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Recommendations
Our recommendations to create Garments for the best render results.
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by José Lammers
Optimizing Your Garments for the Best Render Results
Ensure your CLO designs render accurately by following these best practices. This guide covers how to add inside materials, resolve invisible trims, avoid packing issues, and ensure your garments appear as designed.
Adding Inside Material in CLO
Currently, CLO does not automatically include inside material when exporting. While CLO is working on implementing this feature, you can use the following workaround to manually add inside material to your garments.
- Freeze the garment
- Select all pattern pieces (Ctrl + A).
- Freeze the garment (Ctrl + K) to prevent unwanted movement.
- Select Pattern Pieces for Inside Material
- Identify and select only the pattern pieces where the inside material will be clearly visible in the render to optimize performance.
- Create Cloned Layer
- Right-click and select “Layer Clone (Under)” (Ctrl + Shift + B).
- This will create a duplicate set of pattern pieces positioned beneath the originals.
- Modify Fabric Properties
- In the Property Editor, change the Back and Side fabric settings to “Same as Front”.
- Assign Inside Material
- Duplicate the existing material or add a new material.
- Apply the inside material textures to the Front Face of the material.
- Ensure “Same as Front” is enabled for the Back and Side fabric properties.
- If adding a new material, match the thickness and simulation properties to the original fabric.
- Apply Inside Material to Cloned Pieces
- Assign the inside material fabric to the cloned pattern pieces.
- Simulate the Cloned Pattern Pieces
- Run simulation to finalize the inside material application.
Troubleshooting
Collision Issues
- If there’s collision, adjust the layer values (e.g., set layers to -1) and simulate again.
- For multiple stacked pattern pieces, use sublayers to establish a simulation hierarchy
Gap Between Pattern Pieces
If a small gap appears between the front and back pattern pieces, it may be due to the sewing line being set to “turned”. Fix this by:
1. Turning off the sewing line turned function.
2. Setting Fold Strength to 0
3. Turning on the sewing line turned function again.
4. Running a brief simulation.
Performance Optimization
- If the file becomes too heavy, apply this workaround as a final step in your workflow.
- Set Particle Distance to above 10 for easier processing.
- Once the design is finalized, lower the Particle Distance to 5 for higher detail.
Collision Issues
- If there’s collision, adjust the layer values (e.g., set layers to -1) and simulate again.
- For multiple stacked pattern pieces, use sublayers to establish a simulation hierarchy
Gap Between Pattern Pieces
If a small gap appears between the front and back pattern pieces, it may be due to the sewing line being set to “turned”. Fix this by:
1. Turning off the sewing line turned function.
2. Setting Fold Strength to 0
3. Turning on the sewing line turned function again.
4. Running a brief simulation.
Performance Optimization
- If the file becomes too heavy, apply this workaround as a final step in your workflow.
- Set Particle Distance to above 10 for easier processing.
- Once the design is finalized, lower the Particle Distance to 5 for higher detail.
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