Computer Aided Design (C.A.D.) for fashion Applications
The Fashion School
Kent State University
Room: 328 Rockwell
Sections:
FDM 30123-001 :: We/Fr :: 12:30pm - 1:45pm
FDM 30123-002 :: Mo/We :: 11:00am - 12:15pm
Margarita Benitez
Assistant Professor
Fashion Technologist
mbenitez[at]kent[dot]edu
Office: 218A Rockwell
Office Hours: by appointment - check flashline course for current hours (announcements)
ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment 1 :: Color Story :: Developing a Color Story for your Print Collection
Assignment 2 :: Kaledo Print :: Color Reduction and Cleaning Motifs
Assignment 3 :: Kaledo Print :: Coordinated Repeats
Assignment 4 :: Kaledo Print :: Tonals
Assignment 5 :: Kaledo Print :: Applying Prints into Flat Drawings
Assignment 6 :: Kaledo Weave :: Wovens
Assignment 7 :: Kaledo Knit :: Knits
PROJECTS
Project 1 :: Kaledo Print :: Digitally Printed Scarf
Project 2 :: Kaledo Print, Weave, and Knit :: Computer Aided Design Portfolio
HANDOUTS
1. Kaledo Print Environment
2. File Management and Navigation
3. Standard Toolbars
4. Working with Color
5. Basic Paint and Draw Tools
6. Paint Practice Assignment
7. Adding Colors to Palette
8. Setting Preferences
9. Reducing True Color to Index Color
10. Cleaning the Motifs and Masking Tools
11. Motif Clipboard
12. Edit Motif Commands
13. Motif Manipulation
14. Repeat Prints Development
15. Paint and Draw Tools
16. Text
17. Vector Tools
18. Print Layout
19. Creating Colorways (coloring/recoloring)
20. Creating Palette Data
21. Printing & Color Matching
22. Reducing for Tonal Prints
23. Kaledo Weave: environment, palettes & tools, layer manager, docking windows, preferences
24. Creating Woven Fabrics: Yarns
25. Recreating an Existing Woven Plaid + Stripe Assignment
26. Creating Woven Fabrics: Weaves
27. Creating Stripes
28. Colorways for Wovens
29. Kaledo Knit: environment, palettes & tools, layer manager,
docking windows and preferences
30. Creating Knit Fabrics: Yarns
31. Creating an Argyle
32. Creating Jacquard Knits
33. Creating Intarsia Knits
34. Creating Aran Knits (fishing knits)
35. Kaledo Knits: Colorways