Footwear Design Tech Pack

Once a new shoe design has been approved for development the shoe designer and developer will work together to create a detailed set of specification drawings or “tech pack” or  “specs”.   The shoe technical drawings may be done by the designer alone but often a developer will fill in the technical details.   These drawings and documents detail every part of the sneaker from the upper to the outsole bottom.  The line item specifications include the name of each part, the material, material vendor, thickness, and color reference.  The Spec includes the shoe last information, logo art, design details, emboss effects, etc.  The spec may also include sample shoes, material swatches, photos, or any other notes to help build the samples.  All of these items together make a complete footwear design tech pack.   You can see a complete line item shoe specification here.

The Spec drawings and line item spec may be e-mailed, sent by courier service, or hand-carried by the developer to the factory.  At this point in the process, the shoe developer is responsible for getting the sample sneakers built.

A complete shoe specification drawing will contain the following items:

Lateral view (outside of the Shoe)
Medial View (inside of the shoe)
Heel View (view from the back)
Tongue View (showing any logo art)
Vamp View (looking down on the toe)
Detail views of any small plastic parts
Material Map of the upper
Color map of the first sample colorway to be made.
Outsole Side Profile
Outsole Bottom View
Outsole Top net View
Detailed view of injection parts
Cross-section view of the sole
Diagram of Internal parts
Diagram of Internal reinforcements
Color map showing future plans for color breaks

Shoe Specification Pack Download

This shoe specification drawing pack is all you need to get started detailing your own shoe designs. This footwear spec pack contains a technical specification drawing for a fully detailed shoe design, ready for your creative touch.  Upper views, outsole designs, material specs, colors. This is how a pro prepares a shoe design for the factory.  This 8 page drawing set is in Adobe .pdf format and Adobe Illustrator .ai live vector file. $9.99 Download