Beginner's Guide to CLO Part 3 Garment Details: Folds & Pleats (Lesson 1)

In this tutorial you will learn about how to fold things in CLO. We will cover fold angles, how to create a simple pleat and folding in 3D with the Fold Arrangement Tool.

The files used in training can be purchased as free items from the link below.
You can see how to purchase free items in the video by clicking the link below.

✅ 1_Fold Angles
✅ 2_Womens Button Down
✅ Practice_Mens Button Down
✅ Practice_Womens Collared Dress

[Timestamps]

Fold Angles 0:28
Strengthen for Folds 4:21
Fold Rendering 5:37
Fold Arrangement (folding collars and cuffs) 7:07
Pleats & Tucks (manually) 13:43
Pleat & Pleat Sewing Tools 19:55

For more related tutorials:

Foundations Lesson 6 - Sewing:

Foundations Lesson 7 - Simulation & Particle Distance:

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[kemer]

12:25 Pro gamer move that you can do to have a smooth collar after folding it is to add few ( around 4, 2 for each side of the line that you were folding on) internal lines there. Internal lines affects topology, so triangles will be so small that the folding there will look very smooth!!

[clairejago]

Great tutorial, thank you. Was really helpful having the additional practice files to test out the new skills on at the end of the tutorial, helped embed the learning. When you have to have to do it completely on your own is when the learning really goes in!

[barbaraquirogabopp]

Amazing how you explained! thanks so much!

[sarahwattley]

Hello CLO, I am so excited about Part 3 of the series and this first lesson was great! I've encountered 2 problems and would so appreciate your help:
1. When I folded the collar and cuffs, they remained grey, even when I clicked away with the Select Tool. How do I make them return to white?
2. At timestamp 27:57 using the Pleats Sewing Tool, the sewing is mirrored on the back but not on the yoke. When I try to apply sewing there is an error message "overlapping sewing line." Is there a work around for this?

[РузаннаАбраамян-яч]

Thank you very much for this video! Tell me please, ?when i fold fabric and simulate it, the fabric is falling down, not staying like in video. What can i do that it will not fall down? I'll be glad for an answer.

[dinhdo]

Hello, I'm wondering if the reason I don't have the gizmo feature is because I'm using a free trial version that's limited, or is it because I don't know how to use it?

[RomboutVersluijs]

Thanks for sharing the file, very usefull as reference

[celineleblanc]

Hi there, same question as Alexandre Jouniot. How did you make the collar white in spite of grey once it's folded please?

[shireenal-lawati]

how can you add folds that are not at the edge of the fabric? for example I want to add tucks to the waist, like only right at the middle not at the beginning nor at the end of a pattern piece? so in real life you fold the fabric and sew at the desired width of the fold and press to one side. how can I mimic that in clo?

[janaschlegel]

Hey kann mir jemand helfen und zwar bekomm ich die Knopfleiste nixht in den Kragen in der vorderen Mitte. Sie hat es schon fertig aber wie macht man das??😊

[MariiaGalushka]

It seems to me that you have not finished to sew the fold on the right side yoke, a small segment. 26.00-

[Istomina_patterns]

hello. I don't understand why you change "custom angle" to "turned" in property editor after sewing together small pieces of pleat on the back detail of a shirt. I checked the video called "sewing" where you use "turned" for collar and I can see how the look of a collar changes during the proccess. But I don't see any difference when I turn on "turned" for the pleat on a chirt. Why do we do that?

[dinhdo]

I can't find the gizmo for the 2024 version. Can you help me find where it is?

[mizhou]

Hi, do you know why my collar changed into grey after I fold it?

[pennylim]

Please do a tutorial on how to do one-sided diagonal pleats on a skirt!

[apoljyotigogoi]

Can you please explain how to put Arrow in the pleat part and circle in back pattern piece. What is the use of it.

[woohoo]

Thanks for the tutorial! Is there anywhere to check the answer? because I am not sure if Im doing correct for the women skirt practice 😂

[rraku]

Nice tutorial，How did you drew the arrow of the shirt？

[luisadirube]

Hello! I can´t find the ¨fold¨ option inside the ¨property editor¨ file. I do not have the same options as you do. My CLO version is 6.2. Why does that happen? How can i fix it?

[forerd]

Hi, 9:36 fabric is still black( How it can be fixed ?