Future fashion trend and 4D Printing Technology

 

Although the fashion industry has a long history, especially women, the consumer market is almost never lacked women, batch, customized, assorted sizes, different styles, but do not let every piece of clothing worn next to the skin can make people Qu Mei.

 

Although time 4D printing technology also appears very short, but this does not affect its development. This does not, Massachusetts science and technology design company "NervousSystem" has developed a way to use 4D printing technology, manufacturing elastic fabrics next to the skin, and print out the world's first "4D skirt."

 

The dress does not fit to solve the problem, and will be changed according to the wearer's self-body conditions. Even more amazing it is also automatically change shape, which is perhaps the lack of women in the closet that dress. While making the skirt fabric fibers made from 2279 and 3316 triangles interlocking connection points together, and pull the triangle between the connection points, it may vary with the human form, even if the fat or lose weight, 4D will not dress does not fit .

 

This skirt space inside the printer needed to print than ordinary 3D model to be much larger, but the art is still very complete print out the entire skirt. At the same time, researchers also use 4D printing technology to print a series with this skirt with jewelry, these jewelry also can be no doubt that the structure of the human body automatically deformed.

 

"Nervous System" principle adopted by 4D printing material on the basis of MIT has a new breakthrough, using the "selective laser sintering" is the use of a laser beam sintering prototyping nylon powder material, the laser beam not sintered powder and the connection point between the triangle, not sintered powder fell out after printing, to form a ring of interlocking fibers, each skirt need 48 hours production, the cost is up to 1900 pounds (about 18,393 yuan ), which did not affect the price of its female pro-Lai.

 

This skirt 4D by printing technology printing, 3D printing means that the shape of the object can be automatically converted into another shape, enabling designers do not need manual labor can be converted into its final design form. To this end, "Nervous System" specially developed application that allows users to conduct their own 3D body scanning, select the size and shape of cloth, hand-made instant unique 4D skirt.

 

Although we can print very early through the various parts of 3D printing technology, then manually put these parts are assembled together to create a large object. However, 4D Printing distinguishes that the object can be automatically printed or assembled into a preset shape. MIT and understanding different is that they put this process is called "Kinematics", and mechanics of one of the branches of the same name - also known as geometric movement, it describes the motion of objects rather than Cause movement.

 

Rosenkrantz said: "We think 'kinematic' biggest advantage is that it can be any three-dimensional object into a flexible structure is then used 3D printing, companies can further compress the structure by folding computer program."

 

In order to manufacture these dresses, a 3D body scanner shape is essential, it is the basis for digital clothing model. By selecting a hinge triangle mesh structure, the hardness and the state of the final product can be controlled at this stage, and these materials sagging simulated by the screen mode. Through computer simulation software, a digital model that can be folded into a smaller shape, and then print out the compressed form. When people win the skirt from the printer after, it will automatically restore the default configuration.

 

Rosenkrantz said: "compression design not only makes the design easier, but also make it much easier to transport to ensure creative flexibility clothes can be achieved, can also make today's small-scale production of large parts of the printer object. . "last year, Nervous System request of Motorola, began the development of this" concept kinematics "to customize 4D print personalized products.

 

Kinematics can be generated by the 10 to 1000 parts combined into a different design, they can be constructed dynamically connecting or mechanical structure. For example, when printing a skirt, first 3D scanning customers, then make a sketch of the dress, and then on the skirt inlaid patterns. Here is generating Kinematics structure, simulate the characteristics drape skirt. Finally skirt compressed by calculating folded skirt bigger than the 3D printer. End also can print one, not divided into different sections to print and then combined into one product.

 

The price of the product depending on the customization options will be different, as long as the customer likes and custom design a good one, you can order the following, and then it will Nervous System produced. The second free program allows users to experiment on NervousSystem template, then finished print out at home. Rosenkrantz and Louis-Rosenberg to the further development of this theory, adding that it can be folded into the design to achieve the smallest spatial structure.

 

Advantages 4D printing, one is able to squeeze into their smallest form layout and 3D print it out, so that the product will print out things without redundancy; on the other hand is an object which can be printed according to different needs self-change, these are 3D printing can not match.

 

And 4D print in the fashion field applications will change the current pattern of clothing, such as the future will no longer show the fashion boutiques, and no longer need to stock, but a 3D body scanner plus a professionally designed templates plus side of the computer virtual reality mirror, the user can select the appropriate template according to their own style and preferences from the computer, and this template can be any style, it can be your own photos, the system will automatically generate the corresponding design and fashion style.

 

By means of a 3D body scanner, body size by the system automatically generate accurate models and fashion designed after the merger, consumers will be able to see a kind of close to the real show. With virtual mirror of reality, consumers can be rotating display at any angle, and according to their own opinions on the adjustment and modification, and ultimately generate the minds of consumers that dress. By means of a cloud can then be transferred to the print service locations fashion printing, you can configure the printer for direct store 4D fashion print. That being said, 4D Printing wear fashion into the real Personal Tailor era.