TEXTILE DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Kaledo for textile design

Innovative textile designs are fundamental to creating apparel that maintains a brand’s
unique positioning in the marketplace. The latest trends and colors must be adapted so
that they conform to a brand’s identity, appeal to target consumers and, of course, meet
production constraints. In a saturated marketplace, unique printed, woven and knitted
fabrics help differentiate a product or brand from the competition.

The cost of purchasing or developing numerous samples, the difficulty of ensuring color
consistency and the human resources necessary to bring new textile designs to market
have made this aspect of the fashion business a real challenge.

Textile designers need solutions specifically targeted to their needs to reduce time to market.
Having a vast selection of textile designs and colorways means that brand and collection
managers can fine tune collections to support brand identity and spark sales.

Kaledo Suite provides tools not only to improve day-to-day output, but it also introduces
process benefits that result in an increase in the quantity and quality of designs. Textile
design is a significant financial outlay and it is crucial to get the maximum possible return
on this investment.

With Kaledo, designers can easily create original concepts or adapt existing ideas for prints,
weaves and knits. While it is possible to use Kaledo Print, Weave and Knit as standalone
units, they are part of a global solution, Kaledo Suite, which also includes modules targeted
to fashion design and color management. Kaledo is part of Lectra’s fashion range for
process integration and data sharing throughout the whole fashion creation, planning and
development lifecycle.

Colorways and color development

With Kaledo designers can manage an unlimited
number of colorways, and as this colorway
information is embedded in the textile file itself,
files are much easier to handle. Whenever a textile design is
modified, its colorways automatically follow suit, eliminating
the need to separately modify each color variation.

Kaledo is fully compatible with .ase, .aco and .act color

palette formats.

The entire Kaledo Suite includes built-in features for the

automatic generation of industry standard reports and
detailed textile-specific information such as pitch sheets
(complete with callouts), technical palette data, weave/
knit structural information, construction details and yarn
specifications.

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KALEDO PRINT
Create market-right and cost effective prints from scanned fabrics, original artwork or from scratch. Kaledo Print is
specifically targeted for textile print development work and so it offers a powerful, efficient toolset, free from extraneous
distractions. Kaledo Print also generates technical information to facilitate the production of printed fabrics.

Kaledo Print groups related functions into studios for easy access to relevant tools and a reduced learning curve. However,
designers are not restricted to working in any specific order. They may color reduce at any time, if at all, clean-up stray
pixels before or after a design is in repeat, work in tonal or flat color, experiment with motifs and adjust the repeat at any
time. They are free to adapt their working methods to the job at hand.

Design creative prints Kaledo Print benefits

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with flat colors or half-tones. number of print designs, coordinates and colorways.

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effects including customizable brushes. in mind but without technical barriers that could inhibit
the flow of creative ideas.
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motif clipboard. ™ Pitch sheets contain clear and accurate information
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repeats. Create virtually any repeat pattern (straight repeat,
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Kaledo Suite - seasonal color palettes are easily
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textiles, such as weaves and knits. Kaledo supports
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colorways with simple color substitutions via drag and
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Control costs and production constraints

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screens/colors needed to produce a print design, thereby
making it possible to virtually sample various alternatives
to find the best cost/quality ratios.

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visualize complex color combinations and control the
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sourcing requirements.

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KALEDO WEAVE
Tailor-made specifically for woven textile designers, Kaledo Weave offers a targeted, efficient toolset for creating and developing
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Kaledo Weave’s sophisticated yarn generator coupled with a powerful color toolset encourages designers to explore
the effects of fibers, twist, diameter and weave pattern with colored and textured yarns. Colored yarn options
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can be truly innovative while also reducing development costs by previewing realistic simulations before producing samples.
Visual and technical information necessary for production can be easily generated to reduce communication difficulties and
delays.

Surface and structural design Kaledo Weave benefits

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colors, stripes, repeats and mirrored patterns to create
checks, plaids, stripes, solids and other designs with a
weave-specific toolset.
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of both. Enter warp and weft color sequences via the
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flat color or simulation mode. Also copy color sequences
by stripe measurement, number of yarns, etc.
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existing fabric swatches. Create, evaluate and compare
an unlimited number of colorways via drag and drop
color substitution.
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unlimited number of woven designs and colorways.
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weave structure, yarn color and surface design to create
innovative wovens.
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allowing for smooth communication of design
specifications to textile manufacturers.
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for the automatic layout of the weave pattern, colorways,
palette data information, yarns, number of harnesses
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Yarn and weave libraries

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yarns such as heathers, jaspés, space dyes and nubs
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twist level. Control fabric density.

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structure type: plain weave and variations, twills (simple
and complex twills, herringbones, chevrons and fancies),
geometrics, diamonds, etc. including jacquard effects
for dobby looms.

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structure and customizing it.
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KALEDO KNIT
Realistic knit simulations help designers visualize unlimited combinations of color, texture and structure. The interplay
of these three variables can yield surprising results. Kaledo Knit’s comprehensive yarn library provides a foundation for
designers to either begin creating from scratch, or to fine-tune fiber content, twist, density, strands and other technical
parameters in order to develop a custom yarn. Colors can be chosen and changed at any time and, as Kaledo supports
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and surface design to use the color/structure combination of yarns and stitches to create innovative and eye-catching
effects.

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tool for knit development as designers can preview and error-check complex combinations of multi-color yarns and
structured knits such as cables and arans.

Jacquard and structured knits Kaledo Knit benefits

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technical parameters.
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geometric tools.
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jerseys, arans, cables, laces, misses and tucks.
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knit designs and colorways. Colorways are integrated
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management.
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samples.
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allow them to master complex effects quickly and easily.
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colorways with simple color substitutions via drag and
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between stitches.
Hardware Specifications
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About Lectra
Lectra is the world leader in integrated technology solutions that automate, streamline, and accelerate product design, development,
and manufacturing processes for industries using soft materials. Lectra develops the most advanced specialized software and cutting
systems and provides associated services to a broad array of markets including fashion (apparel, accessories, footwear), automotive (car
seats and interiors, airbags), furniture, as well as a wide variety of other market sectors, such as the aeronautical and marine industries,
wind power, personal protective equipment. Lectra serves 23,000 customers in more than 100 countries with 1,500 employees and $292
million in 2008 revenues. The company is listed on Euronext Paris.
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