Computer Aided Fashion Design Using Gerber Technology


Book Description

Computer aided design is at the forefront of the patternmaking business today. Computer Aided Design Using Gerber Technology provides clear, step-by-step instructions for AccuMark Explorer, Silhouette/Pattern Design System, and Marker Makingssary to aid the designer in the creation of a garment from conception to output. This text is appropriate for new students as well as design professionals who need a technological refresher course.




Computer Aided Fashion Design Using Gerber Technology


Book Description

Computer aided design is at the forefront of the patternmaking business today. Computer Aided Design Using Gerber Technology provides clear, step-by-step instructions for AccuMark Explorer, Silhouette/Pattern Design System, and Marker Makingssary to aid the designer in the creation of a garment from conception to output. This text is appropriate for new students as well as design professionals who need a technological refresher course.




Computers in the Fashion Industry


Book Description

In the last ten years computers have made remarkable inroads into every aspect of clothing design and production. This book presents an impartial review of the systems that are to be found at all levels of today's fashion industry. Patrick Taylor is well-known in the industry for his developmental work in computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacture. This book will be invaluable reading for students on degree, BTEC and CGLI courses and will provide a reference source for industrialists, educationists and all those interested in the fashion world.




Computer Aided Design Using GE


Book Description

Computer-aided design is at the forefront of the patternmaking business today. Computer Aided Design Using Gerber Technology provides clear, step-by-step instructions for AccuMark Explorer, Silhouette/Pattern Design System, and Marker Making-everything necessary to aid the designer in the creation of a garment from conception to output, Appropriate for new students as well as design professionals who need a technological refresher course.




Computer-Aided Pattern Design and Product Development


Book Description

The use of computers has opened up remarkable opportunities for innovative design, improved productivity, and greater efficiency in the use of materials. Uniquely, this book focuses on the practical use of computers for clothing pattern design and product development. Readers are introduced to the various computer systems which are suitable for the industry, the principles and techniques of pattern design applied to computer systems are explained, and readers are shown how product data management can be used in clothing product development.




Fashion Computing


Book Description

This is the first book to comprehensively explain how to use fashion computing software to produce fashion designs.




Computerized Patternmaking for Apparel Production


Book Description

Computerized Patternmaking for Apparel Production takes a unique approach to learning Gerber AccuMark technology. This book includes all the procedures that the fashion industry uses to create a style and rush it to a factory for cutting and mass production. Through 20 lessons focusing on patternmaking, digitizing, grading, and marker making, students will grasp the cycle of apparel production from patternmaking to cutting. This book bridges the gap between knowing what the software functions do and applying them in today's working environment.




CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising


Book Description

It takes more than raw talent and passion to make it in today's global apparel and accessories markets-excellent computer-aided design skills are a prerequisite. CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising allows students to immediately begin creating digital fashion presentations using Adobe Illustrator® and Photoshop®. This book takes an integrated approach, allowing students to master the three-dimensional benefits of combining the two software programs. Colorful illustrations accompany easy, step-by-step tutorials that are geared toward students at the beginner and intermediate levels. Because the book uses fashion photography rather than hand-drawn illustrations as a basis for demonstrating the proportion of fashion croquis, instructors will be able to evaluate students' mastery of digital illustration regardless of their hand-drawing skills, and students will benefit from a seamless transition from creative thought to digital rendering.




Introduction to Accumark


Book Description

The first textbook of its kind, Introduction to Accumark, Pattern Design, and PDM provides step-by-step instructions to Gerber Technology's in-demand software programs. Accumark--used to copy patterns into the computer--is covered from the basics of data storage and retrieval to the complexities of digitization. The Pattern Design section details the sizing and measuring, point and notch, line, and piece functions necessary to translate creativity into pattern reality. Rounding out the book are instructions in Product Data Management (PDM), including design and cost specifications. Together, these three Computer-Aided Design (CAD) programs are the industry standard. This clear, user-friendly book is the companion tool students need to master them--and to maximize their technological savvy in today's dynamic fashion industry.




Introduction to Accumark, Pattern Design, and PDM


Book Description

Introduction to AccuMark, Pattern Design, and Product Data Management provides step-by-step instructions to Gerber Technology's in-demand software programs. AccuMark, used to copy patterns into the computer, is covered from the basics of data storage and retrieval to the complexities of digitization. The Pattern Design section details the sizing and measuring, point and notch, line, and piece functions necessary to translate creativity into pattern reality. Rounding out the book are instructions in Product Data Management (PDM), including design and cost specifications. Together, these three computer aided design (CAD) programs are the industry standard. This clear, user-friendly book is the companion tool students need to master them, and to maximize their technological savvy in today's dynamic fashion industry.