Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments
AssigneeSara Lee Corporation
InventorsGeoff Bingham, David Bruner, Jeffery Hurley
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Abstract
A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable rules. The system includes a circular knitting machine, a controller for controlling the circular knitting machine with a machine code, a tool for saving a model of the circularly knitted garment as a first output, and a conversion program for converting the first output into the machine code. The tool has a stretching function for changing a size of the first output using one or more user selected rules.
Claims20
A method of designing a circularly knitted garment, the method comprising:
- designing a model of the circularly knitted garment;
- stretching said model from a first size to a second size;
- and
- governing said stretching with one or more user definable rules.
A method of designing a circularly knitted garment, the method comprising:
- designing a three-dimensional model of the circularly knitted garment;
- and
- saving said three-dimensional model as a first output and/or a second output, wherein said first output is a two-dimensional bitmap file and said second output relates elements thereof as related objects.
A method of designing a circularly knitted garment, the method comprising:
- modeling the circularly knitted garment as a first output;
- and
- changing said first output from a first size to a second size by restricting at least one attribute of said first output.
A system for designing and manufacturing a circularly knitted garment, comprising:
- a circular knitting machine being capable of knitting the circularly knitted garment;
- a controller for controlling said circular knitting machine with a machine code;
- a design tool for saving a model of the circularly knitted garment as a first output, said design tool having a stretching function for changing a size of said first output, wherein said stretching function changes said size using one or more user selected rules;
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- a conversion program for converting said first output into said machine code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.