Computer Aided Design: Gerber

Computer Aided Fashion Design Using Gerber Technology

  • ©2007
  • 384 Pages
  • hardcover | spiral bound | 8.5 x 11
  • 978-1-56367-432-7
$81.50
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Computer-aided Design is at the forefront of the patternmaking business today. Computer Aided Fashion Design Using Gerber Technology provides clear, step-by-step instructions for AccuMark Explorer, Silhouette/Pattern Design System, and Marker Making—everything necessary to aid the designer in the creation of a garment from conception to output. Appropriate for new students as well as design professionals who need a technological refresher course
  • Step-by-step procedures for commands and functions
  • Illustrations, screen images, and examples to guide the reader
  • Menus for manipulating patterns
  • Chapter practical exercises and review questions
  • Glossary of terminology

Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • What Is Gerber Technology
  • Getting Started: Set Up Parameter Tables in AccuMark Explorer
  • Navigating through PDS
  • Drafting Pattern Pieces Using Pattern Design System
  • Basic Cleanup Functions in PDS that Follow Drafting
  • Set Up Model Editor
  • Plotting Pieces
  • Piece Functions in PDS
  • Line Functions in PDS
  • Point Functions in PDS
  • Grading for Computerized Patterns
  • Marker Making

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Jane Espinoza-Alvarado is a Professor at the International Academy of Design Online and a computer-aided design consultant to the fashion and sewn products industry. Her travels take her nationwide and internationally to help companies automate and use CAD systems more efficiently. She has directed fashion shows, created curriculums and taught courses including drawing, sewing, automated patternmaking and fashion show production at several universities. Her extensive industry, consulting, and classroom experience paired with her career experience at Gerber Technology give her a unique position when training students, faculty, or design professionals on CAD software.

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