generate functional designs that are visually displayed for use by a textile designer or engineer application_number US 84044401 A description referring to the drawings in fig1 a textile designer or engineer u201c user u201d selects his requirements and inputs to a computer represented in this figure as programmed to carry out data format conversion and mechanical functional design and analysis the computer is also programmed to control an apparel pattern cad function that can be said to represent in effect a visual display monitor that is controlled by the computer to create modules of functional designs in use databases representing structural and mechanical characteristics of a human body and structural and mechanical characteristics of textile materials are called up for supply to the computer data is logically matched or manipulated to create the required modules such characteristics and properties have been already amassed and established in databases known in the art an example is set forth in li y advanced computing technology for integrated design of textiles and apparel ergonomics of protective clothing proceedings of nokobetef 6 and 1 st european conference on protective clothing stockholm sweden may 7 10 2000 which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety such databases relate to human models including human geometrical models bio mechanical models mechanical properties of different fabrics textile materials and mechanical comfort knowledge advanced computing technologies developed on the basis of advanced mathematical modelling of the bio mechanical behaviour of the human.