System and Method for Drafting Garment Patterns

A method of drafting a garment pattern, comprising:

• a) obtaining two-dimensional scaled images of a three-dimensional body, including,
• b) generating body part multipliers for each of selected body parts of the body, the selected body parts including neck, bust, waist, hip, thigh, and bicep, said generating including,
• (i) taking circumferential measurements of the selected body parts on the three-dimensional body;
• and
• (ii) for each selected body part, calculating a respective body part multiplier for the body part, the body part multiplier calculated as the circumferential measurement of the body part divided by a combination of a width of the body part and a depth of the body part, the width and depth of the body part measured on the scaled images,
• c) browsing a plurality of garment pattern styles, each pattern style having a style drawing and an associated pattern;
• d) acquiring access to a style drawing and its associated pattern of one of said plurality of pattern styles;
• e) registering the style drawing in correct location over the scaled image;
• f) adjusting the shape of the style drawing relative to the scaled image;
• g) calculating a plurality of pattern circumferences relative to associated width and depths along the style drawing using the body part multipliers;
• and
• h) based on adjustments to the boundaries of the style drawing, automatically drafting the pattern, the pattern printed or printable on flexible sheet material and including indicia indicating the cuts required for making a garment that corresponds to the style drawing.

A method of drafting garment patterns, comprising:

• a) obtaining a two-dimensional image corresponding to a three-dimensional body to which the garment patterns are to be fit, including,
• b) obtaining measurements of selected circumferences of body parts of the body;
• c) registering a style drawing in location over the image, the style drawing being a line drawing representation of a garment in which the lines thereof are parametric;
• d) adjusting the shape of the style drawing relative to the image;
• and
• e) based on adjustments to the shape of the style drawing, automatically adjusting a pattern that is linked by formulas to the style drawing and the measurements, the pattern prior to input of the measurements having no pre-set standard dimensions, angles, and sizes, and the resulting pattern printed or printable on flexible sheet material and having indicia indicating the cuts required for making a garment that corresponds to the style drawing.

A method of drafting a garment pattern to fit a three-dimensional body, comprising:

• a) obtaining front, back and side two-dimensional scaled views of the body;
• b) obtaining selected circumferential measurements at selected body parts of the body;
• c) obtaining measurements from the two-dimensional scaled views of the body;
• d) positioning a two-dimensional garment style in alignment over the two-dimensional views of the body;
• e) obtaining measurements from the two-dimensional garment style;
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• f) plotting the measurements to draft the pattern.

A method of creating garment patterns, comprising:

• a) obtaining scaled two-dimensional images of a body, the scaled images having scaled dimensions corresponding to a body and upon which measurements can be made;
• b) providing a software toolkit of a plurality of style drawing templates, each style drawing being a line representation of at least a portion of a garment and having boundary lines defined by parameters, and each style drawing template having an associated pattern template which when positioned on fabric provides instructions for cutting and sewing the fabric to make a garment corresponding to the at least a portion of the garment in the style drawing template, and wherein modification of the style drawings template results in automatic and corresponding adjustment of the associated pattern template,
• c) aligning a first one of the style drawing templates relative to a two-dimensional body image in software;
• d) adjusting the shape of the style drawing template relative to the two-dimensional body image in software;
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• e) saving at least one of the adjusted style drawing and associated pattern template.