1. ICT and CADCAM in Textiles

2. Computers are used to Design and Present
Designers use computers for:
Writing documents and doing display boards, including artwork, text, spreadsheets etc.
Colouring images rather than drawing
Digital photography and video making.
Designing and sampling
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3. Advantages of using Computers in Design and Manufacture
They increase efficiency and accuracy
They reduce costs if efficiency is increased
Working conditions are often safer using computerised machinery
They allow for more flexibility as changes in production can be made more rapidly.
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4. Programmes used by Designers
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5. Create Digital Logos and Patterns
Photoshop and Illustrator are often used to do this,
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6. Producing Mood Boards
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7. Drawing Designs – Changing Colourways
Computer programmes can be used for drawing and designing products.
It is much easier to change designs and colours on a computer than it is by hand.
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8. Virtual Prototypes – 3D Modelling
Computer software can model your final design in 3D. It creates a virtual prototype to help you see if your design is working.
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Virtual Catwalks
Computer software can even use 3D animation technology to make virtual catwalks so that you can show your client your collection.
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10. Designing and Sampling using Computers
Computers can be used to pass information quickly to machinery to make samples.
Woven or knitted fabrics can easily be designed onscreen.
Embroidery motifs can be designed onscreen and then stitched.
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11. Pattern Design and Grading
Pattern design, grading (making different sizes of pattern) and pattern making can be computer aided.
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12. Pattern Designing and Lay Plans
Computers can be used to
Grade patterns
Make lay plans
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13. Pattern Lay Plans
Pattern lay plans are worked out using a computer plan. The lay plan ensures that the pattern pieces are laid out close together, in the most efficient way to reduce fabric wastage.
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14. CAM – Computer Aided Manufacture
By using CAM:
Time can be saved and modifications made more easily
Production can be closely monitored for quality and safety
Costs reduced as a result of efficiency.
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15. Digital Printing Computers can be used to
Do digital print designs for fabric and samples
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16. Cutting Out
Big industrial machines cut out pattern pieces cutting through lots of layers at once.
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17. Computerised Knitting
Computers can be used to
Make seamless knitted garments
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Individual seamless knitted garments can be made from instructions sent by the computer to the knitting machine. Knitted fabric designs can be quickly altered on the computer linked to the machine.

18. Computerised Weaving
Weaving loom designs can be quickly altered on the computer that is linked to the loom.
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19. Fabric Spreading Machine
Automatic spreading of fabric and cutting out produces quick and accurate results.
Vertical knives can be used to do this, or (much more these days) lasers.
Advantages:
More accurate
Much faster
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20. Computerised Pockets and Buttonholes
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21. In Industry Computers also Assist with: Monitoring of quality
Stock control
Production scheduling
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22. Key facts to remember The exam: Modern materials Key words:
CAD
CAM
Designing
Sampling
Pattern making
Pattern lay plan
Digital printing
Stock control
Key facts to remember
CAD and CAM usually go together
Be clear about the benefits of using CAM
The exam:
You must be understand the benefits of using computers in manufacturing.
Appreciate the link between CAD and CAM