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Introduction to CAD (Pattern Making) in apparel
CAD stands for Computer aided Design. CAD is the use of computer technology for the process of design
development and collection development in fashion. It reduces the requirement of manual sketching, which is
very crucial for the fashion sketches, flat drawing. Pattern making development and marker planning and many
other fashion designing related aspects.
A fashion designer needs to know about CAD to save the time and reduce the possibility of error. In short, CAD
/CAM in fashion industry is a computer technology to create sketches and other designs used to create clothes,
accessories, shoes, intimate apparel and more. Computer aided designs, CAD in fashion industry help to create
sketches, prototypes and designs of garments, CAD is essentially an automated system for the design, drafting,
and display of graphically oriented information and also used in the manufacturing process for the layouts. It
makes the work easier through efficient use of software. Following tasks are done using CAD in pattern making.
• Pattern Drafting
• Layout Planning(Marker Making)
• Grading
Pattern Drafting:
The software used for pattern making is CAD. CAD is becoming more and more powerful these days and is essential
software in Garment Export Houseand a large scale apparel business.A CAD system is used for pattern making.
CAD software helps garment manufacturers to maximize the productivity and accuracy in creating patterns. This
short term introductory program me in apparel Pattern Making With CAD trains fashion professionals with a wide
range of skills from conventional pattern making techniques to the introduction of advanced digital tools. Students
acquire the basis of how to create new models, pattern placement techniques and to create basic prototypes and
samples.(Fig 6)

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