A splash of color, a dash of originality
Faced with stiff competition in a saturated marketplace, the creation of unique, eye-catching textiles is one way that brands can differentiate themselves and stand out from the crowd. Lectra proposes a range of textile design solutions, Kaledo Print, Weave and Knit, as a complement to its Lectra Fashion PLM offer. These specialized applications can be used to create or adapt existing artwork for printed, woven and knit fabrics.
Kaledo Print: Lectra’s print design application is an essential tool for textile designers seeking to save time and enhance their creativity. This advanced technology offers a powerful, efficient toolset for textile creation which handles very large files quickly, even when in repeat. Designers can create or import motifs and put them in repeat; color reduce at any time; clean-up stray pixels before or after a design is in repeat; work in tonal or flat color; experiment with motifs; and adjust the repeat at any time.
Kaledo Weave: A powerful solution for the creation of dobby wovens is also available. Designers can draw from a vast, well-organized library of weaves and yarns or develop their own designs. Users can thus be truly innovative while limiting, or even reducing, development costs by previewing highly realistic simulations before producing samples.
Kaledo Knit: A 3D stitch simulator within Lectra’s knit solution is able to generate realistic knit fabric simulations. This state-of-the-art tool for knit development enables designers to preview and error-check complex combinations of multi-color yarns and structured knits. Designers can move beyond simple stitch placement and surface design to use the color/structure combination of yarns and stitches to create original textiles that set their brand head and shoulders above the rest.
