MADE TO MEASURE

by Dr Danijela Paunovic

The need to meet customer demands and competition, that the JIT and QRS strategies to achieve customer imposes the use of modern technology in the CIM concept, or import of technology (CAD/CAM systems, 3D body scanners for the production of Made to Measure). This mode requires an organized, optimized and computerized construction preparation (MIS), in which the user desires through virtual catalogs, showroom and on-line customer service solved in the shortest possible time.

The values of average body dimensions have changed dramatically mainly due to diet, and older age population (the largest buyers of clothing in developed countries) have frequent physical strain. Problems were those customers whose anthropological characteristics did not fit the standards, whether they are from a different geographical area or to go beyond the standards. For such customers is necessary to individually measure and make their computer to transfer through clothing manufacturer where adjusts the standard cuts and made garment that is supplied to the buyer within 24 h.

Programming Software Made to Measure is set for this mode of operation. Used Contactless measurement of body measures and adjustment measures of a simulated human body in motion. Three-dimensional physical data are taken for two-dimensional shapes cuts of clothing. The most important element in the processing cycle is to develop a computer model of a man and a system for registering contactless physical measures.

3D human model allows direct installation in the computing environment design and production. Automatic registration of physical measures used in 3D scanner, which allows efficient use of the system. For individual production 3D scanner can register 100% of the population, with a graph precision. Used a special camera with a laser that records about 80 000 3D measuring points. Using three-dimensional model designer has made available all the data that are important for the construction of garment. 1:25 seconds to get the three-dimensional measure of the entire body.

The buyer, whose actions are registered with the three-dimensional scanner with vendor send its data on measures of body clothing manufacturer, and in its prototype-simuliranoj 3D 3D figures wear garments, choose the final look directly over the Internet, mail, fax or LAN sends data, which are processed and transmitted system for automatic construction of clothing and automatic cutting. Models that the buyer selects the designers have designed so that the 2D to 3D surface modified form of clothing. In the early stages of development of software for simulating a human body was not taken into account the type of textile surface and the final look of the clothes and the results were not satisfactory. Modern methods of making clothes made to measure include:

 - Interactive graphic interface for 2D design.

 - Possible deformation of clothing items.

 - Library cutting parts for a variety of clothing items.

 - Movements of the prototype model of the human figure.

-  Output interface.

When you finally decide which designer will use the model, you need to take into account the parameters that define the textile surface, defines all kinds of seams, and the type strain of the finished garment (wrinkling, draping,...) Before you get to wear tailoring process, the designer in advance knows how it will look like and what kind of aesthetic and functional effects has on the human body. For a virtual catalog sales are made prototypes of human figures typical of standard sizes. For them, the existing models can be viewed and ordered clothes.

Computer technology and its development enabled us to primarily simulate the 3D features of the human body as a dynamic model. Creating new software program to scan the human body gets a computer simulated body with all the anthropometric data that allow ergonomic, aesthetic and functional solution for making clothes fit.