Hi
I'm currently having some difficulties with fitting some pants to an overweight character. Initially, I was struggling with getting the fitting of the waistband right, and though there's still some stress there, most of it is coming from the legs. I've got the waistband so it's sitting roughly on the hips, and the front is under the gut, which I was doing wrong to begin with. But no matter what I adjust, I can't seem to get the fitting and stress right. If I scale the size of everything, things tend to have too much slack and overhang. I've tried adjusting the Shrinkage Warp/Weft as well, but can't say it's helping too much.
Some of the measurements might be off in the image as I'm currently adjusting things around, but this is how it's currently looking:
Any help or support would be greatly appreciated. :)
Hello Tim Smith,
Thank you for contacting us!
It seems you need to edit the pattern a bit, first. I suggest you enlarge the 2D pattern size of your waistband and also the hip part.
I hope this helps you. Should you have any other questions, please let me know!
Okay, I might be getting somewhere with it. :) I've been adjusting each piece one by one, and particularly the crotch area and things are definitely improving with the stress map.
Hmm. Spoke too soon. Still struggling with it. :-\ One minute I'll get the waistline fine, but the legs are in the red, the next - I'm back to square one and the waistline is in the red and too tight, along with everything else. I can't seem to hit a balance.
Try using the custom skin suit approach to fitting a standard pair of trousers from a MD avatar to a custom character, that might speed your pattern shape development.
See video on feature > Link
I have an overweight character in sweat pants and my patterns are shaped like this. the backside of the pants are at the bottom
I have them being held up by a tank top that is sewn to the waist band -- instead of tacks. the tank top is only used to hold the pants up and I don't export it.
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