Abstract
Trying virtual garments on a virtual body has become widespread in the design industry as a result of 3D computer-aided design (CAD) system and progress in body measurement systems. Spending less time and cost compared to traditional methods of garment design is the main benefit of design software development. Moreover, it leads to improved garment fitting on the body which fulfills customer desires. In the present study, a parametric graphical method was utilized to develop a 3D virtual mannequin for the pregnancy period. The former, the 3D adaptive mannequin model was predicted based on a woman’s weight by analyzing body morphology evolution of a pregnant woman. The mannequin was verified by the results of another pregnant body. Then, the developed mannequin based on weight gain during maternity was applied to design a garment block pattern. The virtual try-on of the developed garment block pattern suggested that it was well-fitted on the 3D virtual mannequin while two armpit darts and two elastic seams were allocated. Hence, the developed garment block pattern will be used to make a personalized protective garment in our future work using an electromagnetic shielding woven fabric formerly manufactured by our group.
Highlights
Pregnancy mannequins are commercially available and manufactured by different companies. these mannequins are practical in pregnancy garment design, they are unable to show body evolution during pregnancy
It should be mentioned that the final purpose of our work was to develop a comfortable garment with electromagnetic shielding effectiveness potential to protect both mother and fetus against radiation while the present study focused on a customized 3.1. Three-Dimensional (3D) virtual garment design for pregnant women
The body morphology evolution was analyzed and the adaptive mannequin surface was generated for the specified period of pregnancy
Summary
Pregnancy mannequins are commercially available and manufactured by different companies. These mannequins are practical in pregnancy garment design, they are unable to show body evolution during pregnancy. These mannequins are not applicable to every individual pregnant body due to the fact that they are manufactured based on standard sizes. There are not sufficient mannequins of pregnant women to help the designer to design fitted garments for the pregnancy period. It is essential to make an appropriate mannequin for the maternity period in order to design a well-fitted garment for a pregnant woman. The protective garment has to be Designs 2019, 3, 53; doi:10.3390/designs3040053 www.mdpi.com/journal/designs
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