In secondary schools, one of the main CAD/CAM programmes used concerning the study of Textile Technology is a programme named SpeedStep. This programme allows you to create Patterned Designs and drawings without much difficulty. It also allows you to import pictures of clothes already in exsistance and trace them. This then allows you to take a design already out there, modify it and create your own tiwst on the fashion.
This programme is great for Key Stage 3 CAM, as pupils can make a simple product such as a Cotton bag (or Calico depending on budget) and use SpeedStep to create a design to Sublimation Print onto the fabric. This then gives them a product they have made and a sense of achievement with a relative amount of ease. This could take 2 lessons (One for designing, one for learning about Sublimation Printing and actually doing the printing). This also could be used for GCSE coursework when designing clothes, for exmaple a graphic on a T-Shirt.
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