CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.2
CLO Virtual Fashion has released Marvelous Designer 2024.2, a the latest version of the digital clothing design software.
The update improves the accuracy of the software’s simulation toolset, particularly when running simulations on the GPU, and on garments with Trims attached.
Convert 2D patterns into animated 3D clothing
Widely used by games and animation studios, Marvelous Designer lets artists design 3D garments in the same way as real-world clothes, by stitching virtual 2D pattern parts.
Users can import an animated character model, drape clothing over it, then export the result back to a 3D application in Alembic, FBX or USD format, as an OBJ file sequence, or as a Maya cache, PC2 or MDD cache.
Marvelous Designer 2024.2: improvements to cloth simulation
Marvelous Designer 2024.2 improves the accuracy of the software’s simulation system, used to simulate how clothing drapes over a 3D avatar under gravity.
Simulations running on the GPU now have the same collision handling accuracy as those running on the CPU: in particular, they properly take account of multiple layers of clothing.
In addition, Trims – detailing not part of the main body of a garment, like buttons and patches – now support collision during simulations.
Other workflow improvements
When used during a simulation, Marvelous Designer’s Pinching function now supports soft selection, making it possible to control how a garment fits the avatar more intuitively.
It is also now possible to set the direction of extrusion when exporting a mesh with Thickness.
The software’s GoZ plugin, for exchanging data with digital sculpting package ZBrush, has also been updated to support the latest versions of its host applications.
Pricing and availability
Marvelous Designer 2024.2 is available for Windows 10+ and macOS 12.0+.
The software is rental-only. Personal subscriptions cost $39/month or $280/year.
Enterprise subscriptions cost $199/month or $1,900/year for a node-locked license, and $2,000/year for floating licenses.
Read a full list of new features in Marvelous Designer 2024.2 in the online release notes
Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don’t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.