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APPAREL

A tech pack builder inside WooCommerce

Every apparel product gets a Tech Pack tab. The technical flats redraw as you change measurements, grade rules fill in every size from the product variations, and one click exports a 12-page PDF attached to the product.

The problem

Apparel brands keep tech packs and size charts in separate files, so the product page, the size guide and the factory sheet drift apart.

What it does

Every apparel product gets a Tech Pack tab. The technical flats redraw as you change measurements, grade rules fill in every size from the product variations, and one click exports a 12-page PDF attached to the product.

Watch it work

About 73 seconds. Uses an invented sample brand, NORTHLINE. Captions are burned in. Open the MP4.

Key features

  • 01

    Tech Pack tab in the product

    Style, season, colorway with Pantone, fabric, 14 points of measure with base value, grade rule and tolerance, artwork placement, BOM, construction, print and packaging.

  • 02

    Live technical flats

    Front and back flats redraw as you type, plus artwork and how-to-measure views.

  • 03

    Sizes from the product

    The size run comes from the product's own Size attribute. Grading fills every size from the base size.

  • 04

    12-page factory PDF

    Title block on every page, flats and callouts, measurement chart, grading, fabric, BOM, construction, packaging, revision log and sign-off. Each export is attached to the product with its revision.

  • 05

    Bulk export

    A bulk action on the Products list exports one product or several.

  • 06

    Shopper Size guide tab

    Built from the same data, for the shopper-relevant measurements only, with an inches and centimeters toggle and a how-to-measure diagram.

Pages from the exported PDF

  • Page 1 of a sample tech pack: front and back flats, style summary and colorway
    Page 1 of a sample tech pack: front and back flats, style summary and colorway.
  • Sample tech pack measurement chart with points of measure from S to 2XL in inches and centimeters
    Sample tech pack measurement chart with points of measure from S to 2XL in inches and centimeters.
  • Sample tech pack artwork placement page with dimension callouts
    Sample tech pack artwork placement page with dimension callouts.

Built by Jay, demo on sample data

  • Built by Jay as a demo. The brand in the video and the PDF pages above is invented (NORTHLINE), and its measurements are sample starting values to be confirmed on a first sample fit with a factory.
  • Logos are typeset placeholders. Pantone codes and swatches are approximations to be matched with a lab dip.

Not built yet

  • A fixed set of 14 points of measure and a tee-shaped flat. Other garments (hoodies, pants) need new geometry; the editor, storage, PDF and size guide carry over.
  • A product must be saved once in the editor so its drawings exist before a bulk export.
  • Exported PDFs sit in the public uploads folder; the file URL is not secret, so confidential factory terms need that folder protected.

Tested on. Tested on WordPress 7.1, WooCommerce 11.2, PHP 8.3. The PDF is rendered in PHP, with no browser on the server. A 24-check smoke suite passed.

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