Hi, this page: http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/Marvelous/

says there is support for tuck, shirring, please, gather, ironed lines. I didnit see any settings for these things other than, for example, if you make one strip uber longer than the other you will get a kind of shirring. and I know you can force a pleat if you cut the fabric but is there a way to tuck the fabric or fold it where you want it? Ive tried pinning which seems to be hit of miss and mostly miss but its not controlled in any fashion and how do you iron a crease?

Ive looked at the videos but I dont see anything dedicated to controlling a fold etc. thats the one thing I know about sewing...you can control the shirring so that its only say, in a 4 inch area..but I dont know how to make the program simulate what I would have done with needle and thread or my sewing machine.

Im sure its there but doh...I dont see it.

Ive looked at the videos but I dont see anything dedicated to controlling a fold etc.

If you draw an internal line and select it. Go over to the properties. you will see fold strength, fold angle, fold rendering.

The default angle is 180 which means it´s flat.  if you adjust it more or less, you can make it fold in or out. 

If you use the edit seam line tool to select a seam. you will see a similar set of properties for controlling the fold along a seam.

Tom

this is a good one for folding and pleats:

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/Marvelous/mvtutorial.aspx?PageID=mvtutorial&ContentID=Pleats

Tom

another interesting use of fold lines:

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/forum/feature-request/309/idea-for-crumpled-fabric

Tom

Here is a helpful fold angle chart:

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/forum/discussion/258/

Tom

Some more interesting applications:

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/gallery/434/

http://www.marvelousdesigner.com/gallery/507/

It´s also useful to know that, in a recent update,  the ability to cross lines was added. also the ability to draw off the edge of the pattern. This makes using internal lines easier than what you might see in some old discussions, or tutorials.

Tom