Garment Notation Language: Formal descriptive language for clothing construction

OrionNox a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

We already have marvelous designer and Clo3d...

astrashe2 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Were any people who work for the garment industry involved in GNL's creation, or is it something that's coming entirely from tech people?

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Edman274 18 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Tech person - there's only one contributor, it's less than 48 hours old, and appears to be primarily vibe coded with the assistance of Claude Code. No mentions of types of stitches even though it's crucial to understanding how a garment is made. I wonder too if this grammar can represent a glove made from a single strand of yarn.

	▲	giraffe_lady 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If I understand what you mean, that's more in the realm of knitting which does already have several rigorous notations in common use. This is for pattern drafting, which assumes knit or woven fabric as the raw material for the garment construction, along with the pattern. That said it still does not seem suitable for this task based on my experience sewing from and modifying patterns.

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barbarr 6 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

It's Claude Code slop

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infogulch 41 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does GNL support pleats, tucks, and darts? These sewn features help make flat cloth conform to curves in the body. The terms don't seem to be mentioned explicitly in the repo, though maybe they can be implemented with the existing notation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleat | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuck_(sewing) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(sewing)

	▲	owlstuffing 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Read the docs eg. Darts: https://github.com/khalildh/garment-notation/blob/main/garme...

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Doohickey-d an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For another "clothing patterns as code" approach, see https://freesewing.dev/ - also with a more complete UI and editor.

	▲	abetusk 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Also free as in freedom [0]. [0] https://codeberg.org/freesewing/freesewing/src/branch/develo...

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SJMG 32 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The 3D view is broken on Safari and Chrome.

	▲	kenjackson 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The 3D view works on Edge, but the shirt doesn't fit properly and there's only one sleeve and that sleeve doesn't actually have the arm go in the middle of it.

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Johnny_Bonk an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank you for this

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vatsachak 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Dance has Labanotation. Music has staff notation. Architecture has plan/section/elevation conventions. GNL brings the same rigor to garments — a generative descriptive language where a valid expression is sufficient to construct a garment without ambiguity."

AI lmao

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AreShoesFeet000 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I should just read Wittgenstein.

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Guestmodinfo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can we express the drapes and dresses worn in the animes. Because then it will be helpful for the cos players