Is there anyone using the ver 9 of Dress Shop and having success with Pants?

I used Dress Shop version 2. I believe it was the very first version. I stopped sewing then later upgraded to Version 4, then 5 and now I've upgraded again to version 9. I haven't actually drafted a pattern using 9 but I did with Version 2. No matter what I do, I still have to tweak pants crotch. Skirts are always the simplest but now I've gained a lot of weight and still have problems with pants and skirt waist standing away from my body because I have to draft pattern large enough to accommodate large hips and buttocks area but accommodate for a smaller waistline. So now I need help with tweaking pattern to fit what some refer to as a "shelf" - area from waist to top of buttocks in the back and from waist to upper hip on the left and right sides and in the front the area from waist to just below a protruding stomach area. Is there a secret to drafting to accommodate that "shelf" area?

Le 29/07/2013 22:44, SBrad a écrit :

I used to use Dress shop but gave up as I had a printing issue and the after sales service was very unaccommodating as I am outside of the USA. However with the patterns I do have from when the program worked I am very happy. As far as I remember from when I used it if your base measurements are good , and there are many , and the toile is then good then everything else works out even if you have issues. I have seen examples of very uneven , non asymmetric people who have made fitting garments with this program. Mine were good despite 2 dress sizes difference between top and bottom I even have a 2 usable dress patterns, a miracle. Now if I could only remember where I put them, I could do with a new summer dress right now. I suggest starting again in Version 9 with a new set of measurements of your body now. I know it all takes time but if you do that the program will do the drafting for you that what it's designed to do after all.