DesignScope Says 'Victor' Offers Speed, Exclusivity
April 14, 2000
Frankfurt, Germany - At Heimtextil, the DesignScope Company unveiled new CAD/CAM software designed to be more efficient for customers. ''Our new software, Victor, was developed independently of an operating system in order to allow for changing trends in the computer industry,'' said Jill M. Simmons, DesignScope Company vice president/general manager. ''Victor enables the user to save series of steps in order to enhance efficiency in many different processes including '3-D Weave.' This translates into time, materials and cost savings.''
It is paramount that CAD/CAM software developers recognize the importance of these savings. ''All of our clients are under tremendous pressure to produce more, for less, with exclusivity,'' Simmons said. ''They are required to produce more and more designs per season or market and their customers expect exclusive rights to pattern and/or color design. This means that we must speed up the process so that they can create designs faster.'' While the product is at the cutting edge in terms of efficiency, a call for a new breed of designers also drove Victor's development. ''We have noticed a huge demand for 'technical designers' - designers that understand the finer points of manufacturing in weaving and knitting,'' Simmons said. ''As a result we have designed much of our software to help educate the designers as they work.''
Simmons said that software was designed with textile fabric manufacturers in mind. ''We not only produce the design, but also the manufacturing data necessary to produce the fabric,'' she said.
The DesignScope Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of EAT GmbH. DesignScope is the trade name of the software product. It is known for providing textile CAD/CAM software and services for applications in jacquard weaving, jacquard knitting, double needle bar raschel knitting and multibar knitting. Simmons said that some of the end products produced by DesignScope software are blankets, automotive upholstery, home textiles, (towels, tablecloths, curtains, placemats), upholstery, carpet.
''We are a very international organization,'' Simmons said. Simmons said that company has clients in several countries on nearly every continent. She said its biggest U.S. clients are Mastercraft Fabrics LLC, Valdese Weavers, Weave Corporation, Collins & Aikman and The Rug Barn.
EAT has offices in Kempen Germany where most of the software development takes place; Dresden Germany; Rynarov, Czech Republic; and Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A.
It is paramount that CAD/CAM software developers recognize the importance of these savings. ''All of our clients are under tremendous pressure to produce more, for less, with exclusivity,'' Simmons said. ''They are required to produce more and more designs per season or market and their customers expect exclusive rights to pattern and/or color design. This means that we must speed up the process so that they can create designs faster.'' While the product is at the cutting edge in terms of efficiency, a call for a new breed of designers also drove Victor's development. ''We have noticed a huge demand for 'technical designers' - designers that understand the finer points of manufacturing in weaving and knitting,'' Simmons said. ''As a result we have designed much of our software to help educate the designers as they work.''
Simmons said that software was designed with textile fabric manufacturers in mind. ''We not only produce the design, but also the manufacturing data necessary to produce the fabric,'' she said.
The DesignScope Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of EAT GmbH. DesignScope is the trade name of the software product. It is known for providing textile CAD/CAM software and services for applications in jacquard weaving, jacquard knitting, double needle bar raschel knitting and multibar knitting. Simmons said that some of the end products produced by DesignScope software are blankets, automotive upholstery, home textiles, (towels, tablecloths, curtains, placemats), upholstery, carpet.
''We are a very international organization,'' Simmons said. Simmons said that company has clients in several countries on nearly every continent. She said its biggest U.S. clients are Mastercraft Fabrics LLC, Valdese Weavers, Weave Corporation, Collins & Aikman and The Rug Barn.
EAT has offices in Kempen Germany where most of the software development takes place; Dresden Germany; Rynarov, Czech Republic; and Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A.
