Digital Patternmaking
Harness fashion design skills with Digital Patternmaking with Optitex! Learn precise pattern drafting and use cutting-edge software to visualize and create well-fitting garments with simulated fabric properties.
$599
Total: Course cost
30 Hours to complete
modules
Online - self-paced
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$599
Total: Course cost
30 Hours to complete
modules
Online - self-paced
Learning modality
Earn a credential
View credential
$599
Total: Course cost
30 Hours to complete
modules
Online - self-paced
Learning modality
Earn a credential
View credential
$599
Total: Course cost
30 Hours to complete
Duration
Online - self-paced
Overview
Fashion work requires the creation of precise, well-fitting garment patterns — something now made easier using cutting-edge software. With the help of Digital Patternmaking with Optitex, you can master the fundamentals of pattern drafting, from basic skirts, bodices, trousers and more. Explore essential techniques such as establishing garment shapes and placing darts in 2D to ensure impeccable fits.
Another major tool offered by pattern design software involves 3D prototyping. Harnessing 3D modeling capabilities, you can use Optitex to draft and fit garments onto virtual models, using these visualizations to perfect your drape, silhouette and fit. Realistic views of these designs in 3D as well as 2D can help you save time and resources while allowing you more creativity and room to experiment. Create sleeves, trousers and various patterns for men and women, bringing your ideas to life with simulated fabric properties and precise visualization. Equip yourself with the skills to draft, design and develop a wide array of garments. Take the course on Digital Patternmaking with Optitex to unleash your creativity and make designs fit for the runway!
For a complete Optitex learning experience, learners are advised to download the following key component:
- The Full Install: The foundational software for your Optitex journey.
Course Consideration: Please Read Before Enrolling
This version of the course is designed for users who have an Optitex license. It is highly encouraged learners possess an Optitex license to take full advantage of the course. If you need an Optitex license, please use this link to enroll in the version that comes bundled with an Optitex license.
- System requirements: Please note that the course tool is exclusively designed and optimized for PC platforms, including Windows computers, Linux computers, and other Windows-based machines. We regret to inform you that compatibility with other operating systems, such as Mac or mobile devices, is currently unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.
- Refund policy: The purchase of this course is non-refundable.
- Software Download and Account Setup
- Installation Guide
Note: It is recommended users complete this course within 6 months.
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If you run into any issues, please reach out to the following individuals below to help you resolve them as quickly as possible.
Course Technical Issues
For any issues with the course delivery platform please email the student support team at cc-support@asu.edu
Optitex Technical Issues
For help with technical issues in the Optitex application, please contact Optitex support directly.
- Email: optitex.support@optitex.com
- Phone (US): 212-629-9053 Ext 3
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Set up system preferences and convert pattern instructions into digital form, apply them in Optitex and accurately draft a basic skirt block pattern.
- Create a basic bodice top by setting up the patterns using darts and Optitex tools to add more detail and achieve a precise fit.
- Draft and fit a bodice dress or sleeves onto a 3D model by changing fabric properties, assembling the garment for 3D rendering, adjusting the garment as needed within simulations and customizing to precise measurement.
- Personalize a pattern creation to develop a basic trouser block suitable for multiple models.
- Create men’s upper block patterns in Optitex for various garments with individual fabric properties, simulation and visualization, using measurement charts to design usable patterns for a torso, sleeves and trousers.
- Draft, fit and render digital men’s block patterns in 3D, updating patterns based on adjustments for fit or garment behavior simulations.
- Draft and develop diverse women’s patterns in Optitex with varying complexity, including bodice darts, skirts, peg skirts, gathered skirts and lantern sleeve dresses, and make them suitable for multiple models.
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