I was thinking about trying some sewing for headphone covers and a strap. I can easily disassemble the existing materials and reverse engineer them. I would rather try to learn parametric iterative design of textiles and alter the fit of the pads based on a pattern. Anyone have any experience with this application?
I’ve used it to pattern cuts for a laser cutter.
While it’s possible it’s very buggy especially with curvy designs. There’s a function called Flatten to SVG which helps with this step but it requires a lot of tuning of the model, to get the export right.
A great example is a hole in the design, perhaps for a button. If done wrong the button hole is the main solid and the rest of the design is not solid. Plus you’ll have so much extra lines that cleanup is not fun.
For me I need to do it this way since the pattern is mated to a 3D print so having every 1:1 is a must. But if you are doing it for other reasons, I would look elsewhere.
Tech drawings is another way to export an design too if you want to go through with it anyways.