| Abstract [eng] |
Fashion and garment industry, being one of the largest and most profitable industries in the world, with the current meltdown, and capital flows changing course, the industry is witnessing drastic modifications. Design and product development tools and techniques are the main stream competitive factor in this industry for the reason that apparel product prototyping has been a long-stretching process taking often countless hours of work, material, labor etc Likewise, internet shopping has grown rapidly as a compelling channel for the sale of garment products. However, consumer cannot try and therefore, high product return rates persist because garment do not exactly fit on consumers’ body. Subsequently, apparel companies are focusing more on providing mass customization and three-dimensional virtual try-on for e-commerce consumers. Online apparel shopping currently provides virtual avatars created manually, but avatars are not the same as consumers’ body and the apparels are not draped so well to resemble like if it were really draped. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the fit, appearance and simulation of virtual prototyping and virtual try-on garments and develop an interchange between mechanical attributes of fabrics and the three software – Lectra Modaris 3D (three dimentional) Fit, Maya nCloth and 3Ds Max. Drape meter mechanism similar to sprig-mass model was used during the experiment to measure the manual drape of KES-FB tested fabric samples. In addition, the skirt sample of the same denim was simulated twice in Lectra Modaris 3D Fit – first, by setting the right value and second, by exchanging the values of warp and weft, to check the coefficient of variant (CV) and the impact occurred on simulation. In Autodesk Maya nCloth and 3Ds Max denim samples were simulated by manipulatively optimizing the values in order to imitate the shape similar to the real draped samples on drape meter. After calculation of coefficient of correlation among KES-FB, draped skirt sample in Lectra Modaris 3D Fit and real drape (by drape meter), significance in results were found which indicated the suitability of Modaris 3D Fit to utilize in process. Furthermore, the results obtained in 3Ds Max were more convincing than Maya nCloth because of the availability of anisotropic. Coefficient of correlation between mutual properties of KES-FB and Maya nCloth e.g., bending, stretch and shear was calculated and equations of correlation were presented. Correspondingly, calculated the correlation between KES-FB and Autodesk 3Ds Max, and presented graphs of similar attributes along with equations. Obtained equations are helpful for future researchers while, unavailability of units for four out of five prominent attributes, in both the software – Maya nCloth and 3Ds Max has been a hurdle and requires further exploration on the topic. |
