FSAD 2370

Structural Fabric Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course provides a basic understanding of how fabrics are formed and the relationship between fabric structure and fabric performance. Students completing this class will have a strong understanding of common fabric structures, be able to identify fabric structure visually and appreciate the relationship between fabric construction and performance in apparel and other end uses.

Prerequisites FSAD 1350 or permisson of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Learning Outcomes

• Master the vocabulary of textile structures from fiber through finished fabric.
• Understand the basic processes used to form common textile materials.
• Learn to represent fabrics graphically and understand the relationship between actual fabric structures and computer drawings.
• Be able to identify the structure of a given fabric visually and describe that fabric using standard diagramming (graphing) techniques, notation and language.
• Calculate basic fabric properties such as cover and fabric weight.

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