Method for panel positioning

1. A method for positioning panels for a garment in a digital clothing comprising steps of:

providing two orthogonal grain lines comprising a horizontal axis and a vertical axis;

providing a pattern making window with a horizontal line and a vertical line aligned with the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the two orthogonal grain lines;

providing a panel positioning frame imbedded in a panel for encoding a relative position of the panel with respect to a human body;

positioning the panel on a corresponding offset plane and adjusting an amount of offset;

providing panel positioning tips to the panel for encoding a body-related position of the panel and storing the panel positioning tips in a panel data for using later stages including a garment/attire creation stage and a try-on stage;

grouping a plurality of related panels and creating group landmark lines; and

creating the garment by positioning the panels at proper locations,

wherein the panel positioning tips comprise discrete body coordinates and panel landmark lines, wherein the discrete body coordinates comprise a 3-tuple (A,B,C), where A, B, C are taken from body parts, longitudes, and latitudes, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the body parts comprise Head, Left-Head, Right-Head, Neck, Left-Neck, Right-Neck, Torso, Left-Torso, Right-Torso, Left-Torso, Left-Arm, Right-Arm, Legs, Left-Leg, Right-Leg, Left-Foot, and Right-Foot.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the longitudes comprise Front, Back, Left, and Right, wherein the latitudes comprise Top, Bottom, and Middle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the panel landmark lines comprise an x-axis (horizontal line) and a y-axis (vertical line), and wherein the x-axis and the y-axis are orthogonal to each other.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when the longitude is Front/Back/Left/Right, the landmark lines come on the front/back/left/right plane of the panel positioning box.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein in the panels for Torso and Left/Right-Torso, the y-axis represents a projection of a torso center line onto the front plane of the box and the x-axis represents a waist line.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein for legs the y-axis and the x-axis represent projection of a midway line between two legs and a waist line, respectively.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein for Left/Right-Leg the y-axis and the x-axis represent projection of a leg center line and a waist line, respectively.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein for Left/Right-Arm the landmark lines represent projection of arm center line at an Acromion (top of shoulder) level.

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein for Left/Right-Head the landmark lines represent projection of head center line at a Vertex level.

11. The method of claim 4 , wherein for Neck and Left/Right-Neck the landmark lines represent projection of vertical center line at an Anterior Neck level.

12. The method of claim 4 , wherein for Left/Right-Foot the landmark lines represent projection of lower leg center line at a sole level.