Abstract
Many authors have predicted a three-dimensional shape of a garment when mechanical properties of the cloth and the shape of a paper pattern are given as parameters.
In contrast, we tried to predict the parameters from a given shape of a garment. To simplify the problem, a statically draped shape was adopted as the given shape of the garment. Furthermore, for mechanical properties, it was assumed that the bending stiffness is isotropic and that the other properties are constant. Due to these restrictions, the parameters were reducd only to a bending length and pendant length.
The number of nodes, which is a characterisitic feature of a draped shape, was given and many simulations of statically draped shapes were executed with a wide variety of the two parameters. We were able to identify the domain of the parameters capable of forming each shape with its given number of nodes. However, in some areas, the capable domains for certain numbers of nodes overlapped with other domain. In addition, each capable domain was divided into two sub-domains by observation of whether the nodes were in contact with each other.
