An integrated woven fabric system has been developed. A series of parametric design rules have been defined by analyzing famous woven structures. An expandable script language and its compiler have been developed to generate scalable weave diagrams using those rules. A calculation algorithm has also been developed to generate draft and peg plans based on the weave diagrams. Finally, a two-dimensional realistic fabric image rendering function using the actual image of various yarns, a three-dimensional fabric modeling method based on B-Spline approximation, and a pseudo three-dimensional mapping method for simulated images of final products were all integrated into the system.
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