Q1 2025 -- Problem Framing

Question
Can 3D-to-2D garment pattern generation be treated as a systemic translation problem, rather than a visualization or tooling problem?

Validation

• Analyzed existing industry software, manual pattern-making workflows, and academic approaches

• Identified where human expertise is essential versus where it is repeatedly procedural

• Mapped failure points in current digital-to-industrial handoffs

Decision
The core challenge is not 3D visualization, but the structured translation of design intent into industrially constrained 2D representations.