Production-ready specification
Shorts Tech Pack Template
On a shorts tech pack the inseam is the style, and everything else can be right while a five-centimetre difference makes it a garment for someone else. This pack states it as a critical row on the same bottoms block as the joggers, with rise, thigh, leg opening and the waistband.
Inseam is the style — 18 cm here against the jogger's 76 cm, with rise, thigh and leg opening to match.
A free shorts tech pack, as a PDF download: 16 pages and 11 points of measure graded XS–XXL with tolerances, delivered as a vector PDF and an editable .ai file at no cost.
- 16 pages
- one garment
- 11 points
- 4 critical
- XS–XXL
- with tolerances
- PDF + .ai
- vector, editable
Commissioning a shorts spec from a technical designer typically runs €150 to €900 and takes days. This one was drawn inside a Portuguese factory that cuts the garment every week, and it is in your inbox in minutes.
Your Shorts, finished
- Measurements graded XS–XXL, with tolerances
- Pantone references for every colourway
- Your brand, style code and logo placed
Every decision set in about five minutes. Works with any factory.
Why this one is different
Shorts, specified
On shorts the inseam is the style. Everything else can be right and a 5 cm difference still produces a garment for a different customer. This pack states it as a critical row against the same bottoms block the joggers use, so if you run both, the two grade together and only the leg length diverges.
The rest of the bottoms discipline applies unchanged: relaxed and stretched waist, front and back rise as separate rows, thigh and leg opening measured to a stated convention.
The same bottoms block as the joggers, with inseam and leg opening carrying the whole difference in style.
Specified down to
- Legs
- Waistband
- Side pockets
- Back patch pocket
- Drawstring
Silhouette
Fit block: White Cotton block SR-01 · unisex. Check the fit on a sample; secondary dimensions are derived.
Fabric on the spec
American Fleece — a starting point on the material page, written to be overwritten with your own.
Points of measure
Every row in the pack
All 11 of them, with the convention each is measured to. 4 are marked as measurements a factory cannot cut without — they print in bold on the page. The values themselves are inside the document, graded XS–XXL with tolerances; we do not publish them here.
- WRHalf waist (relaxed)criticalWaistband laid flat, elastic unstretched
- WSHalf waist (stretched)criticalWaistband laid flat, elastic fully extended
- INInseamcriticalCrotch seam junction straight down the inside leg to the hem
- LOLeg openingcriticalFinished hem edge, laid flat
- FRFront riseCrotch seam junction up to the top of the waistband, front
- BRBack riseCrotch seam junction up to the top of the waistband, back
- TWThigh width2.5 cm below the crotch junction, leg laid flat
- WBWaistband heightTop edge to the bottom of the waistband
- PK1Side pocket openingAlong the finished pocket opening
- PK2Back patch pocketWidth and height of the finished patch
- DS1Drawstring cut lengthFull cut length of the cord
Measurements in this pack are drafted from published industry sizing (EN 13402-3 body girths; Craft Yarn Council body lengths) with standard ease for the stated fit class. They are a production-ready standard block, not White Cotton house measurements. Confirm the graded spec against your own fit sample before bulk production.
The rest of the 16 pages
What else is in there
Specification — goes to the factory
- Cover & style summary
- Colourway flats, front and back
- Design details with numbered callouts
- Inside construction — every seam named
- Points of measure with tolerances
- Component measurements
- Graded specification, XS–XXL
- Material references
- Colourways with Pantone references
- Artwork placement & sizing
- Bill of materials
- Labels & care, to EU 1007/2011
- Packaging & hangtag
- Production notes
In the Textile Field Guide — with every pack
- Stitch & seam options
- Ribbing, cuffs, hems & necklines
- Washes & finishes
- 31 printing & decoration methods
- Trims & accessories
Every option, pictured, in a separate guide — so the pack itself stays the clean specification your factory reads.
Who it's for
Built for these brands
- Summer ranges and gym ranges built off an existing jogger
- Brands who want their shorts and joggers to fit the same customer the same way
- Anyone who has had shorts come back at somebody else's idea of the right length
Not for
- Full-length joggers (see the Sweatpants pack)
- Swim shorts and lined performance shorts, which need mesh and drainage specs this pack does not carry
Usually bought with
FAQ
Before you download
Where can I get a free shorts tech pack?+
Here — the shorts tech pack on this page is a free download, in exchange for an email address. It runs 16 pages and 11 points of measure, 4 of them marked critical, graded XS–XXL with tolerances, with American Fleece written on the material page as a starting point you overwrite with your own. It arrives as a vector PDF and an .ai file, editable in Illustrator, Affinity or CorelDRAW, and carries no supplier details, so it works with any factory.
Can I change the inseam?+
That is the row you are most likely to change, and the graded table moves with it. What the pack fixes is the measuring convention — crotch seam junction straight down the inside leg to the hem — so your number and the factory's mean the same thing.
Does it include pockets?+
Side pockets and a back patch pocket are in the component list, with the pocket opening and patch dimensions as specified rows and the trims on the bill of materials.
What do I actually receive?+
A vector PDF and an .ai file, by email, at no cost. Both open and edit in Illustrator, Affinity or CorelDRAW — nothing is flattened or locked.
Can I use it with any factory?+
Yes. The document is yours and carries no supplier details — no address, no contact, nothing that ties it to us. It is drawn to industry convention so any factory can read it.
Are the measurements already filled in?+
Yes, as a production-ready standard block graded XS–XXL with tolerances, drawn from published industry sizing. It is a starting point you overwrite to match your own fit sample — the pack says so on the page. Your own fields (brand, style code, season, colourway names, artwork) arrive marked [FILL IN] in red so nothing ships carrying someone else's data.
Wondering what each page is actually for? We walk a finished pack page by page.
The other 12
Every garment in the set
Each one is a different document, not the same file with a different drawing — the rows above exist on this garment and nowhere else. Select as many as you need on the main page and they arrive in one email.
