Patent ID: 7266478

Claim:
A method for modeling knitwear comprising: generating a macrostructure of a network of interlocking curves constructed according to object surfaces for a three-dimensional object, based on at least a stitch pattern, wherein generating the macrostructure is further based on a color pattern, and further comprises, for each curved quadrilateral of the three-dimensional surface, applying a color from the color pattern, and wherein generating the macrostructure comprises: parameterizing a two-dimensional surface partitioned into quadrilaterals and corresponding to the stitch pattern to a three-dimensional surface partitioned into curved quadrilaterals, in accordance with the three-dimensional object; for each curved quadrilateral of the three-dimensional surface, connecting a plurality of key points of the curved quadrilateral with curved segments to yield a stitch loop, the three-dimensional surface resulting in the macrostructure; generating a yarn microstructure, applying the yarn microstructure to the macrostructure to yield a knitwear model; and displaying the knitwear model to a user.