Rapid Pattern Design Software

ParaSol imports a list of orders exported from your order management software, processes them automatically in the background and sends them to Tangent, which automatically puts them on the right fabric with the correct cutter settings, ready to be cut. There’s not much more for an operator to do other than press the cut button.

ParaSol works the way you do. You can enter one order at a time, or all the orders you have on hand… export and nest them to calculate the fabric requirements.

Orders can be exported one by one or as a list with multiple fabrics where Tangent will sort the patterns into fabric queues.

ParaSol R&R can produce patterns in an instant for almost all interior and exterior shade products… roller, roman, mesh, screen, ziptrack, hurricane screens, awnings and pelmets. We’ve got you covered.

Complex designs are stored as single text files so updating designs is as easy as putting the new file in a folder.

Consistent products mean consistent productivity and profitability.

The roller, motor, fixing methods, pin width deductions etc. are all saved in ParaSol’s style database. Selecting a style will automatically make all the necessary changes to the measured size to produce reliably consistent patterns across your whole product range.

Of course styles can be dynamically overridden in ParaSol for special orders.

ParaSol R&R has a fabric database which can be edited directly in ParaSol or imported as a CSV file from your order management system. Fabric widths, fabric orientation rules, lining fabrics, batten allowances, creasing or marking, cut speed and pressure… all these details are saved in with the fabric so selecting one, sets everything right down to when it’s cut.

Plain or striped fabric patterns are generated in seconds with a minimum of input whether you’re looking for appearance or economical use of fabric.

Folding arm awnings, shades, café curtains, ziptrack screens and almost any product which is made from vertically seamed or joined pieces of fabric can be designed.

From the modern to the traditional with many included variations for regional requirements in awning design.

ParaSol Awnings can produce patterns in an instant for almost all exterior shade products… Folding arm awnings, shades, café curtains, ziptrack screens and almost any product which is made from vertically seamed or joined pieces of fabric can be designed.

ParaSol Awnings makes a consistent product all the time with maximum productivity and profitability.

ParaSol has seen a lot of fashions come and go in outdoor shade products over the years. There’s always a customer wanting something different, even if it’s what they bought 30 years ago.

With ParaSol’s design file database, there’s no need have sales people scratching their heads about anything, old or new, because ParaSol can do them both with ease.

ParaSol Umbra will let you easily and quickly create finished flat patterns for complex 3D shapes without needing any CAD or draughting experience.

ParaSol Umbra’s curve editor lets you accurately define hollow curves for conicals and umbrella edges or rounded profiles for fixed awnings and traditional café umbrellas.

Create structures with 3 or more sides so new and aftermarket canopies can be fabricated with the minimum of fuss. If you are working with fixed awnings with a dome shape, then just create half the number of patterns.

Designs can be finished with a hollow or straight edge or a range of valance styles included scalloped and vee cutout edges.

ParaSol Umbra is a companion program to ParaSol R&R and ParaSol Awnings. All share the same top-down interface design, fabric and styles database and handle everything from solid fabrics to screens and striped materials.

Patterns can be developed in seconds and are ready for cutting immediately or for export to other CAD software. ParaSol Umbra… the difficult made easy.