UserManual:Measurements: Difference between revisions

'''Standard measurements tables''' contain sizing information which ValentinaSeamly2D uses to calculate body measurements for standard-sized figures. It is important to bear in mind that, for the calculations to work, the body measurements must grow proportionately from size to size. However, people of different genders and ages (e.g. babies and toddlers, children, women, men, etc.) grow in different proportions. Therefore, you must provide a separate table for different genders and age groups.

Usually multi-size standard tables provide a lot statistical data that are hard to describe and require more than just the one column in the individual measurement file. Instead, you provide measurements for a default standard figure and allow ValentinaSeamly2D to calculate the rest. To designate the default standard figure, specify a '''base size''' and a '''base height''' for your standard measurements table. Two values, '''size''' and '''height''', uniquely identify standard-sized figures.

Usually, the process creating a file with standard tables requires specifying a base size, a base height and units of increment, then specifying a base value for each measurement. In other words, a column for this size and height you selected as a base. To enable ValentinaSeamly2D to generate measurements for other size-height combinations, you must provide a '''size_increase''' and a '''height_increase''' for each measurement. The size_increase is the amount ValentinaSeamly2D will add/subtract to the measurement's base value for every step up/down in size. Likewise, the height_increase is the amount ValentinaSeamly2D will add/subtract to the measurement's base value for every step up/down in height.

Here is an example of how ValentinaSeamly2D would calculate a measurement after a new size and height combination has been selected:

Files containing individual measurements end with suffix '''.vit''' (ValentinaSeamly2D Individual Measurement).

Files containing standard measurements end with suffix '''.vst''' ([[UserManual:Measurement file format|ValentinaSeamly2D standard table]]). These files must reside in a specific folder for ValentinaSeamly2D to find them. ValentinaSeamly2D will look for the files in the following order:

# [path to valentinaSeamly2D binary]/tables/standard

# /home/[user name]/.valentinaSeamly2D/tables/standard

# /usr/share/valentinaSeamly2D/tables/standard

# [path to valentinaSeamly2D bundle]/Resources/tables/standard

# [path to valentinaSeamly2D bundle]/tables/standard

# /home/[user name]/.valentinaSeamly2D/tables/standard

# /usr/share/valentinaSeamly2D/tables/standard

# [folder where valentinaSeamly2D.exe resides]/tables/standard

The paths mentioned above can be rewritten by changing the settings in '''Preferences'''. See page [[UserManual:Configuring_Valentina#Paths|UserManual:Configuring ValentinaSeamly2D]]