Quantcast
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 98

3D Printed Clothes

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
http://www.3dprintersmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3d-printing-in-fashion.jpg

Fashion is always changing and 3D printing has really begun to catch on as a way for designers to create outfits, accessories, and even complete dresses using a technology previously delegated to prototyping hardware and industrial parts.

The design studio Nervous System has created a novel process that allows a 3-D printed dress to move and sway like real fabric. The bespoke software behind it, called Kinematics, combines origami techniques with novel approaches to 3-D printing, pushing the technology’s limits.

Instead of pinning fabric to a dress form, a Kinematics garment starts as a 3-D model in a CAD program. Kinematics breaks the model down into tessellated, triangular segments of varying sizes. Designers can control the size, placement, and quantity of the triangles in a Javascript-based design tool and preview how the changes will impact the polygonal pinafore. Once the designer is satisfied, algorithms add hinges to the triangles uniting the garment into a single piece and compress the design into the smallest possible shape to optimize the printing process, often reducing the volume by 85 percent.

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
http://bensbargains.com/thecheckout/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/3D-printed-clothes.jpg

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/3d-dress_0012_Layer-21.jpg

It’s not just the dress — Sandy’s entire outfit has been 3D printed. As for the dress though, it is called the A.X.I.O.S. Dress, which stands for “Advanced Xtreem Integrated Operating Scales.” It is made of an armor-like pattern created by designer Cameron Williams back in April 2014. Using SOLIDWORKS, Williams has modified this pattern slightly, to make it more appropriate for a dress design. It is 3D printed using about $78 worth of ABS, Wolfbend TPU, and TPE materials, and was designed and printed to be a perfect fit for Sandy’s body.

“The dress is more comfortable than I imagined, it even makes music when I move,” said Sandy.

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
http://3dprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sandyfeatured.jpg

 


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 98

Trending Articles