Results of the project

The project realizes a system of production and sale for "made to measure" garments. The following is the list of the modules of the system.




The ISHTAR catalogue (Neosis)

The core of the Ishtar system is a high quality catalogue of suits and fabrics, accessible via Internet, with specific functions for the use in shop, at home via Internet or on the mobile PC of a sale representative. Through the functions of the catalogue, it is possible to select and choose the garment model, the fabric and its personalizations (from the seams to the kind of buttons). For each model and each fabric, images of details are available together with sketch and commercial information which are shown assuring the realistic appearance of the colours. Through the pages of the catalogue the user accesses functions to take measures, to build and send orders, to manage a customer archive. A powerful backoffice function allows the quick personalization and maintenance via WEB.

Neoshop's server of Ishtar

Neosis' WEB site

Pilot user: Industrie Hitman (gruppo Cerruti)

Pilot user: Gruppo COIN

Pilot user: AlFerano

Mail to Fernando Milano (Neosis)

Mail to a pilot user: Riccardo Redaelli (Hitman)

Mail to a pilot user: Giampaolo Benatti (Gruppo COIN)

Mail to a pilot user: Ludwig fuchs (Al Ferano)

A snapshot of the catalogue

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The calibration and image visualization system

One of the aim of the project has been to guarantee that the colours of the images displayed to the user were as much faithful as possible, also without resort to expensive calibration equipment. To do this, the CNR - ITIM institute, on behalf of ENEA, has defined an acquisition procedure for images with commercial scanners and has developed two originals applets, for the calibration of the monitors and for the visualization of the images, which can be used by any Internet- enabled personal computer. The calibration happens interactively with the involvement of the user and processes either internal information (the characterization of the best known kinds of monitors or of light sources like office fluorescent lamps) or feedbacks that the user provides answering to the application requests. Then this information allows the visualization applet to correct the colours appearance of the video fabrics.

Try the calibration Applet (first step)

Try the visualisation Applet, comparation (second step)

Visualise High quality image of a fabric (from Lanificio Cerruti)

Web site of Istituto CNR ITIM

Mail to Raimondo Schettini

A snapshot of the calibration applet

Click here to view a fabric!

The on line texture mapping system

This module applies fabric images on photos of garments models; in this way, it is sufficient "to apply" a fabric to obtain a realistic simulation of a model realized with it (it could happen that such a model has never been produced with that fabric). The system is based on an adaptation for the WEB of a commercial design product that was developed on behalf of Gruppo COIN. The system resides on a server and makes the 'photographic' image available to whoever can access it by browser, that is the result of the combination between model and requested fabric. Principal purpose of this module is the reduction of the complexity of the operations of maintenance and updating of the catalogue in an industrial sector where the variability of the fabrics is very high, compared to that of the models; a second purpose is the reduction of the sample garments, also for the producer, since the system is able to simulate the appearance of suits which actually exists only in few fabric typologies.

WEB site of Gruppo COIN

Mail to Giampaolo Benatti (Gruppo COIN)

A snapshot of the catalogue, fabric form

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The tools to assist in the measurement, BMA and Scanfit (CadModelling)

The BMA (Body Measures Assistant) is a software modulwe to assists in the measurement of the body sizes of the customer; the data collection form dynamically shows graphic examples of the measurement modalities and incorporates check information to signal possible mistakes or values to be checked carefully. ScanFit is a system to acquire anthropometric measures (Body Scanning developed by Cad Modelling and modified for the Ishtar system. It is based on the theory of the anthropometric conformations and allows, in a very short session, to detect in a non invasive way the person's measures. It allows the collection of the body measures necessary to the manufacturing of a made to measure garment and automatically passes them, through the BMA module, to the Ishtar subsystem for the creation of the order.

Web site of Cad Modelling

Mail to Elisabeth Duhamel (Cad Modelling)

The box of the Scanfit at the SAMAB fair in Milano

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The order exchange and management system

The order exchange system and the check of store availability for fabrics are based on an XML message exchange procedure between the producer's information management system and the vendor's Ishtar system. The exchange of messages takes place either to verify the store availability of the fabrics to be showed to the customer (booking a certain amount of them if necessary) or to send the order provided with the measures and the possible adaptations and personalizations requested by the user. The systems of producer and vendor are technologically independent and are constrained only to the XML messages exchange according to a defined sequence. Although an EDI version of the messages exists it has not been used. The information system of the pilot user, which is a producer, has been modified to allow the automatic receipt of the XML order and its launching into production, without altering any technical data, with a suitable intervention on the management system (STEALTH) realized by the company CSC Veneto on behalf of Industrie HITMAN.

Web site of Industrie Hitman (gruppo Cerruti)

Mail to Riccardo Redaelli (Hitman)

A snapshot of thescreen supporting the collection of the changes to customise the model for the customer

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The CAD-CADAM Fitnet2 module (Lectra)

For the Ishtar project, Lectra has completed its pre-existing module for the creation of model nexting plans for made to measure garments; Fitnet2 is now able not only to accept changes of measure calculated on the basic model, but also to directly receive the absolute measures requested by the customer, that are used to calculate the changes to be made on the basic model. Such pieces of information are then sent to the automated cutting system. The module is also part of a package (Fitnet Server) that Lectra offers as made to measure solution.

http://www.lectra.com

Mail to Denis Martin

More details about the whole system? please contacts the co-ordinator

Short presentation text (this WEB pages), English language (31 K,, userid and pw fields blank)

Short presentation text (this WEB pages), Italian language (31 K, userid and pw fields blank)

PDF document of the poster of the project (231K, userid and pw fields blank)

Web site of ENEA

Mail to the project co-ordinator Piero De Sabbata (ENEA)

Image of a fabric (click to zoom)

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