With features like 3D virtual sample making, wherein we can altogether bypass the physical process of sample making and dramatically reduced the time and cost associated with product development.
Rather than searching for any particular design for reorders, it can be found directly from the database.ģD designing being the future for CAD has already started influencing the world of fashion. With the easy process of documentation, CAD software has allowed us for better databases for designs that can be used for manufacturing and speeding up the process. The uses can be from referencing from older designs to geometric and dimensions of the product, its components, and subassemblies, material specifications of the components, bill of materials of the components.ĥ.
The process of documentation of an existing pattern can be done through a digitizer and then stored digitally for later use. Having proper documentation of the designs is a very important part of designing and this can be done very efficiently on CAD software. Any changes that are to made in the design can be easily transferred back, corrected and send back for next authenticationĤ. Along with this, it has also allowed us to make communication of the designs easier as the designs are transferred digitally within seconds, decreasing lead/manufacturing time. With CAD software standardization of the drawing has become easier with fewer drawing errors and greater legibility. The next step after designing is the making of the drawing. With a lower number of errors and better availability for references, the manufacturing process becomes much faster with reduced wastage which could have been due to faulty design.
With CAD the accuracy of the design increases drastically reducing errors thus leading to better and accurate design. The tools also help designers to perform inspections on the design for any errors. along with thorough engineering analysis of the proposed design. With the CAD software, the designing professionals have better options for various design tools that will help in easing up the process of designing like mirroring, accurate shapes etc. Garment makers have been able to reduce production time many folds by using a CAD system. with functions such as pattern making, virtual test fitting, pattern grading, marker making etc. Now CAD programs have become an essential tool for fashion designers, garment manufacturers and export houses etc. With CAD there came a revolution in designing industry wherein a week’s work could be done within a day. The application for CAD came when computer designing had come to a level where it could be incorporated in the apparel industry. This became the reason for alternate solutions which would be like an aid to the design and manufacture process. But with the change in society and culture, the main challenge faced to this process was the increasing demand for design variation, frequent change in styles and customer taste in the market. The output of CAD conveys information, such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions.Īt the beginning of modern fashion industry in the 19th century, with Charles Frederick Worth who in 1858 designed his first label sewn in a garment that he created, the means by which the designer created their designs had been with pencil and a paper. Even a 2D design can be converted to 3D for a better representation of the design. CAD can be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional (2D) space curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional (3D) space. The long and cumbersome process of designing has now been converted to a mere simple process on a computer system. It helps in giving dimension to any design, experimenting changes on it, configuring the design according to needs, archiving the design, exchanging of data and information related to the design between teams and organization, adding progress of the designs for future analysis, assisting tool for product manufacturing by means of a computer system which may include both hardware and software. Introduction to Computer Aided Design (CAD)ĬAD is a set of software tools compiled in a computer application to assists product designer in creating a virtual representation of the artefacts they are designing.
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