Effects of Weave Pattern on Estimation Surface Height of Yarn in Fabric

Abstract

Conventionally, CAD for textiles had regarded textiles as a thin plane. For this reason, it was inapplicable to the textiles which have the feature in surface form. In this research, textiles were regarded as a thick solid structure. The research also dealt with the method of carrying out the simulation of the surface form.
It has been thought that the surface height of yarn in textiles is influenced by the length of the float yarn. However, as a result of measuring the form of the textile surface using noncontact form measurement equipment, it became clear that the height of yarn is not decided by the length of a float yarn. It is instead decided by the state of the weave in the weaving point circumference and the distribution of float yarn in the large range.
Based on these experiment results, a weave figure for surface form was drawn. By applying this formula to computer simulation technology, a system that displays the surface form of textiles in an instant becomes a reality.