The Flattening of Patterns Based on Individual Point-clouds

Many researchers have studied how 2D patterns have come into being, and they obtain the patterns, mostly, through the formula method. But it does not work well all the time. As for the special figures and personalized tailoring, the formula method has to be modified repeatedly which would waste time and effort. This paper provides a new way to solve this problem through Reverse Engineering (RE). The study process starts from the dressing points model and produces 2D patterns. The point-clouds captured in the paper can be from any 3D scanning system, then be processed and transferred into surfaces in the Imageware. The final and important step is to flatten the surfaces in the Computer Aided Tri-Dinmensional Interface Application (CATIA), However, as the points data in the paper is captured from a naked model, the generated patterns can serve as a valuable reference for the study of patterns for tight clothing and special figures. The patterns can provide evidence for modifying the prototype.