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that it would otherwise have (as defined by the
object/panel/vertex group properties).
Sewing Stiffness—The amount of force w ith which
the panels are pulled together at simulation time.
A larger va lue will pull the panels together harder
and faster.
Cut—This applies only to an internal seam line
(page 1–610).Makesacutinthefabricatthis
seam line.
Seam Tolerance—Theamountofdifferencein
length between two edges that is permitted in
the formation of a seam. The two segments tha t
compriseaseamshouldbeaboutthesamelength.
If they have different lengths, the difference must
be within this tolerance range. If you seam together
two segments that are significantly different in
length, the cloth will tend to bunch up (which ma y
be a desired effect). In order to al low the c reation
of such a seam, the Seam Tolerance wi ll need to be
increased. The default is 0.06, which means that
the two segm ent leng ths must be within 6%.
Remove All—Deletes all seams.
Draw S eams—Showstheseamsintheviewport;
hides them when turned off.
Show M esh—Show the mesh i n the viewpor t, or
hide it to work on your pattern. When th is option
is off, the mesh is represented with a bounding box.
Trou bleshooti ng and E r ror Codes
in Gar ment Mak er
When you are working with Garment Maker , you
may encounter errors if your spline s are set up
incorrectly. Here is a list of the common error
messages you may see, and how to correct t hem.
Cannot r emesh: the num ber of p anels h as
changed: This error occurs when the user has
modified the original pattern, and added new
closed splines to it. The only way to correct this
is to delete the original Garment Maker modifier
and reapply a new one.
Numb er of b oundary curves ha s changed: Users
wi ll get this error if they add or remove splines
from the pattern after the initial application of
Garment Maker. To correct it, delete the original
Garment Maker modifier and reapply a new one.
Boundary splines do not form a closed loop: In
this case, t he splines that the user has tried to apply
Garment Maker to don’t form closed loops. Of ten,
this is caused by an extra vertex and segment
attached to one of the splines, and usually this
segmentissosmallyoucannotseeit. Itcanbe
difficult to find the offending part. To remedy this
situation, select all the vertices, weld them, then
re-break them at the corners.
Splines form overlapping loops: Whenauser
gets this error, it means that some panel loops
overlap others (in the XY plane of the loca l view).
If you create the shape in the Top view this should
not happen (provided you don’t create overlapping
loops). Most commonly, this occurs when the user
create the splines in a viewport other than Top and
onaplaneotherthantheXYplane.
Unable to create seam : This error happens in
when trying to create a seam in two cases:
• One (or m ore) of the segments/MultiSegments
in the attempted seam forms a closed lo op (for
example, if you make a MultiSegment from the
armhole segments, that MultiSegment forms a
closed loop if you create seams at the shoulder
andbelowthearmhole).Youwillhavetodelete
one of the seams so that the MultiSegment is no
longer closed. For an armhole, you generally
keep the seam below the armhole open when
youjoinitwiththesleeve.Youcanthenclose
the seam. For the same reason, the sleeve
cannot be seamed at the underside before
joining to the armhole.