The ranges of available products are no longer limited to a single technology, and are now part of product ranges related to weaving, either directly (drawing, simulation, color management, 3D effects) or indirectly (knitting, management of product information, "mapping" for clothing or upholstery), we note a dual tendency towards first, more specialist softwares to position the products in a specific manner and thus meet customer requirements and second, a general broadening to embrace other products and so propose a complete range. Specifically, we note that 3D fabric simulations for all manufactures do not integrate the local deformation constraints of threads inside weaved structures, which limits our understanding of the overall behavior of the weaved structure on a garment, or when stretched (car seating upholstery for example). It might be of potential interest to bring research lab softwares (i.e. integrating these concepts) and CAD weaving commercial softwares together to create the new functionalities requested, notably in the field of technical fabrics.
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