Textbook: Patternmaking for Fashion Design [Fourth Ed.] by Helen Joseph Armstrong

• TOOLBOX>DARTS & PLEATS> DART TOOL
• You can also use Menu: TOOLS> DARTS> PIVOT DART AROUND CENTER
• TOOLBAR>SELECT TOOL
• TOOLBOX>GENERAL>MEASURE or just press CTRL-D
• TOOLBOX>UPDATE PIECES> SAVE ACTIVE AS NEW

• Go to TOOLBOX>DARTS & PLEATS and select the DART TOOL.
• Hold down the ALT key and select the existing dart tip
• Select the rotational center on dart line - the bust point [type .5 in submenu]

• Select point on contour to move dart - CFW
• Select point for rotation - dart leg nearest to CFW [circled above]
  

• Rotate dart leg point nearest to center front waist over to the second dart leg [to shift the entire dart]

• Use the SELECTION ARROW to select the first original dart and delete it.

• Press delete key to delete it.

• You need to move the dart tip .5 inch away from the bust point.
• Go to TOOLBOX>DARTS & PLEATS and select the DART TOOL.
• DO NOT HOLD DOWN the ALT key this time and select the existing dart tip - drag it to the BUST POINT to check the distance in the SHIFT DART pop up submenu and determine how much you need to move the point closer or farther away. [NOTE: example above the distance was .55 - it was modified in image below below to .05]

• In the SHIFT DART submenu type in a number to add or minus the current distance to adjust the final distance to .5 from the dart tip to the BUST POINT.

• Go to TOOLBOX>GENERAL>MEASURE or just press CTRL-D and check the distance to make sure the dart tip is .5 inch away from the bust point.
• CTRL-HOME to reset piece in window.

• Right mouse click on piece - under the attributes rename the PIECE - CENTER FRONT WAIST DART and the DESCRIPTION - CFWD

• Go to TOOLBOX>UPDATE PIECES> SAVE ACTIVE AS NEW
• Go to FILE > SAVE to save your work