, hiding or showing a particular size or group,
Upholstery
Automotive accessing the grading table of a point can be done in any working
& Furniture
mode, not only Grading.
Apparel Composites
Gemini Pattern Designer X19 is built for ergonomy and productivity.
Available in:
The working area has been optimized for multi-displays and can be
fully customized by the operator by placing all program windows and
Standard Add-on functions in the most confortable position.

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  2

Time saving feature  9

Quality improving feature  4

Productivity improving feature  9

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 9

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Activity Zone
Demo Movie
Step-by-Step Functions
While program’s features and functions evolved to solve more and New Feature 
more complicated tasks, their complexity grew, up to certain level
where the user can start to have troubles in following the logical path Unique in Gemini 

or interactions required by a function. To solve this problem, Gemini

E-commerce Feature 
had a radical approach: all the functions were split into discrete steps,
describing the natural way to exchange information in order to obtain Mass Customization Feature 
the desired results.
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

At each step, the user receives clear messages and requests to

New Workflow Approach
express their options, to input values or to indicate elements on
screen. This interaction is enhanced by using dynamic interface Design Automation
elements which focus user’s attention on the next action.

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

1 Fashion Small Scale

1 2
Boutique Series

2 Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  2

Time saving feature  2

Quality improving feature  3

Productivity improving feature  6

User experience enhancement  10

Most of the functions provide a roll-back possibility, allowing the user

Day by day usage 10
to go back to a previous step for changing values or selection and
resuming the function with new parameters.

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Step-by-Step Functions
Demo Movie
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New Grading Table

& Size Manager
New Feature  An important part of the Activity Zone is the Size Manager zone. Using
the features in this area, the user can easily hide or show all the
Unique in Gemini  gradings, change the base size, change the grading group of a piece
E-commerce Feature 
and visualize the entire grading system of the model in all working
modes. Having this feature at hand all the time makes all the checking
Mass Customization Feature  operations much easier and helps the user to maintain perfect control
over the grading issues.
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

New Workflow Approach

Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  4

Time saving feature  9

Quality improving feature  4

Productivity improving feature  9

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 8

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Grading Table & Size Manager
Demo Movie
Selection Procedure

Selection procedure in Gemini Pattern Designer X19 was changed, in

order to provide an easier access to dependent elements such as New Feature 
attached pieces or each individual point of a notch, without the need to
Unique in Gemini 
extract it or to place the program into a special working mode, and also
to offer disambiguation tools in case two or several elements are E-commerce Feature 
overlapped. This and other goals lead to a simple solution: always select
the parent and after that you can select the child, extended to any level Mass Customization Feature 
of dependence. This system is also backed by a default automatic
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
disambiguation system and ultimately by manual disambiguation in
extreme cases. New Workflow Approach

In fewer words: the user can select anything, anytime, without Design Automation
confusions, in a simple and direct way.

Applied in:

Overlapped internal components Overlapped points Upholstery

Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  1

Time saving feature  5

Overlapped pieces Access to low level elements
Quality improving feature  3

Productivity improving feature  8

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 8

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Selection Procedure
Demo Movie
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Advanced Magnetisation
& Indicated Elements
Back in 2004 at its first version, Gemini Pattern Editor brought a fresh
New Feature 
wind of simple Windows user experience to CAD applications, where
Unique in Gemini  strange old-looking interfaces were still the common reality on the
market. The market reaction was instant, users loved the new easy
E-commerce Feature  interface, the small gadgets that made work easier and more efficient.
Yet, there was little innovation in what we did, it was just Windows
Mass Customization Feature 
standard interface, standard Bezier curves, standard file save&open, etc.
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
Meanwhile in the past few years all general-purpose graphic design and
New Workflow Approach CAD applications made huge steps forward in providing a better user
experience, advanced interaction gadgets, better ways to indicate or
Design Automation
select elements, context responsiveness and guidance. This creates
again a gap between the level of applications in apparel CAD and this
advanced group.
Applied in:

Upholstery So, what Gemini did again for the X19 version was to align its features to
Automotive
& Furniture the latest level of general purpose CAD applications, thus setting a new
challenge for its competitors in apparel CAD.
Apparel Composites

Among these features, Gemini expanded the possibility to point

Available in: magnetically to a wide range of elements (geometrical or technical,
persistent or volatile) and to place these elements into an excited state
Standard Add-on
(Indicated) in order to be able to refer to these elements in functions or
formulas. Having all these elements available all the time might become
SaaS
annoying and counterproductive for the user, so the trick was to make
this feature context-responsive and also easily customizable according
Status: to the user’s needs.
Planned In Development

Beta released Available

snap to
main point

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production snap to

technical point

Level of dificulty  1

Time saving feature  8

snap to
midpoint
Quality improving feature  2

Productivity improving feature  9

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 9 snap to

section

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Advanced Magnetization & Indicated Elements
Demo Movie
Size Set Manager
One of the key points where re-building the entire software was really New Feature 
important was the Size Set, which is one of the most complicated and
critical part of garments developing. We started from basic needs such Unique in Gemini 
as the need to manage multiple grading types, combined with grading
E-commerce Feature 
groups, followed by the need to manage sizes (add, insert, delete, alter)
and the need to differentiate names (alias) from the numerical Mass Customization Feature 
properties of a grade. Gemini’s new Size Set system is based on
numerical indexes and aliases which allow all above mentioned Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
operations to be handled in simple, logical and easy to understand way.
New Workflow Approach
We realized that instead of trying to explain to a garments designer
what is a “cartesian product” or “disjoint sets”, it is much better to Design Automation
provide a visual way to understand these concepts and work with them.

At this point, we can claim that Gemini’s way of handling all the Applied in:
problems related to the size set management is the top on the market
Upholstery
and will define the industry’s standard for the coming years. & Furniture
Automotive

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  6

Time saving feature  8

Quality improving feature  6

Productivity improving feature  8

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 4

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Size Set Manager
Demo Movie
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Piece Information
Cartridge
New Feature  As the number of users of Gemini software products grew, it became
more difficult to adapt to different customs and local preferences.
Unique in Gemini  When talking about writing information on patterns, this really
becomes an issue, each country, each organization having its own
Industry 4.0 Feature
particular way of doing things, with little flexibility for change.
E-commerce Feature 
Facing this challenge, Gemini decided to put a lot of attention in the
Mass Customization Feature  way the information is handled on the pattern, on screen and on
paper. Instead of simply placing piece name, size and some other info
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
along the grain line, the new version of Gemini Pattern Designer offers
New Workflow Approach a customizable Piece Info Cartridge. The User can choose what to
include in this Cartridge, what is the size, position and name of each
Design Automation field, either to appear on screen, on plotter or on both, how to handle
long text content, etc.
Applied in:

Upholstery
The style of the Info Cartridge can be pre-defined as a standard within
& Furniture
Automotive the organization and can be further customized for each model and
even for each piece.
Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  3

Time saving feature  3

Quality improving feature  8

Productivity improving feature  9

User experience enhancement  9

Day by day usage 6

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Piece Information
Activity
Cartridge
Zone
Demo
Demo Movie
Movie
Marry, Walking Pieces,
Packing
These three functions are key-tools during checking and adjusting the New Feature 
patterns, to ensure matching between parts and to observe the
evolution of the shape among graded sizes. Unique in Gemini 

E-commerce Feature 
However, there were several major limitations in the previous version of
the program, limitations which are common also in competing software Mass Customization Feature 
products, including in their latest versions.
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

New Workflow Approach

Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Gemini Pattern Designer X19 solved these limitations and allows a

complete functionality including: Level of dificulty  5

• the possibility to perform any • correct behavior of the Time saving feature  9
other alteration function on the functions when using advanced
parts, including changing the base grading sets which include Quality improving feature  9
size and performing grading grade, drop, spec, extra;
adjustments while keeping them in Productivity improving feature  9

Marry, Walking or Pack position; • direct access at any moment User experience enhancement  9
and in any working mode to walk
• the possibility to move parts the piece forward and backward, Day by day usage 7
freely on working surface while or to exit from the state.
maintaining their relative positions;

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Checking Functions
Demo Movie
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Seam Allowance
and Corners
New Feature  There is a permanent contest among several CAD software producers to
incorporate more and more types of seam allowance corners. Gemini
Unique in Gemini  Pattern Editor was among the leaders, with a total of 28 types, each
becoming more and more elaborated, to respond to most users’ requests.
E-commerce Feature 

Mass Customization Feature 

Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

New Workflow Approach

=
=
Design Automation However, in the new X19 version, we considered that the struggle should
not be focused on adding more and more corner types, but rather to
make it really useful and easy to use. Studying user behavior, Gemini
Applied in: realized that most of the users do not actually use the newest corners, for
the simple reason that they are too complicated and difficult to manage,
Upholstery
& Furniture
Automotive with a lot of settings and values.

Apparel Composites So, the big achievement on this version is facilitating the use of the
corner by adding a detailed visual description of the corner and a simple
Available in:
way to customize the values in order to obtain the desired results.

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  4

Time saving feature  9

Quality improving feature  9

Productivity improving feature  5 Our latest version of the application also includes the most wanted
feature: automatic synchronization of the shape of two related corners
User experience enhancement  9
from different pieces. In most of the competing programs, this goal is
Day by day usage 9 achieved manually by free hand editing of the seam allowance. Gemini
CAD refused to adopt this manual time-consuming method, but rather to
build the geometrical algorithms to obtain this outcome automatically.

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Seam Allowance & Corners
Demo Movie
Piece Matching
System
Nesting parts on fabrics with stripes or plaids seemed a simple task to do New Feature 
ten years ago. Gemini embraced a solution similar to the most advanced
existing on the market, while trying to add some automatic methods of Unique in Gemini

defining piece relations, which made the process easier. And it was all Industry 4.0 Feature 
quite OK while cutting was made either manual or in a primitive
automatic way. E-commerce Feature 

However, getting inspired from our competitors was not a good choice. Mass Customization Feature 
While Gemini gradually became leader in innovative technologies such
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
as VisionCUT, for scanning the fabric, dealing with distortions and in-line
high productivity single ply cutting, it became obvious that Matching New Workflow Approach
system must evolve to a totally new level.
Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:
That is why Gemini incorporated
its highest skills and expertise in Planned In Development

the new Matching Manager

module, which is now capable Beta released Available

to handle all the problems

related to matching, fabric Suitable for:
distortion compensation,
Fashion Small Scale
multiple nesting grids, piece Boutique Series
multi-point correlation,
multi-fabric handling. All these Large Scale Mass Production

features are actually part of a

bigger orientation: Mass
Level of dificulty  8
Customization System, by which
Gemini engages to respond to Time saving feature  5
all the new production
challenges for the coming years. Quality improving feature  9

The new features of Gemini Pattern Designer X19 will boost the function-- Productivity improving feature  8

alities of VisionCUT system, widening the range of applications and

User experience enhancement  5
products which can benefit from a 100% automatized manufacturing
process. For example, cutting a perfectly symmetrical collar, even if the Day by day usage 3
fabric is elongated and distorted, will no longer require a manual recut, it
will be done in a single step using VisionCUT and a single ply cutter.

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Piece Matching System
Demo Movie
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Digital Product Data Sheet

Current Technology and Industry Challenges
The actual shape of patterns, used for cutting, is just one part of the designer’s work. The output from the CAD
department must also contain additional information such as manufacturing guide for sewing, fusing, ironing,
accessories, fabrics, labelling, embroidery, printing or other decoration. This information is passed to other
departments using technical sheets containing sketches, drawings, pictures, text instructions, etc., often edited
in third party applications.

Basically, there is a parallel flow to create this additional set of information, usually not based on the
geometrical shapes and content designed in the CAD application. Synchronizing the CAD content with this
sketch information is a challenge, and the amount of work and skills are increased artificially.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini’s solution is quite simple:
add all needed graphical
capabilities directly into the
Pattern Designer application,
therefore transforming the
classical CAD environment into a
fully featured sketch application.
The concept is to be able to add
the necessary information directly
on the real patterns and to link
the information organically into
the geometrical structure of the
model.
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How It Works?
Gemini enables the use of graphical content such as: vector SVG and PDF files associated with accessories
such as buttons, embroidery, printing and fused decoration, industrial standard point symbols, industrial
standard sewing and processing lines, text capsules with arrows pointing towards pattern elements, text along
paths and contours, customizable piece info-cartridge. This large pool of information-carrying elements can be
used by the designer to make-up each pattern piece in order to pass the necessary instructions to further
manufacturing phases.

The challenge for this new feature was to not interfere with the plain standard CAD design process, and to not
over-load the simple CAD shapes with content not useful during design, grading, etc. Gemini developed a
simple yet powerful display option by which the user can shift from “CAD View” to “Sketch View”, hiding or
showing all these additional elements by a simple switch.

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How Is the Information Published?
One of the features most appreciated by Gemini Pattern Designer users New Feature 
is the Product Data Sheet editor. Now Gemini brings this functionality to
a totally new level: all make-up information and graphics shall be output Unique in Gemini 

in the new Product Data Book, as well as in the Product Technical Sheet. E-commerce Feature 
We apply WYSIWYG concept: “what you see is what you get”, which
means all the information will be exported into PDF files containing Mass Customization Feature 
everything as it is visible on the screen.
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
It is important to mention that all the information shall be exported in
New Workflow Approach
vector format, therefore all fine details can be zoomed-in and clearly
studied. Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

What Are the Benefits? Level of dificulty  3

Time saving feature  5

First of all, there is no need for a parallel design process run with other
software tools, using drawings and sketches not linked to the actual Quality improving feature  9
CAD patterns.
Second, all added information is placed and linked to the patterns, Productivity improving feature  9

therefore is permanently synchronized in terms of position and content User experience enhancement  9
with the current version of the model.
Third, all the information is stored inside the CAD files and its evolution Day by day usage 7
can be managed in the same way as the patterns, including restore
points, branches and rights of access for different contributors.

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Pattern Sketch
Demo Movie
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Linked Patterns
Current Technology and Industry Challenges
Traditionally, all the CAD applications available on market, for developing patterns in apparel & flexible goods
industry, are divided into two fundamentally different groups, based on the way the patterns are constructed.
Of course, before this moment nobody cared to name these groups, so let’s just use two made-up names:

The Extracted Shapes group refers to CAD applications which use a The Cardboard Shapes group usually refers to modern CAD applications
process of drawing the patterns by lines and contours, fixed on the page, which use a process of drawing individual patterns by geometrical
and extract surfaces defined by the intersection of these lines. The methods, and once such pattern is a closed contour it becomes a “piece”,
important advantage of this method is that changes in the shape or providing a total freedom to play with it on the design surface, just like a
position of the original lines are reflected automatically in the shape of all piece of cardboard. The feedback from the market clearly shows that users
extracted surfaces (patterns), maintaining a link between shapes and are enjoying this way of working much more, because it is very similar to
helping the designer to speed-up the design process. The huge the natural way of handling patterns. However, the downside of this
down-side is that the entire design environment is no longer a free, method is that it is very difficult to create and maintain links between parts.
intuitive space, in which to play with patterns, move, rotate, overlap, and As part of this group of applications, Gemini Pattern Editor tried in its past
generally have this “cardboard pattern” feeling, highly appreciated by versions to overcome most of this setback, by adding linked grading,
users of the second group of applications. linked measurements and other features. However, the bases of the
application did not allow to attack the main goal: to automatically change
the shape of a piece when its sister piece is altered.

None of our competitors of both groups showed results in joining these two approaches, nor to eliminate the downsides of each.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini Pattern Designer X19
version is based on a totally new
and innovative geometrical
platform, which enables for the first
time a very simple yet incredibly
difficult task: to merge the “surface
extraction” method with the
“cardboard shape” method, and
therefore to unify the main benefits
from both of them: automation in
altering the shape of linked patterns
and total freedom to manipulate
parts on the design surface.

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How It Works?
Gemini Pattern Designer X19 maintains its traditional approach: New Feature 
patterns must be clear individual parts, just like cardboard parts. The
Unique in Gemini 
user can feel the pattern, move it, rotate it, flip it, play with it in any way.
But on top of this, Gemini also added the feature of extracting surfaces E-commerce Feature 
from the intersection of several lines or contours. The trick is that
extracted surfaces become cardboard parts, and behave similarly to Mass Customization Feature 
any other piece, no matter how the user rotates or repositions them on
Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
screen.
New Workflow Approach
These combined features open the way for three design approaches
within one single CAD application: Design Automation
• To build an array of • To build individual • OR to build
construction lines pieces and to work in individual pieces,
and to extract a pure “cardboard construction lines Applied in:
surfaces from it in a shapes” way and to combine the Upholstery
Automotive
pure “surface two methods at a & Furniture

extraction” way totally new level of

Apparel Composites
automation

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  3

Time saving feature  5

What Are the Benefits? Quality improving feature  9

Users of each environment (extraction or cardboard) are usually very

Productivity improving feature  9
keen to their advantages: some want automation, the others want
freedom, and they are not prepared to give-up their way of working. User experience enhancement  9
This was one of the most important obstacle for users of older CAD
applications to upgrade to a modern solution. Now, this obstacle is Day by day usage 7

completely eliminated.

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Linked patterns
Demo Movie
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Advanced Folds Editor

Current Technology and Industry Challenges
CAD applications in apparel/fashion/flexible goods design struggle to find the right compromise between
simplicity in operation on one hand and the need to incorporate advanced functionality to solve complicated
tasks in the industry.

In this continuous challenge, editing the folds on apparel products is one of the tough things to solve in an
elegant yet performant way. Gemini CAD Systems was one of the pioneers in treating folds as reversible
entities, allowing the user to handle the pattern in folded-position and automatically unfolding the pattern to
obtain the cutting shape. Despite this important advantage compared to competitors’ products, in all previous
versions it was quite difficult to handle multiple or overlapped folds and the interaction was not intuitive.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini Pattern Designer X19
incorporates a new functionality
called Folds Editor, capable to
handle folds creation, alteration
and simulation in a very intuitive
way, using a 3D visualization tool.
The solution was to copy the
natural process of folding, to
separate this process into
discrete alternating steps (one to
the left, one to the right, etc.) and
to add a simple information such
as folding direction (fold
upwards or downwards) and the
width of each step.

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How It Works?
Once the folding process was divided into these simple discrete steps, New Feature 
creating or representing a complex fold remained to be just a matter of
Unique in Gemini
filling lines into a table. Multiple folds are just more rows in the table.
Copying a fold or multiplying one fold to obtain other 50 similar folds to Industry 4.0 Feature 
create a folded skirt is a matter of copying and adding rows into the table.
E-commerce Feature 

Mass Customization Feature 

Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

New Workflow Approach

Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

On top of this simple and easy to use logical structure, Gemini added a Standard Add-on

3D viewer, so all the steps in the fold are easily observed during editing.
An automatic supervisor marks in real time any step which is invalid SaaS

(because of its width or direction) and guides the user how to fix it.
Status:

A Planned In Development
A B
C
Beta released Available
B

Suitable for:

C Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  7

Time saving feature  3

What Are the Benefits? Quality improving feature  8

Creating and managing folds, even the most complicated multiple folds
Productivity improving feature  8
with intricate folding directions, is now an easy and intuitive task.
User experience enhancement  9
Folds from one model can be easily copied and applied in another
model or another pattern. In addition, Gemini Pattern Designer also Day by day usage 2
offers now libraries of pre-edited folds ready to be applied in most
common situations.

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Advanced Folds Editor
Demo Movie
Gemini CAD Systems

Model History & Restore Points

Current Technology and Industry Challenges
Traceability is a key element in any Tracing back these changes, who
process in large organizations, did it and why, and having the
especially in creative activities in possibility to roll back the product
which several individuals design to a point and have a
contribute to developing a different approach is an important
product. feature which today is solved by
general purpose tools and
In fashion and apparel, as well as in methods, usually by storing
upholstery and furniture, a new versions of files at different
design is subject to many changes moments. This method is not
while in developing stage, and efficient and does not meet the
these changes are generated by minimal ergonomics requests to be
many contributors. properly used in these industries.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini CAD Systems introduces Model History and Restore Points system in
the Gemini Pattern Designer X19 package. The declared purpose of this
feature is to enable traceability and possibility to roll back the model to any
significant point in its developing history, as well as to manage different
branches of the same design, including differentiated access rights for
different users on these branches, all within one single model file.

The system is based on powerful encryption and compressing algorithms

and also on the user identification tools provided by myCAD.cloud platform.

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How It Works?
During the development of a new product, the Model Owner or other New Feature 
user with appropriate rights can create Restore Points on critical phases
Unique in Gemini
and can also create Branches of evolution. Each such branch will have its
own final version, one of those final versions being marked as current Industry 4.0 Feature 
Active Version. Users can be granted differentiated access to these
branches, and their contribution (changes to model) can be traced back E-commerce Feature 
to every single action they made from one Restore Point to another.
Mass Customization Feature 

At any moment, the Model Owner can find out, by checking the model Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
history, who did what and when.
New Workflow Approach
All this information is stored inside one single model file, maintaining an
Design Automation
easy way to store and manage models.

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

What Are the Benefits?

Level of dificulty  5
As the manufacturing process becomes more and more automatized, the
Time saving feature  5
responsibility for the quality and properties of the final product relies
more and more on how it was designed. Therefore, tracing back the Quality improving feature  4
changes on the design and associating it with individuals generates
responsibility among them and reduces the risk of errors with unknown Productivity improving feature  8
origin.
User experience enhancement  8

The capability to manage several branches of design evolution of a Day by day usage 3
product within one single file enables a faster developing process and
exchange of information.

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MTM Product Customization

Mass customization is on an ascending trend in all domains, but it is highly rated especially in fashion and
apparel industry. The classical customizable element in this domain for an article, is the product dimension and
fitting. This type of customization is met in the industry under the name of made to order, and until now it was
commonly meet in fashion houses and haute couture boutiques. In nowadays this concept is more and more
adopted also by the ready-to-wear sector, which are shifting to production on demand.

The transition from mass production to personalized production is progressive due to the inherent needs that
arise in this process: adapting the production processes to respond to this new type of production, equipping
with new computer systems dedicated to these production methods and training the personal.

Due to this progressive process, the producers are divided in three categories. Gemini CAD Systems has a
perfect well adapting solution for each category:
• one category which prefer to start with small customization of the product dimension, and we call this type of
customization Basic Alteration
• another category which prefer to offer complete product adjustment services to the customer's dimensions,
and we call this solution Expert Parametric
• a third category which wants to offer both levels, depending on customer needs.

Basic Alteration MTM Plug-in Expert Parametric MTM Plug-in

The Basic Alteration method consists in finding a The Expert Parametric method has a totally different
standard size close to the customer’s measurements and modern approach. The construction of the
and applying small alterations to that particular size, patterns is based on a geometrical infrastructure,
in order to better fit the customer. Being relatively called skeleton. The skeleton is built by using the
easy to use, the Alteration method is the most classic pattern construction techniques and steps, as
common choice of users, and it is the method described in any pattern construction manual, thus
provided by most of competing CAD applications. being very simple and logical for any trained pattern
However, it has many limitations and the results are designer. The skeleton contains formulas and
not satisfying when the measurements of the geometrical relations that are based on
customer present significant deviations from the measurements. By introducing different
standard size set. measurement values in the formula, the shape of the
skeleton will change, but it will always maintain the
correlation and shape constraints.

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See how Basic Alteration
MTM plug-in works
 New Feature 

Unique in Gemini

Industry 4.0 Feature 

E-commerce Feature 

Mass Customization Feature 

Collaboration/Resource Sharing 

New Workflow Approach

Design Automation

Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Expert Parametric method has a series of advantages and applications:
• better product fitting and perfect pattern matching, including on
extreme sizes. Level of dificulty  7
• applicability as automatic grading for mass production orders, by
directly using the Time saving feature  9
• dimensions from standard size tables.
Quality improving feature  3

Both methods are used by fashion houses, haute couture boutiques and Productivity improving feature  8
mass customization businesses that produce on-demand,
made-to-measure clothes. User experience enhancement  5
On top of this, the Expert Parametric MTM Plug-in can be used as
automatic grading for mass production orders, allowing a fast Day by day usage 3

adaptation of products to local markets or distribution chains.

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See how Expert
Parametric MTM plug-in works
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Style Selector & E-commerce

interaction
Current Technology and Industry Challenges
The need to be unique in a globalized society drives the growing demand of customized goods. Industry is
facing today a huge challenge to find efficient ways for mass customization.
To enable customers to choose different options for a product and to create their own configuration (whether
is a made to measure shirt or a digitally printed cycling suit), designers must develop variants of models
(styles or designs) in their CAD applications. The number of such variants depends on the number of options
available and it grows fast because it is obtained by multiplying all options.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini CAD Systems proposes a completely new approach on this problem. Instead of storing hundreds of
variants, the CAD projects will actually contain the list of options (Questions to ask), answers (possible
alternatives to choose) and actions (things to do on the model if an answer is chosen). The CAD system will no
longer create hundreds of pre-configured variants but instead it will create on spot the variant needed based
on the answers provided by the customer. APOGY Bespoke cloud processor will automatically generate new
variants based on consumer preferences and create optimized production orders.

How It Works?
Style Selector mimics the
interaction between
customer and an
e-commerce webpage or
the dialogue with the tailor
in a boutique shop while
customizing a product. So,
all Gemini CAD Systems
had to do was to create a
platform on which the designer of the product can edit the full scenario containing all questions and all
possible answers, and to define what actions to take (usually to add or remove patterns from the cut set)
depending on the answers. For each question or answer, the designer can add graphic content and
explanations, advices for customer or different rules and conditions when a question is valid to ask, or an
answer should be in the available list.

What Are the Benefits?

The huge pile of pre-defined variants is no longer needed. When the designer wants to add a new option, he
will just add a new question in the list, with its own possible answers among which the customer will choose.
Publishing or updating a customizable product on an e-commerce website is no-hassle activity and requires
zero programming effort once an API based connection is set with APOGY Bespoke. When using standard
platforms like Magento or Shopify, it is even easier. There are already Gemini plugins available. The cost and
time for publishing and updating operations are reduced dramatically. After the consumer expresses its
preferences, APOGY Bespoke cloud processor handles all the transformations needed for generating a new
variant and continues the process by generating optimized production orders based on delivery time and fabrics
optimization.
The complete automatization of the process allows to obtain real time cost calculation and to manage also
the flow of information for associated processes, such as packaging or shipping. ERP integrations can easily
be performed through modern APIs.

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Model Access Rights Management

APOGY MARM
Current Technology and Industry Challenges
Modern manufacturing and business models in our globalized economy requires many players in the
workflow to be able to have access to information. This applies in fashion and apparel manufacturing more
than any field. A factory in Turkey needs access to the pattern file of this summer’s new dress model created
by a designer in France and ordered by a business owner in Sweden. However, the permissions to access the
information must be limited to only two weeks and must not allow the factory to copy the model or parts of it
for other purposes. Somehow, the factory must see the patterns, print it or cut it, but never be able to
copy-paste into another project, and after two weeks it should not be able to open the model anymore, even
if they still have the file.
General purpose cloud storage and file sharing platforms cannot provide these features, which are critical for
protecting and managing the Intellectual Property in such a sensitive field such as fashion or furniture design.

Our Breakthrough
Gemini CAD Systems introduces MARM – Model Access Rights Management, a cloud-based service capable of
solving in an efficient way the specific problems of fashion, furniture and other design-oriented industries. The
declared purpose of this system is to allow owners of Intellectual Property to manage who can have what type
of access and for how long to a CAD resource file, and to prevent stealing or misuse of creative content
embedded into CAD files. The entire system is based on state-of-the-art encryption methods and provides
multiple options and features, all hosted by APOGY cloud platform.

How It Works?
MARM uses the infrastructure of
APOGY cloud, on which all
individual users are registered
and associated with known and
recognized organizations using
Gemini CAD software products.
The owners of Intellectual
Property, incorporated into CAD
files, are the organizations.
Within an organization there are
several members and roles, such as Master User, Model Owner or Simple User, all contributing to models and
design developing. Model Owners can grant certain access rights for a defined period of time to users and/or
other organizations. The rights can be remotely or locally managed and can be supervised/altered by the
company’s Master User. Files can be shared using APOGY platform or any other method, including other file
sharing & storage platforms or traditional methods such emails. Gemini encryption system allows to lock access
to a file for an unauthorized user after a period, even if that file is stored locally, offline.

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MARM & MyCloud.com
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AutomART – the innovative solution for digital printed goods

Current Technology and Industry Challenges
Textile Digital Printing is made in at least three major ways: Raw Fabric Printing (producing quantities of fabric
with repetitive motifs), Shaped Textile Printing (producing parts of garment printed and cut) and
Direct-to-Garment Printing (adding various digital decoration to a ready-made-garment).

Shaped Textile Printing is widely used for producing parts needed in customized sportswear, advertising,
home decoration and it is a sector where the level of automatization is incredibly low. The waste of materials
and labor is huge. The most common classical workflow implies the use of two separate environments: CAD
(an apparel specialized CAD) and Graphics (Illustrator or Corel, etc.), which merge usually by manually placing
white cloth parts on a printed transfer paper.

Our Breakthrough
The entire Digital Printing solution provided be Gemini CAD Systems is based on a proprietary technology
capable to import, scale, imposition and print high-quality printable files such as EPS or PDF. This capability
exists both in Gemini Pattern Designer as well as in Gemini Nest Expert modules.

How It Works ?
Using the ability to handle EPS and PDF printable graphical content, the designer can use Gemini Pattern
Designer X19 to merge the graphical content with the shapes designed and graded in the CAD application,
can nest these decorated shapes and send the result directly to a wide format printer and a cutter.

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AutomART
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That means the entire workflow is actually changed, as all pre-press New Feature 
operations are performed inside the apparel CAD environment
provided by Gemini, benefitting of all the typical automation tools Unique in Gemini

specific to garments production, such as grading, checking, cut Industry 4.0 Feature 
planning, nesting, etc.
The result of this process is a roll of nested printed shapes that must E-commerce Feature 
be cut. The technology in charge of this phase is VisionCUT. This
system has the capability to scan the printed fabric, to identify the Mass Customization Feature 

position and distortion of printed shapes and drive a single ply cutter Collaboration/Resource Sharing 
to cut the parts perfectly, by compensating any distortion within a
given set of rules and restrictions. The entire process is fully automatic, New Workflow Approach
in a seamless in-line integration with the cutter.
Design Automation

Please check here

the detailed workflow Applied in:

Upholstery
Automotive
& Furniture

Apparel Composites

Available in:

Standard Add-on

SaaS

Status:

Planned In Development

Beta released Available

Suitable for:

Fashion Small Scale

Boutique Series

Large Scale Mass Production

Level of dificulty  7

What Are the Benefits? Time saving feature  9

Quality improving feature  3

For the first time, producers of digitally printed sportswear and other
sewn goods can implement a fully automated workflow which reduces Productivity improving feature  8
by up to 60% labor costs. Use of consumables such as transfer paper
and printer time are reduced by up to 35%, while ink consumption is User experience enhancement  5
reduced by up to 10%. Quality in matching the sewn parts on any size
Day by day usage 3
is guaranteed and does not require any compromise. The entire
process is also compatible with direct-to-fabric printing technology.

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About Us

Gemini CAD Systems is a leading global supplier of technology for

industries working with soft flexible materials such as textiles, composites 
or leather. Our activity includes research, development and deployment
of software, hardware and workflow solutions for fashion & apparel,
furniture and automotive, with focus on computer aided design (CAD)
and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) applied in the cutting room.

Gemini’s business is based on cross-linked fields of expertise and a

collection of proprietary, in-house developed software and hardware
products, built in over 15 years of activity and continuous investments in
R&D, serving the manufacturing process from design to cutting by more
than 17.000 installations across 38 countries, providing reliable services
and technical support throughout all stages.

Gemini is leading the global process of digitalization and automation of

fashion industry, with a pragmatic approach based on its FITS strategy:
Functionality, Integration, Technology, Sustainability.
Its latest FashionTech cloud platform enables the transition to mass
products customization, covering all stages from product development to
e-commerce and manufacture, with remarkable scalability and
connectivity capabilities. 

www.geminicad.com

ADDRESS CONTACT FIND US ON:

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700500, Iasi, Romania E : [email protected]

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