Algorithm aims to make patterns on clothes more precise

It still takes a lot of manual labor to create clothes. Among other things, one challenge is to sew patterns together symmetrically. As such, patterns on clothes often do not meet at the seams, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) explains in a press release.

Katja Wolff, PhD student at the Interactive Geometry Lab of the ETH, now hopes to simplify this process. She has developed an algorithm to calculate how cutting patterns for textiles must be cut and sewn together to ensure that the printed pattern transitions perfectly at the seams of the item of clothing. She also demonstrates the algorithm in a video.

Wolff explains: “There is an unbelievable amount of potential for automation in the clothes industry.” Her algorithm is making a small contribution to advancement of the digitalization process.