Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Syeda Sahnaz Yasmin, Dr. Rickey Rani Boruah, Pinky Gogoi, Rubi Pranjana Tamuli, Anima Mandal and Sourav Baruah

Abstract:
Weaving is one of the oldest crafts known to man in Indian tradition that gives a boost to the designer’s innovation as it helps in adding diverse essence to the costume and distinction to its wearers. Woven design is effective and efficient with suitable motifs. The colors, patterns and designs signify artistic property and social significance. Weavers work from a graph of small designs. This complete process of designing in graph is lengthy and time consuming. A technical revolution has been taking place in the world of textiles and fashion. Since the 1990s, software for use in the fashion and textiles industry has become increasingly sophisticated. This paper has tried to introduces some key issues regarding the use and role of CAD in developing woven textiles designs, A study was conducted in the Department of Textiles and Apparel Designing, College of Community Science, Assam Agricultural University to design kurti center panels using traditional motifs of Assam with Reach Tex Cad software. The study deals with the collection of traditional motifs and development of center panel design using Reach Tex CAD software. For the selection of the CAD developed motifs and placement on center panels of the kurti, a total of 30 respondents of female students were taken from Assam Agricultural University for taking the preferences. Results of the research study are showed that majority of respondents has ranked design 1 as 1rank with highest score of 93 and mean score 3.10 in regards to both placement and selection of motifs.