obviously the only real choice for developing fabric patterns in 3d is marvelous designer, but i dont feel like pirating it again just to run it in a vm (linux btw) and learning yet another software suite. im also pretty unsure about its suitabillity for my usecase, which is making a fursuit; i need to be able to generate patterns from a surface, and not just cloth-physics a pattern over a surface like i know md is mostly used for.the big problem is that many of the parts of a fursuit are stuffed or padded, so just using a human mesh as a base isnt enough for all features, and because of the tension of the stuffing, some parts are either ballooned or draped, depending on their place on the body. my intuition is to just use blender and try to generate fabric patterns from uv maps as images and then print them. is this something any of you guys have done before? the pattern would need to be mostly isotropic to the mesh (i could just draw seam allowances by hand), and im not sure if thats possible out of the box with blender.im already going to need blender for sculpting and printing the head and several of the electronic components im making for the fursuit, so i may as well try and use it for the fabric patterns too if i can.
>>1026538i havent tried it. it seems possible, but also a lot of work, but if you're comitted to the idea...>i could just draw seam allowances by hand), and im not sure if thats possible out of the box with blender.tab to go to edit mode, click to select edges, pick the ones you want, right click, then mark as seam
>>1026543marking seams is a uv thing which im familiar with from doing texturing. seam allowances are a sewing thing. they are an excess of material past the point where seams are sewed together to give the material enough strength to not fray, or to allow surging or overlock stitching. generally youll give maybe a1/4-1/2 inch of seam allowance depending ont he material or the type of seam youre sewing.my main concern is being abe to turn the surface of a 3d model into a planar surface without distortion. im stupid and the correct term is homeomorphism. i need to preserve the area of the model when unwrapping it.
>>1026544Export the UV map with a margin?
