Use the Curves sub-object level to stitch your pattern panels together.
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Select a shape object (spline or NURBS curve). >
Modify panel > Modifier List > Object-Space Modifiers > Garment Maker > Curves sub-object level > Curves rollout
You can also connect seams in the Seams sub-object mode with a more three-dimensional representation of the panels. The Curves sub-object level provides a flat layout to work in that can be useful for more complex patterns. You can create and delete seams and adjust the way your pattern fits together.
Interface
- Create Seam
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Creates a seam between two segments. Select two segments of the panels you would like to sew together, and click Create Seam. This will make a seam between these two panels that will be sewn together at simulation time. Seams get a randomly-generated color to distinguish them from the panels.
Top: Segments selected
Bottom: Seam made between two panels
- Delete Seam
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Deletes selected seam. (Selected seam is colored red).
- Reverse Seam
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Reverses or flips a twisted seam.
When creating seams, the first vertex on each segment is used to line up the resulting seam panel. Sometimes you can end up with a twisted seam and will need to use Reverse Seam to untwist it.
A twisted seam that needs to be reversed
- Make MultiSegment
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A MultiSegment is a combination of two or more segments that will be treated as one segment for the purpose of creating seams. Select the segments you want to combine then click this button. Note that if the segments are not contiguous, the gaps must be bridged by seams before this MultiSegment can be used in a seam.
- Break MultiSegment
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Break apart selected MultiSegments.
- On
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Turns the selected seam on or off, making it active or inactive.
- Crease angle
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Creates a crease at the selected seam. The angle value determines the target angle of the crease between the two panels or along an internal seam line
Left: High crease angle
Right: Low crease angle
- Crease Strength
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Increase or decrease the strength of the selected seam. This value affects how much the seam will resist bending in relation to the rest of the cloth object. A value of 2.0 means that the cloth will have twice the resistance to bending that it would otherwise have (as defined by the object/panel/vertex group properties).
- Sewing Stiffness
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The amount of force with which the panels are pulled together at simulation time. A larger value pulls the panels together harder and faster.
- Cut
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Applies only to an internal seam line. Makes a cut in the fabric at this seam line.
- Tearable
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When on, sets the selected seam to be tearable. Default=off.
- Tear Threshold Sets a threshold value for tearing the seam. This value is equivalent to the Strength value of a Weld constraint at the Group sub-object level. Default=10.0.
- Seam Tolerance
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The amount of difference in length between two edges that is permitted in the formation of a seam. The two segments that comprise a seam should be about the same length. If they have different lengths, the difference must be within this tolerance range. If you seam together two segments that are significantly different in length, the cloth will tend to bunch up (which could be a desired effect). In order to allow the creation of such a seam, the Seam Tolerance will need to be increased. The default value is 0.06, which means that the two segment lengths must be within 6 percent of each other's lengths.
- Draw Seams
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Shows the seams in the viewport; hides them when off.
- Show Mesh
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Shows the mesh in the viewport, or hides it to work on your pattern. When this option is off, the mesh is represented with a bounding box.