AKTU CAD PROJECT (TUKATECH) (BBFD557) Syllabus PDF – BFAD 3rd Year

Course Objectives

• To develop proficiency in pattern-making software with advanced functionality and process engineering for accurate pattern building
• To enable students to create bespoke grade rules and apply automatic grading across multiple sizes
• To develop skill in marker nesting and layout optimization for every style conceived
• To familiarize students with tailor editing and made-to-measure workflows using scanned or keyed-in customer measurements
• To develop competence in generating industrial reports for costing, yield, and production planning
• To introduce digital sampling and virtual fit review as a substitute for physical sample rounds ahead of buyer approval, delivered through a cost-viable mix of institutional and free-trial resources

Course Outcomes

• Be able to build and grade patterns digitally using standard measurement charts and cutter & specifications
• Be able to create efficient markers, including stripe/plaid matching and CNC-ready cut paths
• Be able to apply tailor editing functions to fit a pattern to individual customer measurements
• Be able to generate industrial-standard reports for weight, yield, cost, and time from marker files
• Be able to import a graded 2D pattern into a 3D visualizer, apply virtual fabric properties, and review fit on a virtual model, on whichever available platform (TUKA3D, Marvelous Designer, or CLO3D)
• Be able to compare virtual sample turnaround against physical sample turnaround as a cost and time decision

Course Content

Unit-1: PATTERN MAKING AND GRADING

• Measurement chart, pattern card and cutter's must
• Before and after wash shrinkage
• Integration of art work and logos
• Yield reports with costing
• Adobe PDF plot format
• Multiple sizes grading with automatic half size creation
• Angle grading for curved contours
• Block libraries with master grading
• Automatic grading update with pattern changes

Unit-2: MARKER MAKING

• Manual or automatic marker making
• Stripe and plaid matching (with image view)
• Merge pattern pieces and marker for efficient result
• Dynamic blocking and measuring functions
• Call up additional pieces or complete sizes
• Create and edit cut path for CNC cutters
• Edit or alter patterns while making markers
• Add buffers during marking at selected segments of patterns for quality cutting

Unit-3: TAILOR EDITING

• Import or key in body scanned measurements
• Find closest size from standard size ranges
• Automatically see differences between the customer and chosen size measurements
• Generate XML file for trial done by customer
• Maintaining history of a particular customer's pattern file
• Create template for various fits allowances

Unit-4: INDUSTRIAL EDITION

• Create single Excel report for multiple markers
• Generate weight and yield report
• Send marker files to plotters and cutters
• Generate PDF file of markers
• Generate Excel report for weight, cost and time calculations

Unit-5: DIGITAL SAMPLING AND VIRTUAL FIT

• Concept and theory: role of digital sampling in reducing physical sample rounds, taught via
• TAPE & free online video modules and TUKA3D's own tutorial channel, no license required for this portion
• Importing a graded 2D pattern into a 3D visualizer: demonstrated on one institutional
• TUKA3D single-seat license or trial license, faculty-led, batch rotation for hands-on time
• Assigning virtual fabric properties (drape, weight, stretch, texture mapping): practiced individually on a free trial license of an alternative 3D garment simulation tool (Marvelous
• Designer 30-day free trial, or CLO3D trial), scheduled so each student's practice window falls inside the trial period
• Digital stitching and seam assignment on a virtual avatar: practiced on the same trial tool as above, concept is transferable across TUKA3D, Marvelous Designer, and CLO3D since all three use the same 2D-pattern-to-3D-avatar principle
• Reviewing virtual fit on a standard fit model: identifying pull lines, excess ease, drag, and grain distortion
• Recording fit comments directly on the virtual sample in place of a physical fit sample round
• Exporting a virtual fit report and turntable/still images for buyer or merchandiser review, submitted as the graded deliverable regardless of which software produced it
• One-day exposure visit to a local export house or CAD bureau already running a licensed
• TUKA3D setup, in place of individual student licensing, tied to the existing Suggested Visits category

Reference Books

• TUKA3D product and training pages (tukatech.com/tuka3d)
• TAPE (Tuka Academy of Pattern Engineering), free course track (academy.tukatech.com)
• Marvelous Designer, 30-day free trial (marvelousdesigner.com/product/trial)
• CLO3D, free trial and student pricing (clo3d.com)
• https://youtu.be/1tEflNEG_CE
• https://youtu.be/jTWtQNTJt_A