Their technology enables them to have a lot of diversity in styles and options. It gives us flexibility and the ability to be creative. Linda Lundstrom Inc. uses CAD programs, short for computer aided design, to create patterns and design the garments. That doesn't mean that the designers lose the old fashioned feel of fabric. Linda says that the process of designing on the computer isn't done separately from holding the material in their hands.
Designers use computers to point and click their way through ideas.
The pattern is created on a computer before it goes to the plotting machine which actually draws out the pattern, and utilizes the most economical areas of the paper so there isn't any waste. Once the pattern is designed and drawn, the material needs to be cut. Before this can happen the material has to be inspected. The inspecting machine rolls out the material and if there are any flaws, the machine operator marks it with tape. Then the material is measured out through this cutting machine.