Patent ID: 7738990

Claim:
A computer-readable recording medium which stores a knitting structure model generating program for generating a knitting structure model of a knit fabric within a virtual three-dimensional space, said program causing a computer to function as at least: knitting structure data acquiring means for acquiring knitting structure data in which a knitting structure of the knit fabric is represented by symbols corresponding to knitting patterns making up the knitting structure; node aligning means for aligning nodes representing connecting points of yarns forming the knit fabric in a lattice form on a specific plane within the virtual three-dimensional space; and simplified model generating means for generating a simplified knitting structure model that represents the knit fabric in a simplified manner by connecting the nodes aligned within the virtual three-dimensional space with edges corresponding to the yarns according to the knitting structure data acquired by the knitting structure data acquiring means, wherein the simplified model generating means generates the simplified knitting structure model by connecting each node positioned on a left end and a node positioned on a right end in a same row and connecting each node positioned on an upper end and a node positioned on a lower end in a same column.