Orientation: VStitcher Overview

Created by Avinash Bansal, Modified on Thu, 9 May, 2024 at 10:45 AM by Avinash Bansal

What is VStitcher?

VStitcher is the complete solution for 3D fashion. It helps you take your garment from initial design to accurate 3D visualization, allowing rapid early prototyping, and fast, accurate development. With VStitcher, designers have the ability to design garments through size ranges, leverage graphics, fabrics, trims, colorways, styling, and photorealistic 3D rendering. VStitcher's comprehensive set of features as well as its ability to integrate with third party software enable designers, technical specialists, and pattern makers to create designs and take them to the next level with a true-motion fit, pattern modification, grading, tech packs, and more.

Onboarding

To get up to speed quickly with VStitcher, we recommend you read the following topics, in order:

Tutorials

After reading the onboarding topics, the following tutorials will help you learn how to use the application:

Videos

After reading the onboarding topics and working through the tutorial, you might find the complete set of Onboarding Videos will also help you learn how to use the application.

Garment Creation Overview

This garment creation overview is to help you understand the creation process when using VStitcher, and to become familiar with some of the words and phrases used.

In outline, the typical steps involved in creating a basic 3D garment might include:

Importing the digital pattern file
Selecting the avatar
Checking the pieces - and where required, adding and editing pieces
Stitching the pieces
Arranging the pieces
Preparing the garment on the avatar
Dressing the avatar

This basic outline does not include details such as adding fabrics, seams, artwork, and so on.

Every company, and every person has their own workflow. VStitcher fits in with whatever workflow is used, giving you the tools and flexibility you require. For example, when it comes to checking the pattern file and the pieces, you may not need to add pieces. But, if you do need to create extra pieces, you can do that in VStitcher. Similarly, the workflow above has stitching then arranging. Your workflow might reverse that order. Regardless, you can do this in VStitcher. Also, it's worth remembering that garment creation is a flexible, dynamic process, which in practice often means that you may need to go back and repeat one or more steps to get to the desired end result.

Browzwear File Types

BW - Browzwear Garment

The Browzwear garment file format BW (.bw) is a single file containing all relevant information about the garment and intended to replace the legacy VSP and VSGX file formats. A BW file includes a preview image.

When you save a legacy file (VSGX) a file explorer window is displayed, with BW file type selected as default. If required, you may save as VSGX.

Sharing a BW File

You do not need to take any special preparations to share a BW file - you can email it, send a link to it, or cut, copy, and paste it.

For more information, refer to Opening and Saving a BW File.

BWDB - Browzwear DB Admin Database

This file contains the DB Admin Database.

For more information, refer to Importing and Exporting a BWDB File.

VSP - VStitcher Packed File

This is a legacy file format, superseded by the BW format as from VStitcher 2019 August Edition. You can still import and open VSP files.

A zipped file containing a garment file and its associated folders and files. A VSP file can be unpacked by VStitcher or Lotta, and can be exchanged between all Browzwear applications (if using 2019 April Edition and earlier).

One packed file - similar to a ZIP file
Automatically unpacked into a working VSGX file
Contains avatar, garment, snapshot, and fabric data
Transferable and shareable

VSGX - VStitcher Garment

This is a legacy file format, superseded by the BW format as from VStitcher 2019 August Edition. You can open VSGX files and save garments as VSGX.

The working file where you create and modify 3D garments from 2D patterns. A VSGX file is created along with associated files and folders inside one main folder.

Parent folder with VSGX file inside
Working file - use when making changes
Also contains linked assets
Must move the entire folder, not just the VSGX file
Opens at the stage it was when last saved

While you can share VSGX files with their folders, if using VStitcher 2019 April Edition or older, it is recommended to share VSP files instead. If using VStitcher 2019 August Edition or newer, share BW files.