Get Into Textiles: Design, Manufacture, and Use in the 21st Century: CAD/CAM in Textile Manufacturing This eight-part series explores the world of the 21st century textiles industry, using case studies from top fashion houses, designers, and hands-on textiles technologists. From recycled vintage fabrics to state-of-the-art “smart” garments, viewers will gain understanding of how textiles are used as design elements as well as for industrial purposes—and how digital technology enables the creative and manufacturing processes to speed fashion to market faster than ever before. 8-part series, 25–27 minutes each. Computer-aided design and manufacturing has replaced the old-fashioned screen process of transferring designs onto fabric, giving textile artists more flexibility while reducing overhead costs. In this program, designers at RA Smart demonstrate how CAD and CAM technology is used for joining, engraving, printing, and cutting fabrics. The video also investigates computer-aided knitting at the Glenbrae Knitwear factory, where comfortable, seamless, one-piece knitted garments are manufactured for golf pros, and computer-aided embroidery for creation of unique logos and customer samples in record time. Part of the series Get Into Textiles. (26 minutes) 1. Digital Printing (04:35) Digital printing is a far more flexible process than screen printing. Digital printing machines are similar to digital ink-jet printers but on a much larger scale. Designers are not limited by colour or design patterns. 2. Printing Technology and Design (03:42) With new textile printing technology, designers had to rethink their design processes. Scanned images broaden the designer's options. Images are cleaned up and new colours added to brighten scanned images. 3. Laser Technology (02:56) In the textile industry lasers have revolutionised how fabrics are cut. "Anything that can be drawn with a pencil can be cut with a laser." Computers precisely control the mov