Can AutoCAD be used for sewing purposes?

[newuser28]

Hi. I don't know too much about AutoCAD. I remember using it in a high school class until my course was dissolved in its second week (I, and everyone else was sent to some other course). However, I do remember how out-of-this-world the program was and that's why I turned to AutoCAD for this question: can 1) AutoCAD be used to make a 3D model of a stuffed tiger doll 2) can this model then be taken apart into flat pieces to be printed and used as a layout for fabrics to be cut out according to in order to reconstruct the stuffed tiger doll?

 

I have a personal project that I would like to get started on. If this could happen, it would make this and future projects really far-out. Thanks for any help.

[nocturne00]

1) yes autocad can be used to draw up your tiger doll

2) I dont think its possible to sort of.. spread out the components of said doll to create the cutting patterns.

Though thinking about this procedure is a bit interesting

[ReMark]

Sounds like you would need some kind of add-on software to AutoCAD or switch to a program similar to FashionCAD.

[scj]

Don't know if it works for tigers, but here is a test using a (half-)cow.

(The cow wasn't made by me - only the unfolding).

In case of interest contact me via

http://www.black-cad.de

regards

Jochen

cow_2.zip