Application of 3D body scanning technology to human measurement for clothing fit

International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Apeagyei, Phoebe R ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D body scanning technology; Clothing; Computer aided design (CAD)

Indexed keywords

3D BODY SCANNER; 3D BODY SCANNING TECHNOLOGY; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; BODY MODELS; BODY SCANNING; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CLOTHING; CLOTHING FIT; COMMERCIAL WASTES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD); HUMAN BODIES; MASS CUSTOMISATION; MEASUREMENT DATA; SHAPE AND SIZE; SIZE AND SHAPE; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL MODELS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; RESEARCH; SCANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78651541690     PISSN: 19759339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4156/jdcta.vol4.issue7.6     Document Type: Article

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