Computer-Cut Pattern

Some workshops maintain a digital pattern library (such as those from Comp Cut or vendor-supplied templates) with cut patterns for tens of thousands of vehicle makes and models. The film is loaded into a plotter that cuts each panel to within 1 mm of the catalogued glass shape.

The technique's main draw is repeatable consistency across identical vehicles, since each panel is cut from the same stored template.

Infratint custom-cuts every film by hand to fit each vehicle's exact glass. Cutting to fit lets a skilled installer account for the real shape of the glass in front of them rather than a catalogued approximation.