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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.
lectra.com/design
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.
lectra.com/design
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
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twist level. Control fabric density.
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tool for knit development as designers can preview and error-check complex combinations of multi-color yarns and
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colorways with simple color substitutions via drag and
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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.
For more information visit lectra.com/design