Kagami-Method Plugins
Diplus、LastMeasure Kagami-Method Plugins
Overview
What are Kagami-Method Plugins?
Kagami-Method Plugins are plugins for LastMeasure and Diplus.
Those plugins enable users to obtain measurements which are defined by "Kagami-Method",
form shoe lasts in LastMeasure and feet in Diplus, respectively.
Kagami-Method has been being used to design shoe lasts
based on foot measurements of each individual to make customized shoes for them.
Obtaining the measurements defined by Kagami-Method from foot and a shoe last means
being able to obtain the measurements of foot and a shoe last which can be used to make shoes.
Those measurements are both based on the coherent definition
so both of the measurements are consistent with each other.
These measurements and shapes can be used for:
- Quantitative comparison of measurements between a shoe last and foot or another last
- Shoe design based on foot measurements
- Quantification or statistical analysis of features of feet or shoe lasts
Points and lines, which are based on Kagami-Method, plotted onto feet and shoe lasts are called Kagami-Method Fundamental Lines and plotting these is called Generation of Fundamental Lines.
note On Kagami-Method, please visit Kagami-Method School.
Function
Conventional shoe designing used to be founded
on individual designer's experience and intuition.
This fact made it difficult to research and analyse shoe-foot
or different types of shoe lasts in a reproducible way.
It was also difficult to explain individual feature of shoe last in quantitative terms.
Kagami-Method Plugins eliminate those difficulties and help shoe designers explain the basis of their design and focus more on conducting reproducible and quantitative research and design.
By using Kagami Method, both feet and shoe lasts can be measured by definitions
that are specialized for shoe making.
The definitions of measurements are corresponded to both shoe lasts and feet,
making the relationship between shoe last measurements and foot measurements,
to make it easier to compare shoe last and feet.
Thereby, by using Kagami-Method Plugins, users can generate both foot and shoe last data which can be used for scientific analysis.
Kagami-Method Plugins for Diplus
Major Functions
- Kagami-Method Fundamental Line Generation
- Exporting 3D and measurements data of Kagami-Method Fundamental Line
- Real-sized printing of Kagami-Method Fundamental Lines of the bottom foot
- Batch Processing
This can be used for shoe bottom design and similar purposes.
Kagami-Method Plugins for LastMeasure
Major Functions
- Kagami-Method Fundamental Line Generation
- Exporting 3D and measurements data of Kagami-Method Fundamental Line
- Batch Processing
- Comparison between different shoe last measurements
- Cooperation with InsoleEditor
- Cooperation with Kagami-Method Plugin for Diplus
By using this lines, automated alignment of an insole and foot can be achieved on InsoleEditor.
Namely, users can easily generate Fundamental Lines, simulating "a given foot in a given shoe last".
Specification
PC | PC/AT compatible PC with USB2.0 Interface |
OS | Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10 |
CPU | x86 compatible 1.6GHz or more (Multi-core CPU recommended) |
RAM | 2GB or more |
Graphics | Corresponds to the OpencGL the graphic card |
HDD | For software installation being less crowded above 20MB necessity. |