Required Upload Information

When uploading a pattern there's a bunch of metadata that is required to be attached to the listing. The majority of this is required, the following table explains each element and provides how to handle unknown information.

Information	About	How to handle Unknown value
Name	The title, ID or name of the pattern from the maker.	On old files, use the File Name if no other name is available. On newly digitized patterns, use the topic of the pattern as the name.
Description	Any extra information to include with this pattern, NO INSTRUCTIONS. This could be a small blurb about why they made the pattern, a small story, whatever, but no instructions.	Empty
Instructions	All the information regarding how to make, assemble or extra work for parts on the pattern.	Empty
Design Date	DD/MM/YYYY of when the pattern was created or the best estimate of it. Copyright dates can be used in leu of known dates.	If you do not have a Day and/or Month use 01 to fill the spaces. Keep the year accurate. If the source file does not contain any date information when opened, use the date the file was created by looking at the file metadata for old files. If the pattern was just digitized making file metadata useless and/or no date can be found at all use 01/01/1901
Source URL	A url to where the source of this pattern was found, not shown on the pattern page.	Make a note of where the pattern came from if not a URL.
Upload Pattern	Here is where you upload the pattern.	Patterns are Required, you shouldn’t be here if you don’t have this.
Has Layers	This controls if the SVG layers are shown to the user and can be toggled.	Should be used in accordance to the Layer Layout guide.
Pieces	Total part count of the completed pattern, counting only the parts to be assembled into a project. Do not count wire, foil overlay or other decorative elements. Fused projects/parts should count every individual part to be cut.	You go count them the best you can.
Line Width	Actual width of the lines on the pattern. Do not count the width of intentionally wide solder joints. Do not round.	Measure it.
Design Width	Width of the pattern when assembled. Will be automatically populated from the SVG file if it can be determined. Otherwise refer to your programs document info.	9999 if a size can't be determined.
Design Height	Height of the pattern when assembled. Will be automatically populated from the SVG file if it can be determined. Otherwise refer to your programs document info.	9999 if a size can't be determined.
Tags	These are all of the elements on the pattern and about the pattern that isn’t otherwise a box to fill out.	See tagging-guidelines/required-tags for various tagging guidelines.
Author	Attributing a user account on Pattern Archive to the pattern. If the author does not have an account, you need to use the next box.	Leave blank if no account matches.
Manual Author	Anyone that does not have an account is placed in this box. You can enter any name. You should be attributing any publisher, author or copyright holders here.	Leave blank if the author is an account. If the author is entirely unknown, use “Unknown Author”. If the author wishes to be anonymous, use “Anonymous Author”
Pattern Key Builder	Define the pattern key for this pattern, every line, fill, hanging points, wire work, overlay and other element on the pattern MUST be defined here. People with the permission to create a Key Collection can speed this up by creating and saving a copy of their key they use every time. Then selecting the collection from the drop down and editing if needed. Otherwise every element needs to be set individually at upload time. DO NOT APPLY ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE PATTERN.	You made it, you best know what mess you made. Do not leave empty.