What Is Dart Manipulation?
How It Works in KATAPATA
Darts shape flat fabric around the curves of the body. Without changing the total dart intake, a dart can be moved to another position. This is called dart manipulation.
What is dart manipulation?
A dart removes a controlled amount of fabric so that a flat pattern can form around the curves of the body. The dart can be moved to another position without changing the total amount removed.
By changing the dart position, the same basic shaping can be developed into shoulder darts, side darts, neckline darts, waist darts, and other arrangements that suit the design you want to make.
How dart manipulation works
When you choose a new dart position and set its percentage, the original dart closes and a new dart opens at the selected location.
The position and distribution of the darts may change, but the total dart intake used to create the three-dimensional shape remains the same.
Dividing a dart between several positions
Dart manipulation does not have to move the entire dart to one place. You can divide the intake between several positions—for example, between the shoulder, side, and waist—while keeping the original shaping of the sloper.
Changing the position or distribution of the darts changes the appearance of the pattern, which makes dart manipulation a useful basic technique when developing different designs from one sloper.
Try dart manipulation in KATAPATA
In KATAPATA, you can choose the destination and enter the percentage for each dart position, then review the manipulated sloper directly on screen.
You can move the dart to a single position or divide it between multiple positions. Try changing the values and watch how the dart shape changes.
Explore dart manipulation in KATAPATA.
Dart manipulation and the other sloper-creation features are free to use.