Names of body measurements used in patternmaking are based on idioms and are difficult to remember and select in a picklist. Of course, Valentina still has some design issues, and thereвЂ™s also the cultural aspect of body measurements naming. This might have to wait till v1.0, when design tools and overall workflow are rock-solid. Imagine previewing the clothes in MakeHuman on a model that uses body measurements you made with a tape measure, or using clothes simulation in Blender.ДЄnother planned huge change is support for a library of patterns which should make Valentina more suitable for mass production of clothes. Going further is likely to be a challenging, yet quite rewarding enterprise. For now, Roman has some private sponsoring which keeps him occupied.ДЄs for 2D-to-3D workflow, Valentina already supports basic exporting of Wavefront OBJ files. When weвЂ™re at the point to develop the 3D patterns, then a fundraising effort will be very effective. We didnвЂ™t yet have a community to support a funding effort. Susan Spencer, community manager of the project, explains:

The project is now well into its second year of existence, and, interestingly enough, for Roman itвЂ™s very nearly a full-time employment, even though a public fundraiser at OpenFunding failed last year. However, if you missed the previous release from January 1, itвЂ™s chock-full of new features: undo/redo system, support for individual measurements, support for cm, mm, and inches in patterns, new drawing/construction tools and improvements in existing ones, and the list goes on (and on, and on). Most of the other changes are fixes and improvements, such as newly supported folding lines in patterns.

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