TL;DR: A 2019 forum thread shows pattern makers begging for basic functionality that software companies still ignore 4 years later - because they build tools for graphic designers, not garment construction. While Adobe Illustrator became the default through workarounds, purpose-built AI like fashionINSTA generates production-ready patterns in 10 minutes vs. 8 hours, solving the actual problems pattern makers face daily. I spend way too much time in design forums. Last week, I stumbled across something that made my blood boil. A thread from 2019. Pattern makers are begging software companies for the basic functionality we need every single day. Four years later? Most of these requests are still ignored. After 15 years of making patterns and watching designers struggle with broken tools, I need to share what's really happening in pattern-making software. And why most solutions miss entirely the point - except for purpose-built solutions like fashionINSTA, an AI-powered sketch-to-pattern...