A web-based design support system for fashion technical sketches

Abstract

(2016),"Women's petite and regular body measurements compared to current retail sizing conventions", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 28 Iss 1 pp. 47-64 <a href="https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-07-2014-0081">https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCST-07-2014-0081</a> Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by All users group For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -To better respond to today's volatile and changing fashion market, the purpose of this paper is to develop a web-based design support system that enables users to design realistic and interesting skirts in the form of technical sketches over the internet. Design/methodology/approach -The proposed system mainly consists of a sketch representation and composing method (SRCM), a graphic user interface (GUI) and a controller. The SRCM is implemented at the server end that generates technical sketches according to user defined parameters and features via the web-based GUI at the client side. The controller manages the workflows between the server and the clients. Findings -To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system, a survey was conducted by inviting 30 subjects (professional designers or undergraduate students studying fashion design) to have trial run of the system in Hong Kong and in the USA. Positive comments and feedbacks were received, and valuable suggestions were also obtained in regard to the prototype system. Originality/value -Compared with traditional computer-aided design (CAD) systems, the proposed system is more effective and easier to operate as users can create technical sketches in accurate proportions with simple computer operations in a few mouse clicks. Besides, the output sketches are fully compatible with most commercial CAD software. The system is developed based on web technologies, thus fashion sketches can be easily designed using any computer connected to the internet; it can be implemented on Android or iOS platform in the future.

Customized CAD Modeling and Design of Production Process for One-Person One-Clothing Mass Production System

“…IWODE (Guangzhou, China) and Korea's Stripes also provide ICT-based MTM clothing services for men, but in the end they had to use a visiting service for measurement. As this case shows, the most efficient way to achieve an MTM service is using manually measured values, rather than using standardized data or a high-tech scanning technique [22][23][24][25]. Applying ICT-based technology to an actual service just for its convenience would lead to a greater risk of a large volume of returned sales [26][27][28].…”

A Case Study Analysis of Clothing Shopping Mall for Customer Design Participation Service and Development of Customer Editing User Interface

“…is system translates the technical sketches into fashion sketches without omitting any details. By fitting the same clothing to a different fashion figure that can assume several different positions, the customers could understand the concept and may find the products attractive [11,[37][38][39][40][41][42].…”

Associate Design of Fashion Sketch and Pattern

“…1(a)). Fashion designers draw a fashion sketch according to a design theme; pattern makers make patterns according to a fashion sketch [1]; and technologists make production process sheets based on the fashion sketch and pattern. These three basic designs complement each other.…”

“…Hence, some scholars proposed several new technologies to develop fashion sketches or patterns rapidly. These include 3D-to-2D flattening technology [12]- [25], 2D-to-3D virtual try-on and modeling technology [22], [23], 3D-to-3D garment editing [26], parametric pattern making technology [27], [28], and rapid fashion sketch generation technology [1], [3]. However, none of the previous researches attempted to combine the work of fashion sketch drawing and pattern making together.…”