The FabriCAD Collection documents the activities of FabriCAD Consulting, a company established by Alison Grudier Hardy in the 1990s to provide consulting services to companies in the fashion and textile industries interested in using Computer Aided Design (CAD). Materials in the collection include information on various CAD systems, articles about FabriCAD, CAD systems, the textile industry, company publications, and fabric samples of CAD printing. In January 2003 Hardy discontinued the company's operations.
Alison Grudier Hardy established FabriCAD Consulting in the 1990s. FabriCAD provided consulting services to companies in the fashion and textile industries that were using or considering purchasing Computer Aided Design (CAD) systems. CAD systems let users in these industries create, recolor, and modify designs in a fraction of the time it took by hand, as well as print small batches of fabric on in-house printers.
FabriCAD Consulting researched, proposed, purchased, and implemented CAD systems worldwide. The company provided accurate, up-to-date information allowing potential CAD system purchasers to spend less time researching CAD systems. Services offered by FabriCAD Consulting included: 1)Pre-purchase advice: helping companies decide which CAD system to buy to meet their needs. 2)Workplace design: creating an environment designed to meet the special needs of CAD equipment and their operators. 3)Project Management 4)Contract Work: providing a nationwide referral service for CAD operators
FabriCAD Consulting was a member of the Computer Integrated Textile Design Association (CITDA). The company published a bi-monthly newsletter, FabriCAD Update, providing information on new CAD products and services, industry events, classifieds, and articles geared towards CAD system users. FabriCAD Consulting also maintained a website, FabriCAD On-Line, featuring an eStore, classifieds, a calendar of industry events, and information on the company's consulting services. Other activities of the company included holding a number of conferences called FabriCAD Forums on a variety of CAD-related topics, and publishing an annual CAD Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey.
In 2001 Hardy resigned as President of FabriCAD to become Textile Division Director at Improved Technologies of New Hampshire. The FabriCAD website remained up but publication of the newsletter temporarily halted. In January 2003 Hardy discontinued the website and began pursuing a new business providing window restoration services for old buildings.
This collection contains materials related to FabriCAD Consulting, a firm specializing in Computer Aided Design for the textile industry. Such materials include company newsletters, articles relating to FabriCAD or authored by its President, Alison Grudier Hardy, promotional materials for specific CAD systems, meeting and symposia programs and presentations, and fabric samples. Materials are in the form of written documents, videos, CD-ROMs, disks, slides, and photographs. In addition there are a number of articles on the textile industry in general though they do not deal directly with FabriCAD Consulting.
The collection is organized into three series: Corporate Files, Articles, and Fabric Samples.
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[Identification of item], FabriCAD Consulting Records, MC 00333, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The collection was the gift of Alison Grudier Hardy, President of FabriCAD Consulting. Hardy donated the collection to the Special Collections Research Center of the North Carolina State University Library in 2003. The collection was identified by Professor Nancy Powell, College of Textiles.
The collection is organized into three principal series:
This series is divided into four subseries. The Videos are related to various design software companies or deal with trends in the fabric industry. They are arranged alphabetically. The Design Software Companies subseries contains brochures, slides, photographs, promotional materials, and software and fabric samples related to different Computer Assisted Design (CAD) programs. Folders are arranged alphabetically by company, with miscellaneous group folders at the end of the subseries. Original order within the folders has been maintained as closely as possible. The Meetings and Presentations subseries contains images, brochures, and catalogs from several international meetings and the scripts to presentations given at them. Materials in this subseries are arranged alphabetically, and then chronologically. FabriCAD publications are newsletters and reports from FabriCAD and Alison Grudier Consulting (AGC). They are arranged alphabetically.
12.5 archival boxes
This series is broken down into four subseries: FabriCAD Forums, Authored by Alison Grudier, FabriCAD Mentioned, and General Fabric Industry. All materials are arranged chronologically within each subseries.
1.5 archival boxes
This series contains samples of fabric patterns on a variety of materials, including fabrics, computer printouts, photographs, CD-ROM and disk. Materials are arranged by pattern type, with miscellaneous patterns located at the end of the series.
9 archival boxes
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[Identification of item], FabriCAD Consulting Records, MC 00333, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University does not own copyright to this collection. Individuals obtaining materials from the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center are responsible for using the works in conformance with United States copyright law as well as any donor restrictions accompanying the materials.
The NC State University Libraries generally claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. Libraries staff are unable to advise on copyright and other legal matters; the user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Helpful resources for assessing copyright include Cornell Libraries' "Copyright Services: Copyright Term and the Public Domain" and copyright.gov. This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information about identifiable living individuals, which may be protected under federal or state laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that there may be legal ramifications for disclosing this information.
The University Archives operates in accordance with the State Public Records Act, with unrestricted access to records not covered by state and federal statutes and regulations.