Comments on: Visio for Fashion Design? http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/ Smart Graphics for Visual People Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Sewing Patterns With Visio http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-17742 Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Sewing Patterns With Visio Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:20:46 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-17742 [...] my relative's inquiries and the decent traffic for the article: Visio for Fashion Design?, this seems to be a niche with more than passing [...] [...] my relative’s inquiries and the decent traffic for the article: Visio for Fashion Design?, this seems to be a niche with more than passing [...]

]]> By: Linda http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-15212 Linda Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:24:49 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-15212 Chris, I am interested in communicating with Gina in regards to using Visio for fashion design. Can you possibly forward me on to her? I am a pattern maker and do make my patterns on the flat on tag board. However, I am wanting to get in to the tech world and since I happen to have access to Visio, thought that would be the most economical way to go. Why spend hundreds to thousands of dollars when I have something that should work for me right here at my finger tips. I am new to visio, so this will be an interesting venture for me to say the least. I was a bit disappointed that there are no templates already available, but then also not surprised, as they can be time consuming. Maybe I can get back to you with some of the technical stuff once I get my first pattern on the screen. Linda Chris, I am interested in communicating with Gina in regards to using Visio for fashion design. Can you possibly forward me on to her? I am a pattern maker and do make my patterns on the flat on tag board. However, I am wanting to get in to the tech world and since I happen to have access to Visio, thought that would be the most economical way to go. Why spend hundreds to thousands of dollars when I have something that should work for me right here at my finger tips. I am new to visio, so this will be an interesting venture for me to say the least. I was a bit disappointed that there are no templates already available, but then also not surprised, as they can be time consuming. Maybe I can get back to you with some of the technical stuff once I get my first pattern on the screen.

Linda

]]> By: Gina http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-15192 Gina Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:42:50 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/11/19/visio-for-fashion-design/#comment-15192 Hi Chris, Thanks for the article and all your effort. I'm very flatter not sure I've ever inspired an article :) Basically I'm a management consultant and use Visio for process maps and system design etc. I use templates, backgrounds and stencils. Although not any of the technical functionality which you mentioned. I have recently started a course on Starting your own Fashion (very aspirational). The course is full of people who have completed 4 year BAs in Fashion Design. Basically all the fancy fashion is illustration is just that for illustration purposes and fashion magazines - garments are made from technical flat drawing that are effectively technical specifications. In many cases you're handing them over to foreign factories to interpret your design similarly how you send functional, technical and configuration specifications offshore for system build. There are standard ways of representing certain rendering, stitching, whether it's cut on the bias etc. As you correctly assumed Adobe Illustrator is the software of choice. Anyway my course colleagues told me that they never use this programme (including in some cases in industry!) because it can take up to 2-3 hours to complete a drawing and they need to complete 10-20 a day. They told me not to bother learning Adobe Illustrator and get a geometry set instead. This didn't seem right to me. How could an industry be still using pen and paper? I'm very excited about what you've suggested as Visio is the tool I would like to use. However stencil shapes will be imperative to use Visio successfully for technical fashion drawings. Many thanks for your help. I imagine I'll be in touch! Gina Hi Chris,

Thanks for the article and all your effort. I’m very flatter not sure I’ve ever inspired an article :)

Basically I’m a management consultant and use Visio for process maps and system design etc. I use templates, backgrounds and stencils. Although not any of the technical functionality which you mentioned.

I have recently started a course on Starting your own Fashion (very aspirational). The course is full of people who have completed 4 year BAs in Fashion Design.
Basically all the fancy fashion is illustration is just that for illustration purposes and fashion magazines - garments are made from technical flat drawing that are effectively technical specifications. In many cases you’re handing them over to foreign factories to interpret your design similarly how you send functional, technical and configuration specifications offshore for system build. There are standard ways of representing certain rendering, stitching, whether it’s cut on the bias etc.

As you correctly assumed Adobe Illustrator is the software of choice. Anyway my course colleagues told me that they never use this programme (including in some cases in industry!) because it can take up to 2-3 hours to complete a drawing and they need to complete 10-20 a day. They told me not to bother learning Adobe Illustrator and get a geometry set instead. This didn’t seem right to me. How could an industry be still using pen and paper?

I’m very excited about what you’ve suggested as Visio is the tool I would like to use. However stencil shapes will be imperative to use Visio successfully for technical fashion drawings.

Many thanks for your help. I imagine I’ll be in touch!

Gina

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