Here is the link for the presentation Open Source Digital Patternmaking Software at the 2011 Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal:
http://river-valley.tv/media/conferences/lgm-2011/0301-Susan-Spencer-Conklin/
Thanks to Kaveh Bazargan and River Valley Technologies for recording open source conferences and making them available on the webs.
This presentation is very informal and lasts almost an hour, probably because there were three different areas that I wanted to address:
1. How I had learned Python, SVG, XML, and Inkscape during the past year, as there has been some discussion on how users could become programmers and contributors in the open source world. The examples are rudimentary to show where I started from. The current code is much better.
2. How to write an Inkscape extension to gather user input and create new SVG objects. It took about 2 months of work to discover how to create an extension which creates new objects – it doesn’t merely operate on existing objects.
3. How this approach might be used to teach Inkscape, Python, SVG, XML, and the open source model to younger students. Again, the examples are rudimentary to show how easily these concepts can be conveyed.
Hi, Susan~
I just discovered your open-source clothing pattern application page while searching for an inexpensive product. It looks like you may have lost steam (!) on the development, based on your lack of posts here on the blog….My hope is that you are still moving forward and will have a workable product available soon…? Will the application be available to the home sewist? That’s my hope!
Please reply as to the status of your project…If it will be available to me anytime soon, I will save my money and not purchase Wild Ginger, or similar
Best of luck to you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Laura
Hi Laura!
Thanks for your awesome feedback. It’s always nice to hear from someone who’s totally interested.
Currently the software exists only as a library of functions that can be used to hand-program a pattern.
A GUI hasn’t been developed yet, so you should probably investigate some other options in the meantime.
Wild Ginger is good. And have you looked at PatternMaker software?
http://www.patternmakerusa.com/products/macrogen/
Happy Holidays to you, and thanks for your encouragement
Susan
I’m familiar with visual basic and C programming and creating user interface . I’m looking for a final year engineering Honours project.