User Experience

This setting allows you to control what sort of a user experience you want. One that is more simple, with advanced features hidden. Or one that has all bells and whistles.

FreeSewing is a rather advanced platform, and that can be intimidating for new users. This setting was created to allow people to start simple, and then unlock more features later.

Levels and Features

Each User Experience level adds additional features and settings to the ones provided by the levels below it.

Level	Pattern Drafting UI	Account Settings
1	Settings: Units Views: Pattern Editor, Pattern Measurements, Print Layout, Save Pattern As, Export Pattern, Documentation	Data: Patterns, Measurement Sets Settings: User Experience Patterns: Name, Image Measurement Sets: Name, Image, Units
2	Settings: Seam Allowance, Paperless UI: Kiosk Mode Views: Pattern Logs	Data: Bookmarks Info: Username, Bio, Img Settings: Language, Units, Newsletter Subscription, Consent & Privacy Security: Password Patterns: Notes, Created, Updated Measurement Sets: Notes, Created, Updated
3	Settings: Language Views: Test Design, Time Design	Info: Email Address Settings: Metricset Comparison Security: Two-Factor Authentication Social: GitHub, Instagram, Mastodon, Reddit, Twitch, TikTok, Website Patterns: Public Measurement Sets: Public
4	Settings: Details, Expand, Included Parts, Scale, Margin UI: Render Engine Views: Edit Settings by Hand, Pattern Inspector	Data: API Keys Security: API Keys Patterns: ID Measurement Sets: ID
5	(“Are you sure?” confirmation guardrails removed.)	(“Are you sure?” confirmation guardrails removed.)