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Caledonia Group Software Futura

Futura Next Suite: the CAD for apparel and technical textiles that reduces time and waste, from pattern making to the cutting room

Futura Next is the multilingual CAD suite for fashion, upholstery and technical textiles. Design, manage and produce with a seamless flow: Pattern → Manager → Marker/Automarker → Smart Plan → Cut., with PDM/PLM For data and bills of materials. Based on Windows + Microsoft SQL Server, integrates the formats DXF, ASTM, HPGL and ISO for easy data exchange with ERPs and machines.

Why choose Futura Next

  • – scraps, + margins: advanced nesting and fabric constraint management.
  • Shorter time-to-market.: from model to placed in just a few steps.
  • Data always aligned: SQL Server and integrations with ERP/PLM.
  • Scalable: libraries, profiles, and recipes for multiple departments/locations.
  • Standard formats: DXF/AAMA-ASTM, HPGL, ISO for import/export
Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next Pattern

Futura Next Pattern

The patternmaker’s CAD: drawing tools, macros for transformations (pleats, darts, draping, flaring), automatic size development, seam checks and simulation

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next Manager

Futura Next Manager

Archive models/pieces/planted on SQL Server, quick searches with previews, consumption verification, placemaking, export (PDF, DXF-AAMA/ASTM, HPGL, ISO), and integration with PDM/Smart Plan/management.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next Marker Automarker

Futura Next Marker + Automarker

Manual/automatic placer optimization: multi-cut management, constraints (ratio, fiber direction, defects), scrap reduction e increased productivity.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next PDM

Futura Next PDM / PLM

Product documentation, bills of materials, cycles and master records centralized in the Futura database; traceability and two-way data exchange.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next MTM

Futura Next MTM (Made-to-Measure)

“Tailored” models with parametric rules on SQL Server for fast variants and accurate preemptions.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next Converter

Futura Next Converter

Model conversion and signatures to major international standards for total interoperability.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next Smart Plan

Futura Next Smart Plan

Cutting room planning and launch marked automatically with native integration to Marker/Automarker.

Caledonia Group Softwere CAD Futura Next 3D

Futura Next 3D

3D photorealistic previews from CAD files to reduce physical prototypes and sample times.

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