Mix & Match Your 3D Styles

Starting from version O21.0, you can create a Mix & Match of your colorways and garments for Line and Range reviews, and create Photo Realistic images of all combinations.

You can save each style & colorway as a separate CLT file and then simply drag & drop on your avatar to create outfit combination.


The following workflow demonstrates how to create pants and t-shirt combinations with different colorways.

Note: Pick the Avatar pose that you want to use for your final Mix & Match combinations. Use the same pose to simulate

Creating the first 3D Style (pants):

  1. Open PDS and load the Avatar in 3D.

  2. Open the pants PDS file and then simulate the pattern.



  3. Create different variants/articles according to the required pants colorways.



  4. Select the first colorway, then save the cloth as a CLT file. Do the same for each colorway that you want to use in Mix & Match.

Creating the second 3D Style (t-shirt):

  1. Clear the 2D and 3D workspace leaving the Avatar only.

  2. Use the same Avatar and pose that was used to create the first 3D Style.

  3. Load the CLT file you created earlier (pants). You can either use the Load icon from the 3D toolbar in the 3D window ,or drag & drop the CLT file to the 3D window.



  4. Open the t-shirt PDS file and then simulate the pattern.
    Note:Clear Cloth / Refresh 3D does not remove the previously loaded CLT file (pants).



  5. Create the  different variants/articles required for the t-shirt colorways.



  6. Select the first colorway, then save the cloth as a CLT file. Do the same for each colorway that you want to use in Mix & Match.

 

Creating  Mix & Match combinations of the pants and t-shirt in various colorways:

  1. Open PDS and load in 3D  the Avatar that was used to create the Styles (CLTs).



  2. Drag & Drop one of the pants colorways (CLT file) to the 3D Window.



  3. Select one of the t-shirt colorways (CLT file), press and hold CTRL thendrag & drop to the 3D window.



    Now you can create Photo Realistic images.

  4. To create the next Mix & Match combination, remove one of the styles and bring in the new colorway.
    To remove the 3D style (CLT) from the 3D Window, select a piece and click twice with Left Mouse Button  or press CTRL+Left Mouse Button.


  5. Click the Delete button.



  6. Now you can drag & drop another colorway of the 3D Style, using the same method as described in step 3 above.


  7. Do the same for each colorway and style combination you want to create.

 

Examples of possible combinations:






 


 

You can do the same for more than two styles, for example by adding a jacket.