Creating a Fabric

Fabric Customization in the Customizer

Fabric plays a crucial role in the visual and physical representation of your apparel designs. Our platform supports Physically Based Rendering (PBR) to ensure realistic fabric behavior, including light interactions, texture depth, and material reflections.

This guide will walk you through enabling fabric support, using default fabrics, and adding your own fabric materials using the PBR workflow.

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1️⃣ Enabling or Disabling Fabric Support

Fabric customization can be toggled ON or OFF in the Customizer Tab:

• Navigate to Global > Navigation
• Locate the Fabric Toggle option
• Enable or disable fabric support based on your requirements

📌 Example: If you want to focus only on designs, colors and patterns, you may choose to disable fabric customization.

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2️⃣ Default Starter Pack Fabrics

To help you get started quickly, we automatically provide two commonly used fabrics as part of your Starter Pack:

✅ Plain Fabric – A smooth, general-purpose fabric ideal for standard apparel.
✅ Mesh Structured Fabric – A breathable, perforated fabric used in sportswear and performance wear.

These two fabric types cover 80% of typical use cases, allowing you to design and prototype effectively from day one.

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3️⃣ Adding Custom Fabrics with PBR Workflow

To add your own fabric, follow the Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflow, which ensures that realistic materials are created using multiple texture maps.

Steps to Add a Custom Fabric

1️⃣ Go to the Fabric Section in the Customizer
2️⃣ Click "Add New Fabric"
3️⃣ Fill in the required fields:

Field Name	Description
Fabric Name	Example: Cotton Fabric, Polyester Mesh, Satin
Image Preview	Upload a preview image of the fabric
AO File (Ambient Occlusion)	Upload the AO texture for depth and shading
Normal File	Upload the normal map for fabric surface details
Gloss File	Upload the glossiness map to define reflectivity
Alpha File (Optional)	Upload an alpha map for transparency effects
Displacement File (Optional)	Upload a displacement map for height & surface realism

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✅ Summary & Next Steps

✔️ Enable or disable fabric customization in Global > Navigation
✔️ Start designing with two preloaded fabrics (Plain & Mesh)
✔️ Upload custom PBR fabrics with AO, Normal, Gloss, and other maps
✔️ Adjust fabric scaling using the Repeat Value for precise detailing
✔️ Use recommended marketplaces to find high-quality fabric textures

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Need Help?

📩 Reach out to our support team for any questions!