A Comparative Study of Open-Source and Licensed CAD Software to Support Garment Development Learning

Autor: Evridiki Papachristou, Panagiotis Kyratsis, Nikolaos Bilalis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Machines, Vol 7, Iss 2, p 30 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-1702
58402810
DOI: 10.3390/machines7020030
Popis: Most universities have included computer-aided design (CAD) pattern making systems education and training in their clothing technology courses in recent years, so as to respond to the actual needs of the fashion world for high-skilled fashion designers and clothing engineers. With the rapid rise in the use of open source software (OSS) in all types of applications, it is important to know if the existing OSS CAD software for garment prototyping development can successfully support the learning process. The present study compares two commercial licensed CAD systems for pattern design (Polypattern and Create) to an open source software, Seamly2D, and to Wild Ginger’s Caveo V6 programme, which runs within an OSS. In total, two licensed and two OSS systems have been evaluated in their weights in accomplishing the garment development of ten different pattern designs. The results obtained for the evaluation of a set of OS and licensed CAD systems are presented and critically discussed.
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