Curves representing the body in Machine Learning (FashNerd) are no help to Pattern Engineers — But, Triangulation of a Dress Foundation gives amazing help to both Designers and Pattern Engineers
Photo by Flora Miranda, FashNerd.com ********** Photo of cardboard bodice by author prepares for Triangulation
The purpose of the cardboard was to get the 3D form of the Dress Foundation by triangles only — which are very simply computerized. Curves are very complicated mathematics to enter into a computer. Every time my brother Donald needed another triangle for the computer, I would fold the cardboard at strategic points to give him that triangle. By strategic, I mean it would be at an area that could be used as a nice and useful design line in a dress or clothing.