- Overview of Materials
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101 Materials Glossary
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What is a 3D Fabric? 4 min
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Material Resources & Context View 3 min
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Understanding Material File Types 9 min
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Assign Tool 2 min
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Texture Tool 2 min
- Working with Materials
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Fabrics & Physics 7 min
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Knowledge Checkpoint: Quiz #1
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Seams 5 min
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Artwork 5 min
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2D Trims 6 min
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U3M Basics 3 min
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Exporting & Creating a Custom Asset Library
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Knowledge Checkpoint: Quiz #2
- Workflow Application
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Materialising a Style 6 min
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Managing Materials 2 min
- Course Practice
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Activity: Materials 5 min
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Activity Review: Materials 4 min
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Next Steps
VS 101: Materials
Understand the basics of material creation and application
This course introduces you to 3D materials and shows you how to transform the 3D garment block into a beautifully designed digital prototype. After completing this course, you will be able to create and apply materials.
Begin learning about and applying materials in 3D including fabric texture, fabric physics, seams, artwork, and 2D trims. Discover how you can work with materials as U3M and in custom asset libraries.
Check your retention throughout the course with two knowledge quizzes.
After learning the basic tools, follow the workflows to materialize a style, and manage materials. Test your knowledge by completing the materials activity and then check your work with the activity review video.
Audience: Users new to VStitcher
Prerequisites: We recommend to complete the below courses before starting this course:
Additional Learning Tools: Links to Help Center
Format: Video, Text, PDF lessons with downloadable files
For a detailed summary of lessons, see below.
Overview of Materials |
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101 Materials Glossary |
A reference PDF of commonly used terms in this course. |
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What is a 3D Fabric? |
In this lesson, you will learn about the components that make up a 3D fabric.
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Topics: 3D fabric, Fabric Analyzer by Browzwear, FAB machine, fabric texture
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Material Resources & Context View |
This lesson introduces you to the material resources tab and the context view. |
Topics: Resources tabs, 2D tab, materials tab, 3D tab, params tab, icon list and grid view, libraries tab, context view |
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Understanding Material File Types |
In this lesson, you will learn about the file types that can be used for materials. |
Topics: file types, U3M, PNG, JPEG, AI, OBJ, FBX, BW, PBR maps, physics, fabric, seam, artwork, trim, piece assignable, edge assignable, 3D trims |
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Assign Tool |
This lesson introduces the assign tool and shows you how to apply it. |
Topics: assign tool, marque assign, materials in use, drag and drop, replace |
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Texture Tool |
In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of the texture tool and learn how to apply it. |
Topics: texture tool, texture inside, move texture of fabric, seam and edge assignable trim, inside option, texture gizmo, rotate, scale, identify material selected |
Working with Materials |
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Fabrics & Physics |
In this lesson, you will learn about fabric and how to apply it. |
Topics: fabric, cloud asset library, download material, search, refresh source connection, clone, rename, physics dialog box, physics database, add fabric texture image, fabric face and back, transparency |
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Knowledge Checkpoint |
Complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the topics you have learned so far in this course. |
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Seams |
In this lesson, you will learn about seams and how to apply them. |
Topics: seam, clone, rename, seam properties, thread properties, seam offset, seam line count, seam distance, thread length, thread width thread space, thread 3D thickness, SPI SPC, tex, ticket, metric denier, corner seam alignment, remove seam |
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Artwork |
In this lesson, you will learn about artwork and how to apply it. |
Topics: artwork, graphic, repeat, all over print, clone, rename, hide, show, vector artwork, artwork placement, artwork transformation |
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2D Trims |
In this lesson, you will learn about trims and to apply them. |
Topics: piece assignable, edge assignable, PNG, JPG, AI, clone, rename, hide, show, seam properties, thread properties, remove seam, delete piece assignable trim |
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U3M Basics |
In this lesson, you will gain an understanding of U3M materials and learn how to use them.
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Topics: U3M format, material texture, PBR maps, physics, U3MA |
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Exporting & Creating a Custom Asset Library |
In this lesson, you will gain an understanding on how to export U3M files and create a custom asset library.
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Topics: asset library, export material library, add library, download material |
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Knowledge Checkpoint |
Complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the topics you have learned so far in this course. |
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Workflow Application |
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Materializing a Style |
In this workflow video, you will learn how to add materials to the garment. |
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Managing Materials |
In this workflow video, we will learn how we can manage materials within VStitcher. |
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Course Practice |
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Activity: Materials |
Practice your skills by assigning materials to this garment using the checklist in the PDF. |
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Activity Review: Materials |
Walk through video completing the materials Activity. |