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2D CAD Draftsperson / Technical Pattern Maker for Leather Goods Ended
About the job
Engagement: Contract / freelance, remote (project-based)
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outline... read more
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outline... read more
Engagement: Contract / freelance, remote (project-based)
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outlines. Our cut list separates cut size from finished size and calls out skive depths, fold widths, and extra cut length; the geometry must reflect that.
• Mark grain direction and nest efficiently for hide yield where relevant.
• Keep files organized against our spec system. Cut lists, hardware, materials, and assembly steps already live in an Airtable base; drawings come back tied to those records, versioned cleanly.
The kind of inputs you’ll work from:
• A side panel at 533 × 267 mm, 2 mm primary leather, 23 mm skived perimeter, with 89 mm-diameter corner radii (241 mm at the top front corner), notched at the corners so a three-piece gusset strip wraps cleanly at a 90° fold.
• A main-access-hole lid with two 3″ × 1″ flaps skived to 1 mm and folded under to form a channel/loop for a 1/8″ steel hinge rod.
• Bindings at .5 mm, flanges with 45° ends, gusset strips at 1367 mm, and hardware cutouts located to match grommets, Loxx fasteners, Chicago screws, and buckles.
What we’re looking for:
• Demonstrated pattern/cut-file work — ideally leather goods such as luggage or bags; strong soft-goods or industrial-design drafting backgrounds considered.
• Fluency producing clean, closed path layered DXF (and AI or equivalent vector source). A flattened PDF “drawing” is not solely what this role produces (but those are needed too)
• Comfort working in millimeters and translating loose hand sketches into exact, dimensioned, cuttable geometry — including skiving, edge finishing, folding and seam allowances.
• An eye for proportion and craft. This is a luxury object; the patterns must honor that.
• Bonus: experience preparing cut files for overseas leather manufacturers and familiarity with die-making constraints.
Paid test (for shortlisted candidates):
We’ll provide one real component from our spec — the notched side panel with the 89 / 241 mm corner radii and wrap-around gusset — and ask you to produce the layered DXF plus a short note on how you handled the fold geometry and allowances. Paid at a rate we both agree on.
To apply:
1. A portfolio showing pattern/technical drawings, ideally with at least one before/after of a sketch or rough input turned into a finished, dimensioned cut file.
2. The 2D software you work in, and confirmation you can deliver layered DXF for clicker dies / laser and corresponding pdfs.
3. Your rate for this project and availability.
4. A short note: pick any structured leather object and tell us how you’d approach drawing it from a rough sketch plus a dimensioned parts list.
Note: An example of the hand-drawn sketches of founder is attached so you can see what you'll be working with. read less
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outlines. Our cut list separates cut size from finished size and calls out skive depths, fold widths, and extra cut length; the geometry must reflect that.
• Mark grain direction and nest efficiently for hide yield where relevant.
• Keep files organized against our spec system. Cut lists, hardware, materials, and assembly steps already live in an Airtable base; drawings come back tied to those records, versioned cleanly.
The kind of inputs you’ll work from:
• A side panel at 533 × 267 mm, 2 mm primary leather, 23 mm skived perimeter, with 89 mm-diameter corner radii (241 mm at the top front corner), notched at the corners so a three-piece gusset strip wraps cleanly at a 90° fold.
• A main-access-hole lid with two 3″ × 1″ flaps skived to 1 mm and folded under to form a channel/loop for a 1/8″ steel hinge rod.
• Bindings at .5 mm, flanges with 45° ends, gusset strips at 1367 mm, and hardware cutouts located to match grommets, Loxx fasteners, Chicago screws, and buckles.
What we’re looking for:
• Demonstrated pattern/cut-file work — ideally leather goods such as luggage or bags; strong soft-goods or industrial-design drafting backgrounds considered.
• Fluency producing clean, closed path layered DXF (and AI or equivalent vector source). A flattened PDF “drawing” is not solely what this role produces (but those are needed too)
• Comfort working in millimeters and translating loose hand sketches into exact, dimensioned, cuttable geometry — including skiving, edge finishing, folding and seam allowances.
• An eye for proportion and craft. This is a luxury object; the patterns must honor that.
• Bonus: experience preparing cut files for overseas leather manufacturers and familiarity with die-making constraints.
Paid test (for shortlisted candidates):
We’ll provide one real component from our spec — the notched side panel with the 89 / 241 mm corner radii and wrap-around gusset — and ask you to produce the layered DXF plus a short note on how you handled the fold geometry and allowances. Paid at a rate we both agree on.
To apply:
1. A portfolio showing pattern/technical drawings, ideally with at least one before/after of a sketch or rough input turned into a finished, dimensioned cut file.
2. The 2D software you work in, and confirmation you can deliver layered DXF for clicker dies / laser and corresponding pdfs.
3. Your rate for this project and availability.
4. A short note: pick any structured leather object and tell us how you’d approach drawing it from a rough sketch plus a dimensioned parts list.
Note: An example of the hand-drawn sketches of founder is attached so you can see what you'll be working with. read less
Engagement: Contract / freelance, remote (project-based)
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nick... read more
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nick... read more
Engagement: Contract / freelance, remote (project-based)
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outlines. Our cut list separates cut size from finished size and calls out skive depths, fold widths, and extra cut length; the geometry must reflect that.
• Mark grain direction and nest efficiently for hide yield where relevant.
• Keep files organized against our spec system. Cut lists, hardware, materials, and assembly steps already live in an Airtable base; drawings come back tied to those records, versioned cleanly.
The kind of inputs you’ll work from:
• A side panel at 533 × 267 mm, 2 mm primary leather, 23 mm skived perimeter, with 89 mm-diameter corner radii (241 mm at the top front corner), notched at the corners so a three-piece gusset strip wraps cleanly at a 90° fold.
• A main-access-hole lid with two 3″ × 1″ flaps skived to 1 mm and folded under to form a channel/loop for a 1/8″ steel hinge rod.
• Bindings at .5 mm, flanges with 45° ends, gusset strips at 1367 mm, and hardware cutouts located to match grommets, Loxx fasteners, Chicago screws, and buckles.
What we’re looking for:
• Demonstrated pattern/cut-file work — ideally leather goods such as luggage or bags; strong soft-goods or industrial-design drafting backgrounds considered.
• Fluency producing clean, closed path layered DXF (and AI or equivalent vector source). A flattened PDF “drawing” is not solely what this role produces (but those are needed too)
• Comfort working in millimeters and translating loose hand sketches into exact, dimensioned, cuttable geometry — including skiving, edge finishing, folding and seam allowances.
• An eye for proportion and craft. This is a luxury object; the patterns must honor that.
• Bonus: experience preparing cut files for overseas leather manufacturers and familiarity with die-making constraints.
Paid test (for shortlisted candidates):
We’ll provide one real component from our spec — the notched side panel with the 89 / 241 mm corner radii and wrap-around gusset — and ask you to produce the layered DXF plus a short note on how you handled the fold geometry and allowances. Paid at a rate we both agree on.
To apply:
1. A portfolio showing pattern/technical drawings, ideally with at least one before/after of a sketch or rough input turned into a finished, dimensioned cut file.
2. The 2D software you work in, and confirmation you can deliver layered DXF for clicker dies / laser and corresponding pdfs.
3. Your rate for this project and availability.
4. A short note: pick any structured leather object and tell us how you’d approach drawing it from a rough sketch plus a dimensioned parts list.
Note: An example of the hand-drawn sketches of founder is attached so you can see what you'll be working with. read less
Primary deliverable: Production-ready, layered DXF cut files for clicker dies and laser cutting and corresponding PDF files
NOTE: Non-Disclosure Agreement mandatory; IP rights 100% reserved by M’Glyden-Dash LLC
About the work:
We design heirloom-grade leather carry-on luggage — full-grain hides over a structured shell, brass, nickel, and metal hardware, lock-stitched seams, the kind of object meant to outlast the person who buys it. Development happens in obsessive detail: every panel, gusset strip, binding, and skive is specified in millimeters before a single hide is cut.
We need someone to turn the founder’s hand sketches and dimensioned cut list into precise, manufacturable 2D patterns and cut files.
What you’ll do:
• Produce flat patterns and dimensioned production drawings for every component: leather panels, gusset strips, linings, bindings, straps, and webbing. The current model has roughly 38 distinct cut pieces across primary leather (.5 / 1 / 2 mm), pigskin and wool linings, canvas, cotton webbing, and snap tape — each with its own width, length, skive depth, edge angle, and fold allowance.
• Deliver layered DXF cut files ready for clicker-die fabrication and laser cutting — cut lines, fold/score lines, skive zones, and stitch/punch marks on separate, clearly named layers. Plus editable source (AI or equivalent) and shareable PDFs.
• Encode allowances explicitly — not just finished outlines. Our cut list separates cut size from finished size and calls out skive depths, fold widths, and extra cut length; the geometry must reflect that.
• Mark grain direction and nest efficiently for hide yield where relevant.
• Keep files organized against our spec system. Cut lists, hardware, materials, and assembly steps already live in an Airtable base; drawings come back tied to those records, versioned cleanly.
The kind of inputs you’ll work from:
• A side panel at 533 × 267 mm, 2 mm primary leather, 23 mm skived perimeter, with 89 mm-diameter corner radii (241 mm at the top front corner), notched at the corners so a three-piece gusset strip wraps cleanly at a 90° fold.
• A main-access-hole lid with two 3″ × 1″ flaps skived to 1 mm and folded under to form a channel/loop for a 1/8″ steel hinge rod.
• Bindings at .5 mm, flanges with 45° ends, gusset strips at 1367 mm, and hardware cutouts located to match grommets, Loxx fasteners, Chicago screws, and buckles.
What we’re looking for:
• Demonstrated pattern/cut-file work — ideally leather goods such as luggage or bags; strong soft-goods or industrial-design drafting backgrounds considered.
• Fluency producing clean, closed path layered DXF (and AI or equivalent vector source). A flattened PDF “drawing” is not solely what this role produces (but those are needed too)
• Comfort working in millimeters and translating loose hand sketches into exact, dimensioned, cuttable geometry — including skiving, edge finishing, folding and seam allowances.
• An eye for proportion and craft. This is a luxury object; the patterns must honor that.
• Bonus: experience preparing cut files for overseas leather manufacturers and familiarity with die-making constraints.
Paid test (for shortlisted candidates):
We’ll provide one real component from our spec — the notched side panel with the 89 / 241 mm corner radii and wrap-around gusset — and ask you to produce the layered DXF plus a short note on how you handled the fold geometry and allowances. Paid at a rate we both agree on.
To apply:
1. A portfolio showing pattern/technical drawings, ideally with at least one before/after of a sketch or rough input turned into a finished, dimensioned cut file.
2. The 2D software you work in, and confirmation you can deliver layered DXF for clicker dies / laser and corresponding pdfs.
3. Your rate for this project and availability.
4. A short note: pick any structured leather object and tell us how you’d approach drawing it from a rough sketch plus a dimensioned parts list.
Note: An example of the hand-drawn sketches of founder is attached so you can see what you'll be working with. read less
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$325
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Part-time
Job type
Under 1-month
Job duration
Areas of expertise
2D Design
2D Drawings
2D to 3D Conversion
CAD Design
design
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Job categories
2D CAD Drafting Services
CAD Drawing Services
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Paper to CAD Conversion
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Languages
English
Professional working proficiency
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