footwear CAD patternmaker
Footwear CAD patternmakers design, adjust and modify patterns for all kinds of footwear using CAD systems. They check laying variants using nesting modules of the CAD system and material consumption. Once the sample model has been approved for production, these professionals make series of patterns (grading) to produce a range of the same footwear model in different sizes.
Also called: footwear pattern-maker CAD operator, footwear CAD pattern cutter, CAD pattern-maker, footwear CAD pattern cutter footwear pattern maker CAD operator, footwear pattern maker, CAD pattern maker, footwear CAD operator, footwear CAD pattern-maker
- 12
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- footwear designerWhat changes?11 skills in common
- footwear product developerWhat changes?11 skills in common
- footwear patternmakerWhat changes?10 skills in common
- footwear product development manager9 skills in common
- footwear maintenance technician7 skills in common
- footwear production technician7 skills in common
- footwear quality technician7 skills in common
- orthopaedic footwear technician7 skills in common
Essential skills
12Optional skills
16- apply development process to footwear design
- CAD for footwear
- create 3D CAD footwear prototypes
- create solutions to problems
- create technical sketches for footwear
- design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation
- develop footwear collection
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- footwear creation process
- manual cutting processes for leather
- prepare footwear samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use CAD for heels
- use CAD for lasts
- use CAD for soles
- use communication techniques
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