Patent ID: 8175741

Claim:
A method for creating and manipulating panels for a garment in a digital clothing comprising steps of: providing a textile coordinate system defined by a horizontal axis and a vertical axis on an outward side of a pattern-making window displayed on a computer display; creating a panel comprising a plurality of panel points and lines defined on the textile coordinate system on the pattern-making window, wherein the plurality of panel points and lines form a closed boundary configured to represent a cloth piece; adding a plurality of pattern-making layers associated with the panel to the pattern-making window, each of which comprising a plurality of pattern-making points and lines, wherein the plurality of pattern-making points and lines form a pattern; visualizing the panel and at least one of the plurality of pattern-making layers on the pattern making window; editing the panel by applying all geometrical operations to the panel points and lines and the pattern-making points and lines; and storing the plurality of panel points and lines, the plurality of pattern-making points and lines, and time stamp of last modification to the panel in a pattern-making computer file, wherein the geometrical operations comprises: cutting out a portion of the panel with a new pattern-making line so as to create two sub-panels; replacing a portion of a contour of the panel with a new line; and merging the two sub-panels so as to create a panel, wherein the step of editing further comprises steps of: moving the panel points and lines of the panel; stretching the panel lines; and dividing the panel lines, and wherein the step of editing further comprises steps of: n-dividing for creating points on a selected panel line such that the points divide the selected line into n lines of equal length, wherein n is an integer, which is inputted by a user; x-dividing for creating a point on a selected panel line such that the point divides the selected line into two lines of a desired ratio x, which is inputted by the user; one-way line-line dividing for a selected panel line with respect to a crossing pattern-making line; and mutual line-line dividing for dividing a selected panel line with respect to a crossing pattern-making line and dividing the crossing pattern-making line with respect to the selected panel line.