r/CLO3D

Hi, I am looking for help so I can better understand fabrics in CLO3D. I was wondering if someone could point me towards some resources to help, please. I have an average understanding of fabric/textiles in real life but I struggle to find the right fabrics in CLO to simulate correctly or as close to real life as possible for real life production.

For example, I want to work with latex, leather, and simulate draping techniques, but I can't seem to find the right fabrics in the textiles tab to achieve the look I want most of the time. I'll often change fabrics to similar/adjacent ones while working on projects just to see if it will help and those changes make me feel like I need to adjust my whole pattern.

So, if anyone can help or give me tips, I'd appreciate it so much. If you would be willing to personally teach me or be sort of a mentor of sorts, I'd even be willing to pay. I am a student so I do not have much money, but I'll try! lol

I am an experienced intermediate sewist and have made many jackets for myself that I get compliments on all the time. I’ve slightly modified existing patterns to fit me, but the problem is I only know how to change the length of the bodice and sleeves somewhat.

I want to step into designing my own pieces from
scratch but I have zero knowledge of pattern making or drafting. I downloaded the free trial for clo 3d and I feel like a complete idiot because I can’t figure this out 😂😩 idk if it’s easier to just draw the shapes on paper and cut muslin until something fits right. My idea was to use clo to design and then print the pattern. My favorite jacket pattern ive modified on paper and sewn a lot of jackets for was made by someone else on clo 3d as I’ve come to learn.

Help 😩 do I need to have gone to fashion school first to even know about pattern making in real life?

I would love to have Clo as my source of income but I don’t know where could I look for a job, I’m open to relocate or have a remote job, I would preferably work for a company but I could try freelance too. Where should I start looking and how realistic it is to have this as a full time job, are there other skills that I could learn to have a better chance?

I've been using clo a few weeks now for academic purposes, Im very well versed in software, including a lot of 3d modeling softwares, and clo has gotta be the worst Ive ever had to use. The program just seems like it has no idea how to allocate any of the hardware. Ive been messing with settings across CLO, windows, nvidia, trying to figure out why the program is so slow all the time. I have very powerful hardware, yet simple render animations take 10s of hours, a problem Ive never had with any other software in my life. The part im really lost on is why no matter what settings I change or driver I update, the program refuses to touch my GPU to do any kind of loadwork, same thing happens on the computers in the academic halls too. Is there just something wrong with the software inherently? Is the whole thing coded with claude or something? Am I missing something? I just dont get it.