Hi! I am trying to make a leather tunic for my medieval todder. Can you import new patterns into the Cas tool???? The leather pattern appears too dark and you can not see any detail. So dark that you can not recolour it to a lighter shade. I have had a problem with some material textures appearing very dark eg. My good medieval dress was a lovely bright darker green but when the multi was put into Cas tool. The Shading is too dark to reclour in light colour shades. So I thought if I can add new patterns to the CAS tool it would solve the problem. If you can please explain how to do it. Sims 3 will not let you export a clothing article which is from a package file so that is out, as away to do it. Thank you very much

You can certainly make new patterns : Tutorials:TS3_Pattern_Tutorials^wiki

By CAS tool, do you mean CTU? If so, then yes, you can do that - but I've forgotten how . I will check this evening and post the method.

Okay, I checked, this is how to use a custom pattern in CTU:
1. In the Designs tab, click Browse Patterns
2. Click Import Custom Pattern at the bottom of the patterns window
3. Find your pattern's file (must be a package file) and select it
3. Select the *Custom category in the pattern category dropdown
4. Choose your imported pattern, voila.

Thank you both very much