Textile design engineering within the product shape

摘要

The engineering of fabric design properties within the shape of a product is an iterative and often highly collaborative design process. Two emerging technologies, ink jet printing and integral knitting epitomize the ability of digital technologies to alter the design workflow and enable engineered designing. With both technologies, the end product can be simulated before production, facilitating strategic placement of fabrication features and properties. This research summarizes two comparative case studies: one detailing the engineered design process for ink jet printing and the other dealing with the engineered designing for integral knitting. Results of this study showed that the current software is fairly sophisticated for aesthetic design, however, the software is lacking for strategic placement of functional attributes within a product.