Adobe Illustrator connector for WFX Fashion PLM
The WFX Adobe Illustrator connector links Adobe Illustrator with WFX Fashion PLM. Designers keep creating in the environment they know, while artwork, styles, colourways and product information stay linked to the product record in WFX. Move from idea to product faster, with less manual work in between.
The power of Adobe Illustrator. The intelligence of WFX PLM.
Where fashion creativity meets connected product development.
Fashion starts with creativity. Turning that creativity into production ready products takes precision, collaboration and connected data. The WFX Adobe Illustrator connector brings your creative and product development workflows together, so designers can continue creating in the environment they love, while artwork, styles, colourways and product information stay connected with WFX PLM.
Design in your creative environment. Develop in a connected one.
One environment, not two
Designers access relevant product information without leaving the tool they design in, so the day stops being a loop between a creative application and a product system.
Work with connected styles
Styles and colourways stay associated with the product records they belong to, instead of being reconnected by hand every time a file moves between teams.
Creative assets stay aligned
Creative assets remain aligned with the product lifecycle as a style develops, which leaves more of the week for design work and less of it for file admin.
From artwork to product, connected.
Turn creative assets into product intelligence.
A design is more than an artwork file. It becomes a style, a colourway, a specification and eventually a product. WFX links Illustrator artwork with the corresponding WFX product records, and keeps creative information connected as products move through development.
Connected style development
Artwork stays associated with the right styles and product records, which helps teams maintain context throughout the development process rather than rebuilding it at every handoff.
Connected colourways
Work with colour variations in Illustrator while keeping them aligned with the corresponding product and colourway information in WFX.
Artwork visibility
Product development and sourcing teams get better visibility into the creative intent behind every style, not just the file name it arrived under.
Reduced manual data entry
Minimise the repetitive downloading, uploading, renaming and re-attaching of creative files across systems, so the same file is not handled five times on its way from a design folder to a product record.
Creativity moves fast. Your workflow should too.
Accelerate the journey from concept to collection.
Fashion teams work against tight seasonal calendars. Every unnecessary handoff creates friction, and every disconnected file creates another opportunity for error. With WFX and Adobe Illustrator working together, creative information moves more efficiently into product development.
In Adobe Illustrator
Designers create in the environment they already know and work in every day.
Flats, details, colour
Variations are developed the way the design team develops them today.
Linked to the record
Artwork is linked with the corresponding WFX product record, so creative and product stay together.
In WFX Fashion PLM
Product teams carry the style forward with the creative attached, rather than chasing the latest file.
A smoother workflow means designers spend more time creating and product teams spend less time chasing files.
Built for fashion designers. Connected to fashion PLM.
Your designers should not have to change the way they create just because the business needs better product data. Creative teams continue working with Adobe Illustrator, while WFX provides the connected product development environment behind the scenes.
Design teams see the creative
The artwork stays where it was made, with the design team still owning how it is built and changed.
Product teams see the product
Styles, colourways and specifications sit in WFX, where development, sourcing and costing already happen.
Everyone sees the connection
A conversation about a design and a conversation about a product are about the same thing.
Familiar tools, smarter workflows
The same connection removes a different friction point for each team.
Designers
Stay focused on creative execution, without switching into a product system to record what has already been designed.
Product teams
Get better connected artwork and style information, so development starts from the creative intent rather than a guess at it.
Merchandising teams
Gain greater visibility into the collection as it builds, with the creative and the product line viewed together.
Sourcing teams
Work with more relevant and current product information when briefing, quoting and following up with factories.
Suppliers
Benefit from clearer product communication, because the information they receive traces back to the style it came from.
A smarter bridge between creativity and production
The connector brings two essential worlds closer together.
- Where design work is made
- Adobe Illustrator
- Who owns the artwork
- The design team
- Where the product is developed
- WFX Fashion PLM
- What stays structured
- Styles, colourways, specs
Teams move from the first creative expression to a production ready product with fewer disconnected steps. Creative assets become part of a connected product lifecycle instead of isolated files.
Eliminate the creative to product gap.
What changes when Illustrator artwork stops living apart from the product information it belongs to.
Creative assets become part of a connected product lifecycle instead of isolated files.
Adobe Illustrator and fashion PLM, answered.
The WFX Adobe Illustrator connector links Adobe Illustrator with WFX Fashion PLM. Designers keep creating in the environment they know, while artwork, styles, colourways and product information stay linked to the product record in WFX. The result is a shorter path from a creative file to a production ready product, with less manual work in between.
No. Designers should not have to change the way they create just because the business needs better product data. Creative teams continue working with Adobe Illustrator, and WFX provides the connected product development environment behind the scenes.
Illustrator artwork is linked with the corresponding WFX product records, so creative information stays connected as products move through development. That covers connected style development, colourways kept aligned with the matching product and colourway information in WFX, and artwork visibility for the teams working downstream.
Yes. The connector is designed to minimise the repetitive downloading, uploading, renaming and re-attaching of creative files across systems, so less of the working week goes on moving files between a creative application and a product system.
No. Adobe Illustrator remains the design environment where creative work is made. WFX Fashion PLM is the product development environment that holds the style, colourway and specification information around that design. The connector links the two rather than replacing either one.
Designers stay focused on creative execution. Product teams get better connected artwork and style information. Merchandising teams gain greater visibility into the collection. Sourcing teams work with more relevant and current product information. Suppliers benefit from clearer, more connected product communication.
When files move through email and shared folders, versions get duplicated and teams spend time searching, checking and reconnecting information. Connecting Illustrator to WFX keeps creative assets part of a connected product lifecycle instead of isolated files, so the artwork and the product record stay associated as the style evolves.
Still deciding how creative work should reach product development? Book a demo and walk through it with the WFX team.
See Illustrator artwork become connected product data.
Our team will walk you through the Adobe Illustrator connector inside WFX Fashion PLM, then answer your questions on how it would fit the way your design and product teams already work.