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| Decision field | Open accessOpen Supply HubGlobalRemove | Open accessAustralia Basic Patternmaking CompetencyAustralia · OceaniaRemove | Open accessSeam Allowance ConverterGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Source production | Find patterns & fit | Find patterns & fit |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Production | Patterns & fit | Patterns & fit |
| Best for | Researching production locations and affiliations | Scoping training, hiring, assessment, or evidence requirements for basic textile-product pattern development and testing in Australia | Translating a seam allowance already stated by a pattern or controlled specification |
| Know before using | The platform combines stakeholder-contributed, public-list, facility-claimed, and partner data with different origins and update paths. A facility record, contributor connection, claim, certification field, or shared OS ID is not a quality endorsement, ownership finding, complete supplier relationship, current capacity statement, or due-diligence result. Inspect the source badges, contributors, dates, duplicates, claimed fields, and linked evidence, then verify the facility and intended business relationship directly. | This is a competency and assessment reference, not an instructional course, pattern file, qualification by reading, provider recommendation, professional license, or proof that a person can perform the work. The route does not establish enrollment availability, teaching quality, fees, support, recognition outside Australia, or product-specific fit. Confirm the current unit status, packaging rules, prerequisites, registered provider, assessment conditions, local requirements, and actual evidence before relying on it. | This is a unit-translation reference. It does not select, approve, or change a seam allowance; establish a universal fraction; interpret an unstated cutting or stitching line; or replace the exact pattern version, controlled specification, material and seam evidence, sample, production method, equipment, tolerance, or release authority. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Apparel brands | Both | Both |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Australia · Oceania | Global |
| Access | Open access | Open access | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Reference | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Community database | Official registry | Stitch Authority |
| Account, payment, and exit | |||
| Access scope | Researcher or apparel team searching production locations or operationalizing facility data. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
| Before an account | Search and explore facility records without payment. The provider states that the platform is free to search, contribute to, and explore. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
| Free-account boundary | A free account supports search, contribution, profile viewing, and download of up to 5,000 production locations. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
| Payment boundary | Paid products support continuous API access, custom or bulk data work, and embedded maps. Cost and commitment vary by product and scale. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
| Cancellation or exit | The current solutions page does not state cancellation, renewal, or post-cancel terms for paid products. Resolve those terms in the order or contract before integration. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
| Saved work and data | The free account includes a bounded download; paid products add custom exports and API access. Contributor, claimed, and partner fields have different provenance and update paths. | Not yet reviewed at this level. | Not yet reviewed at this level. |
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| What the source establishes | Open Supply Hub's current guide supports facility-name or OS ID, contributor, location, sector, parent-company, facility-type, processing-type, product-type, and worker-count searches, with contributor information visible on facility data. Manual search is open, a free account supports bounded data downloads, and paid services cover larger or programmatic access. | Australia's National Training Register publishes current unit MSTAT3002, Develop patterns using basic patternmaking principles. The release document describes interpreting textile-product design specifications, considering fabric performance, selecting tools and equipment, developing patterns, testing the result, and making alterations. Release 1 was generated December 22, 2022 and merged two earlier units. Current Australian apparel and live-production qualifications list MSTAT3002, while the current diploma also exposes advanced individual-fit, alteration, and fit-model units. | NIST states that one inch is exactly 25.4 millimetres, and the SI decimal relationship makes one centimetre equal to 10 millimetres. The tool uses those factors, displays rounded equivalents, exposes the size difference to the nearest 1/16 inch when converting to inches, and preserves valid value, source-unit, and target-unit state in the URL. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 16, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Next review due | Jan 24, 2027 | Oct 14, 2026 | Jul 28, 2027 |
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