The use of CAD applications in today’s modern society has
pervaded almost every industry and the ever expanding fashion
design industry has definitely not been left out for fashion
institutes are now incorporating CAD use in teaching curriculums
and designers are also using computer aided design software to
compliment sketches done by hand. Which leads us to the question
of; how exactly does CAD software help in the design process.
How CAD Technology is used in Fashion Although the traditional
means of drafting or sketching by hand is still the most widely
used method in the fashion industry for creating new designs and
representing ideas into physical form, CAD applications can sill
be used alone or simultaneously with hand sketches to complete
the design process. Develop and test design ideas- specialized
computer aided drafting applications such as Maya, are well
equipped with drawing tools and features which can be used to
develop a design from scratch as well as modify designs with
relative ease. Test se