A system and method for manufacturing custom-fitted footwear and other articles

A system for creating a three-dimensional (3D) digital last of an appendage representing a part of a human body for use in manufacturing a custom-fitted wearable article, the system comprising:

• an input processor configured to receive a three-dimensional mesh object representing the appendage, the mesh object comprising a plurality of vertices and edges that defines the shape and size of the appendage;
• an object orientation engine configured to orient the mesh object in a plurality of degrees of freedom to align the mesh object with a predetermined orientation;
• an object landscaper configured to determining, from the mesh object, the values of each of a set of predetermined landscaped points specific to the type of appendage, each predetermined landscape point being configured to represent a particular geometric position of the appendage and being defined with respect to a predetermined reference point in the mesh object when orientated in the predetermined orientation;
• a data extractor configured to create a set of parameters to represent the mesh object, each parameter being defined as a predetermined measurement between at least two different landscape points;
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• a data store configured to storing the set of parameters as the 3D digital last of the appendage.

A method of creating a three-dimensional (3D) digital last of an appendage representing a part of a human body for use in manufacturing a custom-fitted wearable article, the method comprising:

• receiving a 3D mesh object representing the appendage, the mesh object comprising a plurality of vertices and edges that defines the shape and size of the appendage;
• dividing the mesh object using a set of predetermined landscaped points, each predetermined landscaped point being configured to divide the object at the same geometric position of the mesh object independent of the individual object;
• extracting a set of parameters to represent the mesh object, each parameter being defined as a predetermined measurement between at least two different landscaped points;
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• outputting the set of parameters as the 3D digital last of the appendage.