- publication
- SIGGRAPH 2022 (journal paper)
- authors
- Nico Pietroni, Corentin Dumery, Raphael Falque, Mark Liu, Teresa Vidal-Calleja, Olga Sorkine-Hornung
Our technique receives a 3D mesh of a given garment as input, automatically segments the shape into patches and computes the 2D parametrerization required to produce a pattern that can be cut out and sewn to fabricate the actual garment.
abstract
We propose a method for computing a sewing pattern of a given 3D garment model. Our algorithm segments an input 3D garment shape into patches and computes their 2D parameterization, resulting in pattern pieces that can be cut out of fabric and sewn together to manufacture the garment. Unlike the general state-of-the-art approaches for surface cutting and flattening, our method explicitly targets garment fabrication. It accounts for the unique properties and constraints of tailoring, such as seam symmetry, the usage of darts, fabric grain alignment, and a flattening distortion measure that models woven fabric deformation, respecting its anisotropic behavior. We bootstrap a recent patch layout approach developed for quadrilateral remeshing and adapt it to the purpose of computational pattern making, ensuring that the deformation of each pattern piece stays within prescribed bounds of cloth stress. While our algorithm can automatically produce the sewing patterns, it is fast enough to admit user input to creatively iterate on the pattern design. Our method can take several target poses of the 3D garment into account and integrate them into the sewing pattern design. We demonstrate results on both skintight and loose garments, showcasing the versatile application possibilities of our approach.
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acknowledgments
The authors thank Asher Katz and Cedric Le Gentil for software collaboration and 3D body reconstructions. This work was supported in part by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC Consolidator Grant, agreement No. 101003104, MYCLOTH).