freesewing/markdown/dev/reference/plugins/notches/en.md

---
title: plugin-notches
---

Published as [@freesewing/plugin-notches][1], this plugin provides the
[notch](/reference/snippets/notch) and
[bnotch](/reference/snippets/bnotch) snippets.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @freesewing/plugin-notches
```

## Usage

Either [add it as a part plugins](/reference/api/part/config/plugins) in your
design, or [add it to a pattern instance with
Pattern.use()](/reference/api/pattern/use).

To import the plugin for use:
```js
import { notchesPlugin } from '@freesewing/plugin-notches'
// or
import { pluginNotches } from '@freesewing/plugin-notches'
```

## Notes

The notches plugin is part of our [plugin-bundle](/reference/plugins/bundle)

[1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@freesewing/plugin-notches