Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Textile and Fabric Design Class Coming To AU 2016!
DESIGN DIFFERENTLY: Have you ever tried to model a t-shirt in 3D CAD? Probably not. It’s seems simple enough, sure, but go try it. If this sounds at all interesting to you, then come take this class at Autodesk University. Traditionally, textile design (clothing, apparel, soft goods, etc) represents some of the most complex and intricate cad projects anyone could possibly attempt.
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This is really neat. I remember learning AutoCAD last year and enjoying the software, but feeling sad that I would never have any *real* serious use for it since I intend on going down the costuming path. However, after watching this video I felt a spark reignite for AutoCAD! I think that the application of AutoCAD to soft goods is really smart because if you perfectly scanned your model's body into the software and had a working solid form, you could create literally anything. You would save so much time drafting flat patterns, cutting them out and tinkering with measurements manually. However, I think like Bill mentioned in the video, the goal is to fail as fast as possible in order to iterate the process to find the quickest solution as soon as you can. That's a really important thing to keep in mind and I think that knowing that releases you from getting choked up on "failing" or producing a bad product. I would like to take the class, but if I'm going to be honest, it looks super complicated to do considering I don't have unlimited access to materials and large laser cutters. Perhaps one day I'll do it. I certainly am going to keep it in the back of my noggin.
This is so cool! i certainly dont think CAD when i think of clothing design but this seems to be a really fast sleek way to do patterning and fittings. another cool aspect of this is that you can quickly and cheaply make a dress form to someones exact measurements instead of having to pad something that isnt the right size. that to me is one of the neatest applications of this because it you use cardboard like they did in the video you could turn them out super cheaply. now there are a number of patterning soft wears out there but this is really interesting because it works in the 3d rather than 2d like most applications. i can see this being used wide scale to make patterns and forms.
This reminds me of the suit scanner from last weeks news articles. I like that different industries are borrowing technology from others to use in innovative ways. This process sort of created the "maker" movement. This 3D modeling of clothes leaves little room for imperfections in patterning and creates an easily shareable set of designs and patterns that can be transferred to others quickly and clearly. I've been wanting to learn fusion for quite a while now since it has capabilities that autocad just doesn't have. The ability to make freeform, organic shapes like the human body could be used for so many uses in the costume department or to create wearable technology or just as a way to store measurements and patterns into a digital archive. The way you can just unfold the clothing off the body makes it ideal for laying out what a garment is made up of but I wonder how it handles things like draping fabric or soft, float materials. I would love to go this class to check it out.
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