Recording medium storing car seat fabric simulation program, car seat fabric simulation method, car seat fabric simulation device, car seat fabric manufacturing method, and car seat fabric trading method

A recording medium storing a car seat fabric simulation program to simulate a 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric, causing a computer to function as:

• texture information input acceptance means for accepting an input of texture information about a fabric texture used for the car seat fabric;
• thread information input acceptance means for accepting an input of thread information about threads used for the car seat fabric;
• 3-D fabric image creation means for creating a steric structure of the car seat fabric within a 3-D space as a 3-D fabric image on the basis of the texture information accepted at the texture information input acceptance means and the thread information accepted at the thread information acceptance means;
• image attachment means for attaching the 3-D fabric image created by the 3-D fabric image creation means to a car seat model;
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• display means for displaying thereon the car seat model to which the 3-D fabric image is attached by the image attachment means, wherein:
• in a case where threads of warp and threads of weft forming the car seat fabric cross each other, the 3-D fabric image creation means changes a shape of a thread on the basis of a tensile force acting on each thread and a pressure acting inside a cross section of each thread, and in a case where an interval between center points of cross sections of a thread and an adjacent thread is smaller than a thickness of the thread, the 3-D fabric image creation means changes the shape of the thread on the basis of a repulsive force corresponding to an elastic force of each thread.

A recording medium storing a car seat fabric simulation program to simulate a 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric, causing a computer to function as:

• texture information input acceptance means for accepting an input of texture information about a fabric texture used for the car seat fabric;
• thread information input acceptance means for accepting an input of thread information about threads used for the car seat fabric;
• 3-D fabric image creation means for creating a steric structure of the car seat fabric within a 3-D space as a 3-D fabric image on the basis of the texture information accepted at the texture information input acceptance means and the thread information accepted at the thread information acceptance means;
• image attachment means for attaching the 3-D fabric image created by the 3-D fabric image creation means to a car seat model;
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• display means for displaying thereon the car seat model to which the 3-D fabric image is attached by the image attachment means, wherein:
• in a case where a first thread passes over or under a second thread, the 3-D fabric image creation means compares a largeness of an inclination of the first thread before passing and a largeness of an inclination of the first thread after the passing, and applies a force from a side having a larger inclination to a side having a smaller inclination.

A recording medium storing a car seat fabric simulation program to simulate a 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric, causing a computer to function as:

• texture information input acceptance means for accepting an input of texture information about a fabric texture used for the car seat fabric;
• thread information input acceptance means for accepting an input of thread information about threads used for the car seat fabric;
• 3-D fabric image creation means for creating a steric structure of the car seat fabric within a 3-D space as a 3-D fabric image on the basis of the texture information accepted at the texture information input acceptance means and the thread information accepted at the thread information acceptance means;
• image attachment means for attaching the 3-D fabric image created by the 3-D fabric image creation means to a car seat model;
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• display means for displaying thereon the car seat model to which the 3-D fabric image is attached by the image attachment means, wherein:
• in a case where a first thread passes over or under a second thread, the 3-D fabric image creation means determines a thickness of the second thread according to an inclination of the first thread before passing and an inclination of the first thread after the passing.

A car seat fabric manufacturing method of manufacturing a car seat fabric using a car seat fabric manufacturing device, comprising:

• a simulation step of simulating a 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric by a car seat fabric simulation device;
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• a manufacturing step of manufacturing the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric manufacturing device using the 3-D woven structure of the car seat fabric simulated in the simulation step, wherein
• the simulation step includes:
• a texture information input acceptance step of accepting an input of texture information about a fabric texture used for the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric simulation device;
• a thread information input acceptance step of accepting an input of thread information about threads used for the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric simulation device;
• a 3-D fabric image creation step of creating a steric structure of the car seat fabric within a 3-D space as a 3-D fabric image by the car seat fabric simulation device on the basis of the texture information accepted at the texture information input acceptance step and the thread information accepted at the thread information acceptance step;
• an image attachment step of attaching the 3-D fabric image created in the 3-D fabric image creation step to a car seat model by the car seat fabric simulation device;
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• a display step of displaying the car seat model to which the 3-D fabric image is attached by the image attachment step, by the car seat fabric simulation device,
• in the 3-D fabric image creation step, a woven structure is transformed into a steric form on the basis of the texture information, threads of warp and threads of weft forming the car seat fabric are wobbled, and a thickness of a second thread is changed on the basis of a force exerted from a first thread of one of the warp and the weft to the second thread of the other.

A car seat fabric ordering system for trading a simulated 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric and order information for the manufacturing of the car seat fabric being simulated between a textile manufacturer and an automobile manufacturer, comprising a processor for performing the following steps:

• a simulation step of simulating a 3-D woven structure of a car seat fabric by a car seat fabric simulation device;
• an order information transmission step of transmitting order information providing an instruction to manufacture the car seat fabric simulated in the simulation step from a client computer at the automobile manufacturer end;
• an order information reception step of receiving the order information transmitted in the order information transmission step at a client computer at the textile manufacturer end;
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• a manufacturing step of manufacturing the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric manufacturing device using the 3-D woven structure of the car seat fabric simulated in the simulation step after the order information is received in the order information reception step, wherein
• the simulation step includes:
• a texture information input acceptance step of accepting an input of texture information about a fabric texture used for the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric simulation device;
• a thread information input acceptance step of accepting an input of thread information about threads used for the car seat fabric by the car seat fabric simulation device;
• a 3-D fabric image creation step of creating a steric structure of the car seat fabric within a 3-D space as a 3-D fabric image by the car seat fabric simulation device on the basis of the texture information accepted at the texture information input acceptance step and the thread information accepted at the thread information acceptance step;
• an image attachment step of attaching the 3-D fabric image created in the 3-D fabric image creation step to a car seat model by the car seat fabric simulation device;
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• a display step of displaying the car seat model to which the 3-D fabric image is attached by the image attachment step, by the car seat fabric simulation device,
• in the 3-D fabric image creation step, a woven structure is transformed into a steric form on the basis of the texture information, threads of warp and threads of weft forming the car seat fabric are wobbled, and a thickness of a second thread is changed on the basis of a force exerted from a first thread of one of the warp and the weft to the second thread of the other.