Fully-formed volumetrically woven article

A computer program embodying program code on a non-transitory medium that, when executed by a processor, performs steps for implementing a method of implementing, on an automated weaving apparatus responsive to a file of weaving instructions, the file of weaving instructions including commands for directing heddles of a plurality of warp fibers from a creel of fibers having independent delivery rates, a method for single pass weaving of a footwear appliance, the method comprising:

• drawing a plurality of warp fibers from a creel;
• extending each fiber of the plurality of warp fibers through a respective heddle of a plurality of heddles, each heddle disposable in a vertical direction for elevating the warp fiber extending therethrough;
• drawing a shuttle across the plurality of warp fibers in a direction substantially perpendicular to the warp fibers;
• arranging the heddles into groups controlling a respective subset of the plurality of warp fibers;
• generating a plurality of portions based on the groups, each of the portions based on a woven area of a finished 3 dimensional structure;
• joining each of the plurality of portions to at least one other of the plurality of portions by a respective linking yarn, the linking yarn joining layers by forming a non-planar juncture between the layers;
• accumulating the generated portions from accumulation of shuttle passes across drawn warp fibers based on the weaving instructions, accumulation of the portions including orienting warp fibers along a z-axis normal to the warp fibers;
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• arranging the plurality of portions according to the non-planar junctions, each portion joined to one or more adjacent portions by the linking yarns.

In an automated weaving apparatus responsive to a file of weaving instructions, the file of weaving instructions including commands for directing heddles of a plurality of warp fibers from a creel of fibers having independent delivery rates, a method for single pass weaving of a footwear appliance, comprising:

• drawing a plurality of warp fibers from a creel;
• extending each fiber of the plurality of warp fibers through a respective heddle of a plurality of heddles, each heddle disposable in a vertical direction independently for elevating the warp fiber extending therethrough;
• drawing a shuttle across the plurality of warp fibers in a direction substantially perpendicular to the warp fibers;
• generating a plurality of portions, each of the portions including at least one warp fiber and based on a woven area of a finished 3 dimensional structure;
• joining each of the plurality of portions to at least one other of the plurality of portions by a respective linking yarn, the linking yarn configured to join portions at a non-planar juncture, the portions including a tongue;
• accumulating the generated portions from accumulation of shuttle passes across drawn warp fibers based on the weaving instructions, accumulation of the portions including orienting warp fibers along a z-axis normal to the warp fibers;
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• arranging the plurality of portions according to the non-planar junctures, each portion joined to one or more adjacent portions by the linking yarns, including forming the tongue as a top layer adjacent a right upper and a left upper based on a hinged juncture from a toe portion.