Corel in Joint Venture for Design Pack
The Ottawa, Canada–based Corel Corp. and CDESIGN have teamed for a new CAD product, which uses Corel’s popular CorelDRAW graphics engine and a database of about 18,000 existing clothing patterns to give patternmakers a head start for their design projects.
Patternmakers only need to add fabrics, prints, colors and special effects. The product includes a Tech Packs designer to provide supplier and cutting-room personnel with size specifications, labeling, sewing instructions and measurement boards.
Once the designs are complete, customers can use the software to visually merchandise their new collections by creating graphics to represent the layout of shop windows, in-store displays or even fashion shows. C-DESIGN supports both vector and bitmap graphics formats.
“We are thrilled that C-DESIGN has leveraged the CorelDRAW graphics engine SDK to develop a specialized solution that addresses the distinct needs of the fashion industry,” said Geacute;rard Meacute;trailler, senior product manager of graphics at Corel.
Added Patrick Abbou, chief executive officer at CDESIGN: “We recognize that designers in the highly competitive fashion industry are under constant pressure to take their designs from the concept sketch to the retail store more quickly than ever. The C-DESIGN Fashion solution is created to meet this need head-on, providing a one-stop software package that streamlines the fashion design process, making fashion houses more efficient and ultimately more profitable.”
C-DESIGN is used by Zara, Pimkie and Okaidi in Europe, among others. The new product has a list price of $9,500, with volume discounting available.
For more information about the company’s solutions for the fashion industry, visit www.cdesignfashion.com. —R.M.
