Source: Tekstilna Industrija, June 2011

Abstract

The article is devoted to the area of research on the "visualization of the spatial form of a person's figure and clothes models" for the purpose of supporting the development of the information base of the parametric module of 3D designing.

The foundation of the process of visualizing models of clothes lies in the complex mathematical apparatus describing the initial form (dummy) and the final form (product). The article presents the description of the development cycles of an original parametric method for the task of an internal surface of a skirt base design (dummy), based on the use of mathematical equations of part-smooth surfaces.

In the article, unique formulas for parameter calculation of the complex spatial form are presented, and the equations of these forms' surfaces are described. Conclusions of all formulas and equations were logical and made based on detailed research of the subject domain.

Introduction

Modeling in 3D CAD is one of the perspective directions of the development of automated clothes designing systems. The introduction of three-dimensional technologies provides the chance to approach more creatively to the process of designing new clothes models. Designers work with spatial objects, and they have the possibility to estimate and bring updates at the stage of creating the sketch (three-dimensional model of appearance).

The development of a parametric construction method for spatial models of a person's figure and a product is an important and insufficiently explored problem that needs solving through the development of program modules in 3D CAD. In existing three-dimensional systems of clothes designing, the dummy and product surface are set by a discrete dot skeleton. With such sizing of a surface in the system, each time recalculation of set coordinates of the points belonging to a surface is made, demanding the development of a complex mathematical apparatus and, consequently, the attraction of a large volume of system resources.

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Marianna Vladimirovna is associated with the Department of Art modeling, designing, and the production technology of garments, Moscow State University of Design and Technology, Moscow, Russia.