Digital design engine for apparel manufacturing

Abstract

A digital design engine of a computer-based control system for apparel manufacturing is structured to receive an order specification from a customer computing device and an apparel specification instruction from a designer computing device. According to various embodiments, any of the order specification and the apparel specification instruction can be a text file and/or an electronic message that includes data labels and data values in a format decodable by the digital design engine (e.g., JSON, REST, SOAP, XML RPC, etc.). At least one order item from the order specification and at least one apparel specification instruction are linked, by the digital design engine, to an extended apparel specification (e.g., a master pattern definition) such that at least one parameter in the extended apparel specification is set based on the order item and/or based on the apparel specification. The digital design engine is structured to add the extended apparel specification to a plurality of apparel specifications collectively defining a custom article of apparel. In some embodiments, the job specification includes a print file, for each of the plurality of apparel specifications, the digital design engine is structured to generate a job specification based on the extended apparel specification and route the job specification to an apparel printer. In some embodiments, the job specification includes cutting instructions and is routed to a cutting equipment control system or similar.

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