AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON MODERN 3D COMPUTERISED BODY SCANNING SYSTEM AND VARIOUS TYPES OF PATTERN MAKING SOFTWARE’S WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTIVE IMPLEMENTATION IN APPAREL INDUSTRY

Abstract

Nowadays Computer-aided design (CAD) techniques such as Lectra Modaris is becoming exceedingly popular in the apparel industries worldwide for pattern construction because of its accuracy, efficiency and time-saving solutions to much arduous operation (Sayem et al., 2010). The principle objective of this article is to draft a set of pattern pieces by applying Lectra Modaris design environment after selecting a convenient style of trouser by different retail websites or fashion manuals. This paper contains all the essential draft patterns for the selected trouser such as front, back, waistband, pocket bag, pocket facing and fly piece which are constructed in Lectra Modaris V6R1 design software. These patterns are prepared after incorporating measurements into the design extracted from the body-scan point cloud data and from manual tape measurement. This paper also discussed briefly about the pattern construction procedure, different types of body scanning system and various types of pattern making software.