Computer-Assisted Total Material Design of Woven Fabrics for Apparel Use: Part I : Fundamental Structure of the System

Though a good amount of research has been done on color/pattern designing related to fabric appearance and fashion, the material designing technology for apparel fabrics is still in a developmental stage.The review concerning this shows that the past twenty years have witnessed the efforts toward trial construction of partial design systems and conceptualization of total material design logic.The main aim of this part in the series of our studies is to construct a fundamental logical structure of the computer-assisted total material design system for general apparel woven fabrics.The main components of the structure thus constructed and their functions are defined.The system consists of three sections : a user interface, the five design stages starting from conceptual design up to the detailed manufacturing design, and different types of databases which supports the design stage.The format and contests of important system components are explained with examples.Further, the executional logic of the system and its flow is also presented with a methodology to find suitable design solution. The utilization of a 'reference sample'has been introduced to simplify the designing procedure.