Graphics and design
Marvelous Designer
CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.
About
Marvelous Designer is one of the premier software tools for garment design, serving as an invaluable aid to 3D designers and fashion professionals.It features a revolutionary physics-based modeling system.Now, you can create precise garment models using Marvelous Designer alone, without the need for assistance from other CAD applications.Marvelous Designer supports the creation of polylines, free-form curves, and seams.Any modifications or adjustments are immediately reflected on the 3D garment model in real time.
Marvelous Designer empowers you to create stunning virtual 3D clothing using our advanced design software.Finally, breathe life into your projects with tools that enhance quality while saving you time.From simple shirts to dresses with intricate pleats, and even rugged uniforms—Marvelous Designer can virtually replicate the textures and physical properties of fabrics, including details such as buttons, pleats, and accessories.
Thanks to our universal compatibility with other 3D software and our interactive design environment, you can instantly edit and drape garments onto 3D avatars with high-precision simulation.
Marvelous Designer’s innovative pattern-based approach has already been adopted by leading game studios—such as EA and Konami—and can be seen on the big screen in animated films, including *The Hobbit* and *Olaf's Frozen Adventure* (created by Weta Digital).
Key Features:
Create a Custom Character Wardrobe: Marvelous Designer allows you to build an extensive wardrobe for your characters, where every garment can be modified and reused.Every shirt or dress you create can now be transformed in an infinite number of ways.You can mix and match outfits across different character models.
An Easy Start for Beginners: Marvelous Designer 7’s technology is grounded in the art of sewing and pattern making (the process of drafting garment templates)—which remains the only true method for creating realistic clothing.To create clothing using this software, you do not need a background in fashion design.Online tutorials and a suite of intuitive tools are available for beginners.
**Intuitive Interface and Tools:** Creating virtual garments is now simple and straightforward, thanks to an intuitive user interface and a set of specialized tools—such as arrangement points and pins.Marvelous Designer eliminates the guesswork involved in ensuring that virtual clothing fits just as it would in real life.Texture coordinates are packaged alongside your patterns, facilitating easy data transfer and utilization.You can edit textures, fabrics, and physical properties—drawing from a pre-configured library—to accurately simulate clothing on your characters without spending countless hours on manual adjustments.
**Data Exchange with Other 3D Software:** Designed with 3D modeling and animation in mind, Marvelous Designer allows for seamless data import and export between various software packages, including Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, Modo, and ZBrush.This software is utilized by major game development studios—such as EA and Ubisoft—as well as leading animation studios (Weta Digital) and VFX houses (Double Negative, for films like *Total Recall*).
**Rapid Simulation for Realistic Animation:** Typically, animating character clothing is an extremely time-consuming process.Traditional modeling and sculpting methods require many hours of work to craft every wrinkle, fold, and crease—and even then, they do not guarantee convincing results.Marvelous Designer’s animation caching functionality—combined with high-polygon modeling capabilities—allows you to capture realistic clothing movement as it drapes over moving characters, whether they are running, jumping, or spinning through the air.Virtual 3D Clothing Patterns: The technologies employed in Marvelous Designer 7 allow you not only to create stunning graphics but also to capture data about your garments—data that can be reused in patterns and iteratively updated over time.Advanced pattern construction features enable you to effortlessly create and edit rectangular, circular, or any other polygonal shapes.Furthermore, the software offers intuitive interface tools, such as moving points or segments parallel or perpendicular to an axis, shifting points or segments by entering specific numerical values, or proportionally dividing segments.
Segments and Free Sewing: The software features a simple yet intelligent sewing tool that allows you to precisely define the direction and range of your stitches, with the ability to edit this data at any time.Notably, such functionality is not always supported in other CAD software packages.This intuitive sewing tool makes life much easier for users;you can effortlessly create and edit seam lines, enjoying greater freedom regarding stitch directions and ranges.Previously, achieving such precise stitching was extremely difficult to simulate in other CAD applications due to limitations regarding stitch direction and scope.