CAD and CAM are two technologies that have made prominent changes in the way
garment manufacturing was done in previous eras. Today all large garment
manufacturing companies have developed CAD/CAM system to do the process of
garment manufacturing. CAD is an abbreviation for computer-aided design and CAM
for computer-aided machine. CAD/CAM is computer software that controls the
production of garments. In CAD the designer designs the garments by using any
suitable software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw etc and
in CAM the cutters, sewers, graders and markers control the process of
development.
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| Fig 2: CAD system installation for Marker making |
GERBER plotter MP
series CAD system & Machine serial number is XLP-50, 2141103720.
The designer creates 2-D or 3-D model of
design in CAD and CAM as software numerically controls the machines that
generates the production.
There are several advantages of CAD/CAM over
manual method of designing and production of garments:
The expense and time is reduced in a
considerable manner when compared to the laborious manual work of designing.
Designing can be done from anywhere as the
designers are able to control the process from remote locations as well.
The data can be easily stored, transmitted, and
transported through computer files.
Digital swatches can be saved on floppy
disks, zip disks, CD-ROM or hard drive thus saving space. Moreover they can be
easily organized for fast and easy retrieval.
The designs can be easily customized and
personalized as corrections and editing can be done at any time without
significant delays or cost increases.
The designers don't need to produce swatches
all the time as they can now see how a
Particular fabric or garment looks in
different colors and shapes on computer screen itself.