CAD/CAM

By Saar Machtinger   [ 11/11/2005 ]

Computer Aided Design is used at various stages in the apparel and textile industry. The fashion design CAD/CAM software can be broadly classified into following categories, each relating to a different design and manufacturing stage.

By fibre2fashion dharmesh   [ 05/12/2006 ]

Introduction

The textile industry in India is substantial, and largely diversified. It is hard to cover all its aspects even within hour-long presentation, however, research team of Fibre2fashion.com has attempted to gather significant pieces of massively complicated puzzle of this industry.

The textile and Fashion industries are the second largest industrial sector in the world, second only to the food industry. As in any high volume sector, the textile and fashion industries include a large variety of sub sectors: from elite fashion designers in Europe and the United States to mass production sewing workshops in India and China, from exclusive car upholstery designers to bedding products manufacturers etc.

By Saar Machtinger

Choosing CAD software is quite a difficult task, where many parameters must be taken into account. Switching to a new CAD software vendor carries many implications for a fashion design company. In order to make this mission a little easier, I have put together a short list of issues any fashion design company must pose when inspecting a new CAD software vendor.

by: Lakshman Balaraman

We must first emphasize that here we are talking about outsourcing CAD projects, which is significantly easier than outsourcing software development or IT services (earlier articles of mine have explained why).

Once you locate a prospective CAD drafting service provider, look for the following:

Outsourcing of a service occurs when a client buys a service from a service provider, rather than source it from inside the client’s  own organisation.

Written by: Lakshman Balaraman
  
Part I of this article listed all the things that you, an outsourcer, must do in preparation for a trip to India. It saw you up to the airport on your day of departure.

Written by: Lakshman Balaraman
 
 
Frankfurt airport departure lounge. Full of western tech executives, each with an open laptop. They`re all from different companies, all travelling separately. But one particular subject is making them feel like they`re old college buddies, and they`re networking like a swarm of honeybees.

1. Tell us a little bit about OptiTex

OptiTex develops innovative, user-friendly 2D and 3D CAD solutions for all cut-fabric and fashion-related industries. OptiTex solutions are designed to facilitate collaboration among partners throughout the manufacturing process.