DEFINITION OF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR NESTING SOFTWARE TOOLS IN TEXTILE PRODUCTION

Abstract

The arrangement of textile sewing patterns for cutting aims to minimize the amount of residual material, which in most cases is unusable and discarded. This paper proposes criteria for evaluating software products for arranging elements that are suitable for textile production. These criteria are related to the degree of use of the material, the overall efficiency of the algorithms, and the time for their execution. Data on dress, coat, and blouse were used. A software tool for complex, express, automated evaluation of algorithms for arranging elements has been developed, including software modules for research, analysis, and categorization of software products. Acomparative analysis is made of software products for arranging cutting elements, depending on their use and availability. It has been found that the choice of appropriate software for arranging elements depends on the complexity of the items to be arranged and on what evaluation criterion is appropriate for the respective production of garment patterns. The obtained results can be used to develop systems to evaluate the performance of algorithms and software tools. Also, they can be used in the training of future specialists in the subject area.

Keywords

• computational simulation
• compaction behavior
• fabrics
• image processing
• 2-dimensional nesting problems
• genetic algorithm