✨ Added box pleat option to Simon. Closes #123

config/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 Unreleased:
   date:
   Added:
-    penelope:
-      - Added the Penelope Pencil Skirt pattern by @woutervdub
-    waralee:
-      - Added the Waralee wrap Pants pattern by @woutervdub
     i18n:
       - Added translations for Penelope and Waralee
+    penelope:
+      - Added the Penelope Pencil Skirt pattern by @woutervdub
+    simon:
+      - "[#123](https://github.com/freesewing/freesewing/issues/123):
+        Added a box pleat option to Simon"
     utils:
       - Added backend methods for administration
+    waralee:
+      - Added the Waralee wrap Pants pattern by @woutervdub
   Changed:
     core:
       - The pattern super constructor now sets a `config` property that

packages/i18n/src/locales/en/options/simon.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@ barrelCuffNarrowButton:
   title: Cuff narrow button
   description: Whether to include a button to tie the cuffs more narrow. This option is only relevant for barrel cuffs.
 
+boxPleat:
+  title: Box pleat
+  description: Whether to include a box pleat at the back or not
+
+boxPleatWidth:
+  title: Box pleat width
+  description: The total widh of the box pleat
+
+boxPleatFold:
+  title: Box pleat fold
+  description: The amount by with the box pleat folds inwards
+
 buttonPlacketStyle:
   title: Button placket style
   description: Style of the button placket.

packages/simon/config/index.js

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default {
       'splitYoke',
       'hemStyle',
       'hemCurve',
+      'boxPleat',
       {
         closure: [
           'extraTopButton',
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ export default {
       'frontArmholeDeeper',
       'shoulderSlopeReduction',
       'sleeveWidthGuarantee',
+      'boxPleatWidth',
+      'boxPleatFold',
       {
         sleevecap: [
           'sleevecapEase',
@@ -168,6 +171,8 @@ export default {
       dflt: 'angledBarrelCuff'
     },
 
+    // Bool
+    boxPleat: { bool: false },
     // Counters
     buttons: { count: 7, min: 4, max: 12 },
     cuffButtonRows: { count: 1, min: 1, max: 2 },
@@ -184,6 +189,8 @@ export default {
     buttonholePlacketFoldWidth: { mm: 6, min: 3, max: 10 },
     collarStandWidth: { mm: 35, min: 15, max: 60 },
     sleevePlacketWidth: { mm: 25, min: 15, max: 35 },
+    boxPleatWidth: { mm: 35, min: 5, max: 65 },
+    boxPleatFold: { mm: 5, min: 1, max: 15 },
 
     // Percentages
     acrossBackFactor: { pct: 97, min: 93, max: 100 },

packages/simon/src/back.js

@@ -77,6 +77,29 @@ export default part => {
   points.waistCp2 = points.waist.shift(90, points.armhole.dy(points.waist) / 2)
   points.hipsCp2 = points.hips.shift(90, points.waist.dy(points.hips) / 4)
 
+  // Cut off at yoke
+  points.cbYoke = new Point(0, points.armholePitch.y)
+
+  // Box pleat
+  if (options.boxPleat) {
+    points.boxPleatLeft = points.cbYoke.shift(0, options.boxPleatWidth / 2)
+    points.boxPleatMid = points.boxPleatLeft.shift(0, options.boxPleatFold)
+    points.boxPleatRight = points.boxPleatMid.shift(0, options.boxPleatFold)
+    points.boxPleatLeftBottom = new Point(points.boxPleatLeft.x, points.armholeHollowCp2.y)
+    points.boxPleatMidBottom = new Point(points.boxPleatMid.x, points.armholeHollowCp2.y)
+    points.boxPleatRightBottom = new Point(points.boxPleatRight.x, points.armholeHollowCp2.y)
+    for (let p of [
+      'armholePitch',
+      'armholePitchCp1',
+      'armholeHollowCp2',
+      'armholeHollow',
+      'armholeHollowCp1',
+      'armholeCp2',
+      'armhole'
+    ])
+      points[p] = points[p].shift(0, options.boxPleatFold * 2)
+  }
+
   // Yoke dart
   paths.armhole = new Path()
     .move(points.armhole)
@@ -109,9 +132,6 @@ export default part => {
     )
   }
 
-  // Cut off at yoke
-  points.cbYoke = new Point(0, points.armholePitch.y)
-
   // Draft hem
   switch (options.hemStyle) {
     case 'baseball':
@@ -181,6 +201,16 @@ export default part => {
     macro('title', { at: points.title, nr: 3, title: 'back' })
     points.logo = points.title.shift(-90, 70)
     snippets.logo = new Snippet('logo', points.logo)
+    if (options.boxPleat) {
+      paths.boxPleat = new Path()
+        .move(points.boxPleatLeft)
+        .line(points.boxPleatLeftBottom)
+        .move(points.boxPleatMid)
+        .line(points.boxPleatMidBottom)
+        .move(points.boxPleatRight)
+        .line(points.boxPleatRightBottom)
+        .attr('class', 'fabric stroke-sm dashed')
+    }
 
     if (sa) {
       paths.sa = paths.saBase.offset(sa).attr('class', 'fabric sa')