Canadian Costumer's Digital Research Initiative Results

I managed to 3D simulate the chorus leotard pretty easily. There were
some computer issues. As there always is when learning any computer
program. My work was not saving. Actually, all the people in the class
were having trouble saving their work. There are simple solutions to every
problem but if you don’t know it’s like searching for a needle in a haystack
and my teacher had no clue why we were having trouble saving…I had a
consultation with a Gerber 3D expert the next day who solved my
problem…Basically you need to be careful where you are default saving
things to. Something my 2D pattern teacher set up. There are all these
setting you need to set up before beginning the program. We spend the
first day of class just plugging in these settings and if you are not paying
attention or not well versed in computer language you don’t always
remember/Realize what you did earlier. Also, you need to save the
MODEL instead of just saving individual pattern pieces. Lesson Learned.”
She describes her experience placing pattern pieces on the 3D cylinders
“You also have to adjust the cylinders first, so they are in the right angle
or covering the body part. It’s very clunky. I found it irritating. They are so
hard to move and slip around and it really does affect the simulation. So,
if I moved one the wrong way by accident the whole thing won’t work.”
“The next step is sewing the pieces together…You are basically telling the
computer which pieces go to which pieces and make sure they are sewn
in the right direction. You obviously have to know how to construct
clothing otherwise you wouldn’t know which piece goes where. I honestly
thought the design (designer collaboration with Cory Sincennes) would be
too complicated, but I pulled it off. It’s possible! And it was fun!
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