lectra
Lena said:
there is a number of great high tech
professional programs
but those that i know are very specific and each does
only on ejob well.. (pattern design and grading, fabric design, etc)
Lectra is supposed to be the best provider of professional
fashion related programming but it's quite expensive
since it is targeting big production companies needs
and not start up or indie designers.
there may be more though, if anyone has details,
please post
yes, lectra has a comple sistem for fashion and apparel.
- modaris (pattern desing and grading) this software has 6 levels (basic,prograder,styler,expert,fitnet,bodyclick)
basic and prograder are the most common levels for digitalizing and grading.
styler is excellent if you want to make patter into the computer.
expert makes easier the patter into the computer and it has funtions to cuttings machines.
fitnet is for made to measure.
and body click works if you have the body scanner.
i don`t know how much are them, but if you want to buy them; basic, prograder and styler are those you must have.
-diamino
diamino is a marker creation software, it has lavels, too, basic, flash market and expert, expert makes the best market but this is very expensive, i don`t know the price.
-kaledo (fashion desing)
kaledo is the best sofware for fashion desing, this has features for creative and technical desing, you can draw any kind of drawing, also it works with photos, and it allows you to insert or export (modaris and diamino files, microsoft files as word,excel,etc..)
the price is about $4.000 u.s. dllrs. it`s the most cheap lectra software
-gallery and mikallis
both of them are similar, but gallery has advanced funtions for huge companies, with them, you control the process of your products, (quality process, patter, production, exports,cost etc...)
gallery is about $7.000, but you need to buy also kaledo, and mikallis is about $8.000, but mikallis has two softwares spect and sketh (but the spect has lesser funtions than gallery).
-primavision
primavision is for textiles applications, you can make waves,knitts, jaquard,prints.
this software is something complicated, because you should know everything about fabrics, and it has levels, i don`t know how much is it, but the whole software is about $40.000 dlls.
-4uia
i don`t know anything about it, but this is the most expensive lectra`s desing software about $70,000 or more.
-catalog
it makes a virtual catalogue, for sales.
this is very cool, it has 3 (drapper, builder and viewer), if you want to buy it, you shold have one drapper and one builder, and the viewers are for each store that you have.
i don`t know the price.
-3d visual merchandising
i think it`s one of the most expensives softwares, about 200,000 or more, this allows you to control you stores in the world, for example louis vuitton, zara, gap, and huge chains have it.
-optiplan
it`s for cutting machines, i don`t know how to use it yet.
also lectra has more softwares for clothes, shoes, furniture, luggage, aerospace, cars, etc.