3D Wetsuit Engineering

Engineering and Design cannot be dissociated. Developing an innovative design without having in mind its feasibility in term of pattern making and industrial production is a waste of time, as far as we’re not talking there of Prospective Design. No need to develop a great looking wetsuit if its pattern making is unattainable, meaning Fit & Feel would make such wetsuit concept out of interest. Designers and pattern makers often argue about innovating designs saying  » it cannot be done ».

Mixing Design and pattern making skills on the same dedicated 3D engineering platform is the key factor to reach our quest for Accuracy. We design what we cut and we cut what we’ve designed. There is no interpretation or discrepancy between our 3D views and the prototype we develop for our customers, meaning updating a curve on a 3D view will update the 2D patterns consequently. Being able to merge Design and pattern making together makes our service strategic to lead our customer’s company to better efficiency in communicating with their neoprene subcontractors. There’s no more space for interpretation as your 3D illustrated specification files stick to your 2D CAD patterns for future plotting and cutting.

Gluing a soft material like neoprene means your cutting lines to be assembled must remain strictly identical in length, no matter their shape or thickness. Assembly notches along those lines must guarantee the perfect association of glued and stitched panels while prototyping or mass producing. From the very first step of our pattern making development, those characteristics and industrial standards are included in our Engineering methods, meaning we’re not just designing wetsuits, but we’re more into engineering them with scientific and practical skills based on prototyping background, water-sports practise, and 3D mathematical exclusive technologies.