A photo based 3D garment making system for educational purpose in style reconstruction and evaluation

Both industrial and educational applications require fast prototyping of garment design. The traditional way of generating 3D garment model is to sew 2D patterns together. However, there is no feasible approach to generate the 3D garment without providing the 2D patterns for sewing, which is commonly encountered in aforementioned contexts. In this paper, we propose a novel approach in making 3D counterpart of the real garment via the photos of the front view and the back view of the target garment respectively. The original photos are triangulated for constructing a corresponding mass-spring system. The final 3D garment is made by virtual sewing and draping. The experimental results prove that our system is an effective approach in making 3D garment with satisfied visual effects.