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According to Bureau Labor of
Statistics, computer-aided design
(CAD) is increasingly being used in
the fashion design industry.
Although most designers initially
sketch designs by hand, a growing
number also translate these hand
sketches to the computer. CAD allows
designers to view designs of
clothing on virtual models and in
various colors and shapes, thus
saving time by requiring fewer
adjustments of prototypes and
samples later. Apparel Search
recognizes the importance of CAD and
provides some details on this design
tool.
According to Wikipedia, computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects, real or virtual. CAD often involves more than just shapes. As in the manual drafting of technical and engineering drawings, the output of CAD often must convey also symbolic information such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific conventions. CAD may be used to design curves and figures in two-dimensional ("2D") space; or curves, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional ("3D") objects. CAD is an important industrial art extensively used in many other design applications, including automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and more. CAD has become an especially important technology within the scope of computer-aided technologies, with benefits such as lower product development costs and a greatly shortened design cycle. CAD enables designers to lay out and develop work on screen, print it out and save it for future editing, saving time on their drawings. CAD is also widely used to
produce computer animation for
special effects in movies,
advertising and technical manuals.
The modern ubiquity and power of
computers means that even perfume
bottles and shampoo dispensers are
designed using techniques unheard of
by engineers of the 1960s. Because
of its enormous economic importance,
CAD has been a major driving force
for research in computational
geometry, computer graphics (both
hardware and software), and discrete
differential geometry. CAD is clearly important to members of the fashion industry. Find CAD software and other Fashion Design Software in our fashion technology section. By Regina Cooper for Apparel Search
Tools helpful to fashion CAD designers:
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