Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments
View Patent ↗A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable rules. The system includes a circular knitting machine, a controller for controlling the circular knitting machine with a machine code, a tool for saving a model of the circularly knitted garment as a first output, and a conversion program for converting the first output into the machine code. The tool has a stretching function for changing a size of the first output using one or more user selected rules.
1. A method of designing a circularly knitted garment, the method comprising:
designing a model of the circularly knitted garment;
stretching said model from a first size to a second size; and
governing said stretching with one or more user definable rules, wherein said one or more user definable rules includes a first rule that limits a maximum number of a particular type of stitch in a selected direction.
2. The method as in claim 1 , wherein said model is a three-dimensional model.
3. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising saving said model as a first output, wherein said first output is a two-dimensional bitmap file.
4. The method as in claim 3 , further comprising inputting said two-dimensional bitmap file into a program of a circular knitting system, said program converting said two-dimensional bitmap file into a machine code used to operate said circular knitting system.
5. The method as in claim 1 , further comprising saving said model as a second output, said second output saving elements of said model as one or more related objects.
6. The method as in claim 5 , further comprising adjusting a relationship between two or more related objects to form a second model.
7. The method as in claim 1 , wherein said first rule replaces said particular type of stitch in excess of said maximum number with a desired stitch type.
8. A method of designing a circularly knitted garment, the method comprising:
designing a three-dimensional model of the circularly knitted garment;
saving said three-dimensional model as a first output and/or a second output, wherein said first output is a two-dimensional bitmap file and said second output relates elements thereof as related objects; and
stretching said first output from a first size to a second size, and governing said stretching with one or more user definable rules, wherein said one or more user definable rules includes a first rule that limits a maximum number of a particular type of stitch in a selected direction.
9. The method as in claim 8 , wherein said first rule replaces said particular type of stitch in excess of said maximum number with a desired stitch type.
10. The method as in claim 8 , further comprising inputting said two-dimensional bitmap file into a program of a circular knitting system, said program converting said two-dimensional bitmap file into a machine code used to operate said circular knitting system.
11. The method as in claim 8 , further comprising adjusting a relationship between said related objects to form a second model.