The development of an automatic pattern-making system for made-to-measure clothing

This study developed a system that automatically created individually customized patterns by combining the two methods of “automatic drafting by pattern formulae” and “grading”. The system reads four kinds of information: body measurements; basic size pattern; grading values of the pattern’s points; and an alteration rule. Using the files, the system automatically generated a grading pattern first, and then modified it according to the alteration rule to make individually customized patterns. The clothing produced from the customized pattern fit the subject better than the clothing produced from the grading method.