Md Nurunnabi

2. Application of Computer in Textile Manufacturing
(ACTM)
Course Code: TE-3207
Nurunnabi
Lecturer
National Institute of Textile Engineering & Research

3. Course Objectives:
The objectives of this course can be outline as below:
 To know about various software used in textile manufacturing.
 To know about USTER BALE MANAGER.
 To know about Fabric CAD (Weaving & Knitting CAD).
 To know about database management system.
 To know about Spectrophotometer.
 To know about Garments CAD (Lectra Modaris & Lectra Diamino).
Key Study Outcomes: At the end of the course, the you will be able to
1. Analyze Histogram for mic & +b value and make a mix using USTER BALE MANAGER.
2. Understand the functions of Weaving & Knitting CAD Modules & apply how to prepare a fabric sample by simulation
& know about database management system.
3. Formulate a dyeing recipe & assess various types of shades using Spectrophotometer.
4. Prepare a Garments Specification Sheet, develop Garments Pattern and Marker using Lectra Modaris & Lectra
Diamino.

4. Reference Book

5. Acronyms in Computer Technology
XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
Information and communications technology (ICT)

7. Definition of CAD
CAD (Computer Aided Design) system generate
accurately, scaled mathematical models based on user
input. Individual models are then integrated as
components of an assembly to create the final product
through which exact fit of the parts can be checked. Fully
furnished 3D models of parts and whole assemblies for
designs can be build using 3-Dimensional CAD software.
Even the created designs can be examined virtually from
any angle before manufacturing the product.
Definition of CAM
CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) is evolving as
a central element in many productions. It includes a
broad range of process to be carried out automatically
such as cutting, turning, milling, routing, heat cutting,
engraving and even printing of solid materials. After
designing and analysing a product, it is manufactured
where computers are involved in manufacturing like to
checking whether the product can be made or made by
which process, and how much time it is going take.

10. WHY CAD/CAM IS NECESSARY?
Today every coming generation is more fashion conscious so there is huge demand for new-fangled weave designs.
With these conditions designers have difficulty in keeping pace with the fast changing trends of the market. Some
times they find that they are not ready to cater the market needs. It is not easy to them to remain competitive, by
merely depending upon the traditional way of designing, because today’s design becomes out of fashion tomorrow.
Hence they loose a share of market, so to keeping pace with fast shifting trends of market computer aided
designing and manufacturing is very much required.
It is well known phenomenon that human being is always in search of opportunities related to saving money, time
and comfort. Any textile industry will think in terms of improving the efficiency, maximum utilization of resources
and improvement in services for customer’s satisfaction. Search of these elements leads towards development
and use of new technologies. As the proverb says “Creativity is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent
perspiration.” but computers have confirm it wrong. They have made textile designing simpler, faster, more
precise and enjoyable. The designer can create his motifs with a mouse or pen. Once the design is created,
further process of editing the design i.e. clipping of certain parts, adding new shapes, changing the shapes,
distortion,
resizing, recolouration, color reduction, replicating and combining as per the need can be done at the minimum
possible time. Also, one part of design can be altered without affecting the rest.

11. The other benefit is its wide application in different types of fabric designing. CAD system can be effectively
used for designing Suiting/ Shirting, Sarees, Furnishing and Upholstery Fabrics, Blankets, Terry Towel, Carpet,
Labels, Knitwear, Bed Covers, Velvet and other. Various complicated weaves can be made easily, one need not
to worry about the complicated drafting and peg plans, and the effect of supposed weave can be seen
immediately before actual production.

14. Advantages and disadvantages of CAD CAM

15. Advantages and disadvantages of CAD CAM

17. Yarn Manufacturing
Technology:
1.USTER AFIS,
2.USTER Bale Manager.
Weaving Technology:
1. Auto Cad:
•ARAHNE,
•NED GRAPHICS,
•TEXTRONIC.
2. Others:
•PIXEL ART,
•EAT DESIGNSCOPE,
•MULLER MCAD.
Knitting Technology:
1.SHIMA SEIKI SDS A-1,
2.STOLL M-1,
3.YX ENDIS.
Wet Processing Technology:
1.MACBETH OS,
2.DATACOLOR OS.
Apparel/Garments Industry:
1.OPTITEX,
2.AUDACES,
3.GERBER,
4.GRAFFIS,
5.LECTRA.
6.STARFISH
Fashion Industry:
1.DIGITAL FASHION PRO,
2.MARVELOUS.
Simulation:
1.GERBER VIRTUAL STITCH,
2.OPTITEX 3D RUNWAY,
3.MARVELOUS,
4.AUDACES,
5.LECTRA 3D FIT.
Popular Software Used in Textile & Apparel Industry

18. Modern textile instruments for raw materials characterization:
The following advanced testing instruments are run by computer and also displayed its result on monitor as per
requirement.
1.X-Ray Diffraction System (Amorphous and Crystal part of Polymer)
1.Wet ability by contact angle (Absorption System)
2.UV-Spectroscope (Dyes and Chemical Test)
3.IR or FIR – Spectroscope (Dyes and Chemical Test)
4.GPC (Gel-Permeation-Chromatography for Mass-Molecular distribution)
5.DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimeter for thermal properties of Material)
6.TGA (Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis for thermal properties of material)
7.OASYS (SEM, AFM for surface characterization of a Mat.)

19. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is one of those
software which helps to make correct planning and
implementing decisions of an enterprise. It should be
noted that, ERP software is available now for Home
textiles, Spinning Mills, Weaving Mills, Textile
Processing Mills and garments sector.
Advantage of ERP Software in Textile & Apparel
Sector:
1.Can make report within a very short period of time.
2.Saves valuable times.
3.Facilitate easy monitoring of an industry.
4.There are no chance for data manipulation.

20. Global Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Software Market – Analysis and Forecast
(2018 – 2024)

21. Global CAM & CAD Software Market Size 2019-2025 report covers emerging opportunities in the market and the future impact of
major Key vendors and Market driver and, support decisions in making cost-effective business decisions. The market report
assesses key opportunities in the market and outlines the factors that are and will be driving the growth of the CAM & CAD Software
. The Global CAM & CAD Software Market is anticipated to increase at a significant to grow rate by 2025.

22. In the world of CAD/CAM, it's all about facilitating collaboration. Get drawn into the latest developments that will allow
these tools to do just that:
Enhancing collaboration continues to be key in CAD (computer-aided design) and CAM (computer-aided
manufacturing). As companies' operations, competition and markets become more global, CAD and CAM tools are
taking on more functionality and thereby allowing for increased collaboration between departments.
Sharing data is a greater priority not just for companies that choose to move operations offshore but also for those that
stay. Through increased collaboration, firms can trim inventory costs and tailor more products to meet customers'
specific needs, thereby becoming more competitive. As they move away from producing huge quantities of the same
product, just-in-time manufacturing is growing in importance. In response, CAD and CAM vendors have incorporated
tools that can help different departments work closely together.
In particular, solid modeling—which depicts product designs via electronic 3D solid models—is taking off. Not only do
solids give engineers more design flexibility, they also offer realistic images of products and allow downstream tasks,
such as analysis, to be more easily integrated. What's more, solid modeling supports a decades-long push by the
CAD/CAM industry to give manufacturing customers "art-to-part" capabilities—bringing a design from the concept to
the tooling stage in a completely digital world. By implementing a purely digital process, manufacturers can foster more
effective inter-department communication, make better products and enjoy greater profits due to a speedier time to
market.

23. Underlining the trend toward solid modeling is the rising popularity of value-priced CAD software, which has a per-seat
price of about $5,000. According to Massachusetts-based research firm Daratech, sales of value-priced CAD products
are increasing nearly twice as fast as those of the pricier packages. Their popularity is due to such features as
accurate product representation and clearance-verifying capabilities. Moreover, they're a big draw because they can
facilitate downstream applications and, like all solid modeling software, can allow firms to examine the impact of size,
thickness and weight. "There's a lot of value to 3D and engineers are migrating to it," says Daratech's Tim Hickey to
Design News.
Another trend involves the use of non-CAD formats, including Adobe's PDF (portable document format), Autodesk's
DWF (design web format) and SolidWorks' EDRW (eDrawings), to exchange information. Two developments are
driving this trend. For starters, the trend toward globalization is leaving many companies vulnerable to the theft of
intellectual property. In response, many choose not to release native CAD files and instead opt for a data format that
will deter information theft. Second, many still doubt the effectiveness of digital signatures and are thus using
representations that can't be edited.
Additionally, CAM software is continuing to improve at its job of interpreting digital descriptions and producing the
instructions for machine tools. Its growing functionality is making the jobs of programmers easier. In particular, CAM is
becoming more automated, better integrated with design software and increasingly user-friendly. For example, many
programs can automatically select cutting parameters, tools and toolpaths as well as incorporate multiple steps. In fact,
CAM software is moving toward a level of automation in which it will be able to effectively recognize features and
thereby designate operations. In short, CAM is taking on more, while letting users do less.

24. Manual vs CAD/CAM system
Which one Best?
1. Speed & Ease of designing a pattern
2. Repeatability
3. Flexibility
4. Lower production Cost
5. Less errors in production

25. Working with Fabric CAD
CAD for Weaving

26. Importance of CAD in Textile Designing
The CAD systems dedicated to textiles industry offer solutions that not only help in the design stage but also in
the manufacturing process, bridging the gap between design and the production stages. This electronic com-
munication between the design package and the production tool (weaving and knitting machines, etc.) helps to
improve the efficiency and quality of the industrial process. The vibrant textile industry has always been innovat-
ing in terms of new materials, machinery, and the processing cycle, with an ever-increasing demand for new
designs. Therefore, creating newer designs for textile and fashion articles has become a great challenge for the
designers than ever before and necessitated the use of CAD packages. The manufacturer can have regular
interactions with the customer and make frequent and quick changes to the design, meeting the latest trends in
textile and fashion industry. It not only helps to reduce the pressure on manufacturer but also provides the
customer satisfaction, with improved designs. The textile designers were more confined to the fabric design and
did not correlated the yarn and fabric characteristics. Now, the entire fabric design process has been
revolutionized incorporating yarn characteristics into the design process. Previously, the designers had laborious
work on the graph paper and stencil, which is now simplified using a mouse or stylus pen and computer to
produce innovative designs. Introduction of the CAD technology through implementation of designs and color
combinations is making the textile fabrics more striking and viable. It is also helping to meet the quick-changing
expectations of the consumers for fashion designs.

28. Application of CAD in Weaving Industry
Woven fabrics are the most thoroughly investigated textile structures. A lot of research is in progress in this
domain. The use of CAD for woven fabrics is highly dependent on the end use of fabric. The two most important
groups of woven fabric simulation are as follows:
1.CAD for aesthetic or artistic design
2.CAD for the woven fabric structure/geometry
Both of these categories have their own importance in different fields.
The aesthetic or artistic design perspective is of utmost importance for the fabric designers. They use different
color combinations of yarn along with linear density, thread density, weave, etc. to get a particular appearance. In
contrast, the 3D simulation of woven fabric structure/geometry is further used by mechanical in engineering
calculations (mechanical, thermal, etc.) as well as for the artistic design.

29. Common CAD Software Packages for Woven Fabrics

30. CAD/CAM solutions developed by Indian/others IT Companies
 CadVantage Win [1] Teckmen Systems.
 AutoTex [2] PLC Consulting Co., 61, Gokhale Market, New Delhi, Delhi -110054, India.
 TEX Style/Jac Art [3] M/S Wonder Weaves Systems, 34, Bindal Indstr. Estate, Kurla, Andheri Rd., Saki-Naka,
Mumbai - 72. India, E-mail: wws@wonderweaves.com
 JAY CADTEX [4] Jay Instruments & Systems Pvt. Ltd., 606, Anand Mangal Complex III, Opp. Core House,
Ambawadi, Ahmedabad 380006, Gujarat, India.
 Textronics [5] Plot No. EL-109, 2nd Floor, TTC Electronic Zone, MIDC Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400 710, India,
 LECTRA [6] Lectra16, 18 rue Chalgrin 5016, Paris, Tel: +33 (0)1 53 64 42 00, Web: www.lectra.com
 Pointcarré [7] 688 Avenue of the America's New York, NY 10010, Web: www.pointcarre.com.
 Claudia Hang Textile Designer [8] Dorfstrasse 13, 82418 Hofheim, Web: http://www.hagn-design.com
 Arahne [9] www.arahne.si

31. Other CAD/CAM Supports for Jacquard based Industries
 Textronics,
 ArahDrape of Arahne,
 DesignConcept of Lectra,
 Drape 3D/Auto Drape of ScotWeave,
 AutoShow of PLC Consulting Co,
 Just Drape It/CadVantage
 Win Texture of Teckmen Systems or
 Pointcarré Shape Software

32. Many IT based company like Lectra, Viable Systems Inc., Teckmen Systems, Fancy Textiles , Madaan Engineering Works ,Tex
Software ,Schleicher etc, have developed basically electromagnetically controlled software-hardware systems for automatically
punching the cards for jacquard.
Some unique features of the systems are:
•High-speed cutting of all types of jacquard whether handloom or powerloom
•Automatic feed with sensors to detect card bin empty
•Manual feed with easy card feeding and card size setting
•Easy to use software for card cutting with features like selvedge, extra selvedge, repeat card cutting, testing, etc
•Hooks supported -- 120, 240, 256, 400,600, 800, 1200 or as required
•Custom diameter of punch and pitch to suit any jacquard
•Complete feedback control system for 100% accuracy checking
•Compatible with all Textile CAD software.
Teckmen Systems has developed an Electronic Retrofit Kit, namely Cad Vantage Punch Retro to make the traditional pedal
operated Card Punching Machine semi-automatic. This system has been specially developed for the handloom weavers and for
those who have already invested in pedal operated Card Punching Machine
CAD/CAM System for Automatic Jacquard Card Punching

34. CAD/CAM System for design to fabric direct
Some of the CAD/CAM Systems like ArahWeave, Booria, Lectra, CadVantage Win Jacquard etc, support direct networking
to Bonas, Staubli JC4, Staubli JC5, Staubli JC6, Schleicher, Grosse, and other popular electronic jacquard controllers via a
regular TCP/IP network between the jacquard controllers and the centralised CAD station. The Jacquard Controllers need to
be equipped with the network card. The software system allows us to load files directly from the loom, delete them, or send
new designs to the loom. There is also provision to send one file to multiple looms with one command.

35. Fiber works PCW
Fiber works PCW Weaving Design Software that thinks like
weavers do!
Three levels of proficiency. Great flexibility without making it difficult.
Enter drafts easily and accurately. Adjust colours and see it happen
instantly in your design. Make thick or thin threads for unique effects.
Over 80 different blocks with Block Substitution. Instant Network
drafting. Extensive copy, paste, repeat, transform functions.
Design your own blocks. Rearrange shafts and treadles with the Shaft
shuffler. Interleaf and Overlay for designing with parallel lines.
Sketchpad features, like reduce colours, transparent paste and open
weaving drafts. And lots more.

36. Arah Weave ArahWeave runs on Linux operating system (Novell SUSE, RedHat, Mandrake, Fedora),
or Windows with virtual machine.
Features include: integrated dobby and jacquard CAD/CAM system, demo version
supports WIF loading, saving and printing, PANTONE (R) for fashion and home, up to 50
shafts, weave up to 32000 x 32000 ends/picks, graphical browsing of fabrics, weaves,
images, warp/weft patterns, jacquard cards, superior on-line simulation in real 1:1 size and
density, warp or weft pattern on the simulation with mouse, and more!
Demo version comes with free ArahPaint paint program (works without limits) and demo
version of ArahDrape (works, you can save images and print, but you cannot save new
projects).
ArahWeave Personal Edition costs 1000 EUR, and supports saving in Arahne's native
format, enabling colorimetry, fancy yarns, denting/regulator, maximum weave size
2048x2048 and saving to handloom jacquard formats (AVL J1P, Digital Weaving TC-1,
TIFF, PNG, GIF, BMP).
Check the web site http://www.arahne.si for on-line tutorials, manuals in PDF format and
freely downloadable demo (no registration required).

37. pixeLoom
pixeLoom provides easy to use tools for editing drafts, planning projects, and
virtual sampling.
This software is Windows® and MacOS®compatible.
Weave Point
WeavePoint is software for advanced weaving design - an efficient tool for
creating, editing and analysing textile patterns and colourways and keeping a
pattern archive.
For hand loom weavers and textile designers. Very easy to learn and use.
Includes project calculator. Various loom interface options. Trial version that
opens WIF patterns is available.
Supports Windows operating systems.

38. Salient features of CAD/CAM System for Weaving
•Creation of virtually any kind of design -- from simple to intricate
•New design creation in a blank graph paper or editing a scanned photograph -- both methods are fully
supported
•Sophisticated editing/retouching tools
•hundreds of tools & utilities
•Scanned image editing as well as scanned image tracing facility
•Superfast weaving by Weaving Wizard
•Layer concept makes extra warp/weft and multi layer designing easy
•Custom features for mats, label & lace designing
•Face & reverse view of graph and front & back view of cloth simultaneously
•Automatic border filling with different shapes like mango, leaf, flower, etc. created or ported from other software
•Saving any motif as a weave
•Addition of selvedge of any size to the design
•Binding of floats colour-wise/area-wise automatically or manually

39. •Automatic back binding for lace
•Colour shield facility while editing & copy paste functions enables protection of intricate motifs.
•Variable brush size with differing X, Y thickness can be used in tandem with the freehand, geometric, bezier and advanced editing
tools like auto outline, bandhani, etc. with multiple Undo & Redo functions
•Graphical yarn balancing for loom loading
•Weaving of photo realistic images of portraits and scenery on fabrics within seconds using dithered weave filling
•Easily configurable cast out facility -- user can define a basic casting sequence which can be replicated across the harness or
user specified range, with a single click. Casting files can be saved enabling management of different harness arrangements within
the same shed
•Production Outputs -- Different kinds of outputs according to the needs can be generated to give a design into the actual fabric
shape like i) Weaved Graphs for manual Jacquard Card Punching or transfer of the design information to electronic card punching
machine, ii) Electronic outputs -- to feed Electronic Jacquards directly, all popular electronic jacquards eg, Grosse, Bonas, Staubli,
etc, are fully supported, iii) Other Printouts like Punched Cards & Weave Parameters
•Jacquard weaves can be loaded or saved as different picture formats like TIFF, GIF, BMP, PCX, PNG, etc. or any other formats as
per demands, which helps in making transition or for easing work in heterogeneous environment
Salient features of CAD/CAM System for Weaving

40. Unique features of CAD/CAM Jacquard Systems
Yarn Library: It enables to create different types of commonly used yarns -- both regular and fancy. One can store scanned yarns also and
use them for viewing the fabric simulation. The yarn editor allows to work on parameters like yarn count/fineness, twist per inch (TPI), twist
direction (S/Z), colour and other properties to generate chenille, fancy, slubs, mélanges, twisted, and all types of yarn effects.
Colour Library: Colour Library enables to create library of colours and use them for viewing colour combinations during fabric simulation.
This feature facilitates making of custom colour pallets, colour specifications, saving of pallets, loading/retrieving of pallets, editing shade
numbers, and searching of a particular colour.
Weave Library: Weave library facilitates to create virtually any kind of weave. Weave library is provided for better management of weaves
and simple drag and drop feature in combining weaves at predetermined intervals to create fascinating structures. This module supports
some unique features like new weave creation, editing any existing weave, mixing multiple weaves, weave storing facility, weave
recall/retrieval facility, weave creation wizard, auto generation of weaves by simply importing bitmaps images, etc
Fabric Simulation: This feature allows to simulate the fabric effect (both front and back side) on woven designs. All the settings related to
simulation like yarns to be used, warp pattern, weft pattern, yarn density (EPI, PPI) etc, can be defined in the Simulation Setup control. One
can vary the different parameters of a design or edit the design and observe the result instantly. Be it an internal evaluation or a sales
presentation, a good simulation is the acid test of the user's effort. The simulated output can be further tested on a 3D CAD system.

41. Unique features of CAD/CAM Jacquard Systems
Simulation Colourways: Powerful Simulation Colourways feature which acts just like a colour matching studio offers
different colour combinations of any simulated design (ie, virtual fabric) in both Manual & Auto mode. There is no restriction
on the number of colours to be used. If System Colour Pallet is used, there is an option to view the simulation in 16.7 millions
colour combinations. Using Automatic Colorways feature (auto mode), one colour combination per second can be obtained
(though, time can be altered in the Simulation Setup Wizard).

42. CAD/CAM module for dobby industry

46. Components/modules of Software
 Edit module for generalized design creation and editing,
 Dobby module,
 Jacquard module,
 Print module for Screen Printing Industry,
 Weave Library/Gallery,
 Yarn Library,
 Color Library,
 module for 3D Draping/Texture Mapping, and
 modules for optimizing and integrating the following business processes: Production Interfacing &
Virtual Sampling, Marketing, Presentation & Sales, Workflow Optimization & Integration, etc.

50. Arahne CAD/CAM for weaving

51. Company and founders
Arahne is a software company, specialized in developing CAD/CAM systems for weaving. It was established in 1992 in
Slovenia by two young computer engineers, Dušan Peterc and Simon Weilguny, tired of fruitless “research” and bureaucracy in
universities and government research institutes.
Packages:
 Personal Edition(Price: 2000€)
 Dobby Pro Edition
 Jacquard Pro Edition
 Demo

52. Features of Arahweave
1.Realistic fabric simulation in real size
Design fabric with real fabric technical data such as thread pattern,
weave structure, density, yarn composition, yarn color and much
more.Interactive editing allows you to see the modification on the
fabric simulation immediately. Save the fabric image or print it in real
size to reduce you sampling overhead.
2.Cut down on sampling costs
Save different fabric samples with different patterns in one
file and weave them without stopping the loom with our
unique Weft Blanket tool. Automatically add fabric name
and its components between different designs, avoiding
written tags, which might get detached or mixed up.
3.Supports for all major dobby and jacquard looms
Save time for production with our smart loom support.
Save the fabric card in any major industrial dobby and
jacquard loom format and send it to the loom for weaving.

53. 1. Dobby and jacquard design software integrated in a single product
2. All packages include a database of 40.000 weaves
3. You get a free version of ArahPaint, powerful pattern-making program for drawing in repeat and in fabric density
4. Interactive editing: the modification on fabric such as thread pattern, yarns, colors, regulator, denting, variable
density, is immediately visible on fabric simulation
5. Decomposed editing for double fabrics
6. Thread pattern generator for making complex thread patterns
7. Drawing thread pattern directly on the fabric simulation
8. Automatic correction of long floats
9. Generation of crêpe (sable) weaves
10.Export of technical data in XML or HTML
11.Fabric price calculation
12.CIE Lab based colorimetry for color matching on different screens and prints
13.Simulation of Overprint, Chiné, Ikat, Seersucker, raised finish and wrinkles
14.Realistic fabric simulation in actual size
15.Fabric cross-section view
16.Weft blanket for pasting several fabrics together without stopping the loom
17.Support for exclusive techniques like fil-coupe, extra wefts, overprint and jacquard color shading
18.Transformation of jacquard cards into images
19.Send the file to the loom ready for weaving

54. For 30 years, Pointcarre Textile Software has provided a complete package for Printing, Knitting and Weaving
aimed at Fashion, Home Furnishing and Technical Industry. Whichever Pointcarre modules you decide to use
are integrated into a single application, native Mac and Windows. Our customers understand the advantages
of Pointcarre through a long partnership with us.
Pointcarre is flexible and user friendly. Our constant development ensures that all of our clients on Mac and
Windows benefit from innovating software improvements and intuitive features.

55. Pointcarré International Headquarters
30, rue Duhamel
35000 Rennes – France
Phone : +33 (0) 2 99 67 40 67

56. Comparative study on available fabric CAD

57. Applications of CAD in knitting can be broadly categorized as follows:
1.Knitting structures design
2.Design of knitting pattern shapes
Application of CAD in Knitting Structures Designs:
1. Starfish software:
It is a simulating software that works on a principle that, in order to produce a knitted fabric with desired dimensions
and performance, it must be first known that what type of finished product it would be.
After several laboratory- and industry-level preliminary testing, the STARFISH kit was commercialized for the first
time in 1988. Collection of new data and development of analytical techniques in it are continued by Cotton
Technology International (CTI).
For any finished product, the end consumer can/may be an individual or an organization for which the performance
of the product matters a lot.

58. Application of CAD in Knitting Pattern Shapes:
1. ProCad:
In multibar and Jacquard-Raschel, ProCad is used as a perfect tool to produce patterns. It is a user-friendly and very effective
interface used in today’s professional ateliers. Karl Mayer GMBH and TEXION are supplying this software, which is compatible with
almost all machines supplied by Karl Mayer and LIBA. Since its introduction, it is regularly upgraded to a new and challenging form
to meet rising customer needs. There are different modules of ProCad with different functions. Some of the modules are ProCad
developer, ProCad simulace, ProCad Simujac, ProCad velours, ProCad warp knit 3D, and ProCad knit assistant. These modules
help the user to operate on almost all knitting machines including Multibar, Jacquard electronics, Tricot and velour designs on Karl
Mayer and LIBA knitting machines. Scanned design drafts or CAD data that can be converted into designs are also imported
through the ProCad program.
•2. ProFab:
This is considered as the intelligent software solution for the networking of textile knitting machines. ProFab, introduced by
TEXON, is a new milestone in the history of automation field. In common practice, involvement of human being and flow of
information from one to another and their engagement in more than one activity at a time have resulted in machine manufacturers
to integrate software within the machines to reduce human involvement to a very limited extend. ProFab provides TEXION
manufactures with high degree of automation.
ProFab is characterized by a modular structure consisting of four elements:
…Design manager, which is a software with a solution for secure design data transfer
•Job manager, which is a software that gives optimal results in advanced planning and scheduling
•Machine manager, provides solution for monitoring production processes
•Beam manager, is related to management and it gives solutions related to warp beam management

59. 3. Shima One:
Sheima Sheiki has introduced Shima One to design flat-knitting patterns, intarsia patterns, and jacquard patterns. It can be used
in simulation of mohair, slub, and shiny yarns taking into consideration the plating number of thread take-ups and counts. Sheima
One also improves production efficiency by using database of more than 1000 patterns, and these patterns are connected with
Knit CAD software for knitting machines (Shima Seiki). SDS-ONE APEX3 not only helps designing and linking these patterns with
knitting machine, but it also helps each stage in flat-knitting machine starting from knitting pattern, pattern design, and colorway
evaluation to production and sales promotion. It is a feasible and more friendly system of knitting production not only for
manufacturers but also for planning companies, OEM/ODS manufacturers, trade firms, yarn traders, interior designers, and
sundry manufacturers. This CAD system is also used in circular knitting machines for stripes jacquard patterns, single-knit fabrics
including jersey and tuck patterns, and double-knit fabrics such as rib fabrics.

62. Sample Questions Paper
https://textilestudycenter.com/model-questions/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/acye-qb-butex/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/application-of-computer-in-wet-processing-question-bank/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/application-computer-fabric-manufacturing/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/application-computer-fabric-manufacturing/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/application-of-computer-textile-management/
https://textilestudycenter.com/colio/application-computer-apparel-manufacturing/

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