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Table 9.7 Body measurements for anthropometric net drawing
Symbol
Part of net No. Body measurements (Fig. 9.7)

Back 1 Back width /2-7/
2 Distance between the blades /20-21/
3 Neck diameter /3-6/
2 Shoulder width /5-8/
3 Length between BNP and SNP around /0-5/
neck line
4 Length between left and right SP across BNP /0-8/
5 Length between ABP and APF across SP /7-8/+/14-19/
6 Back length from BNP to WL /0-3/
7 Back length from SNP to WL /5-6/
8 Sloping back length (length between SP and /3-8/
cross point of saggital plane and natural
waist level)
9 SP height /11-9/
10 Natural waist height
11 APB height
Front 12 Length between BNP and BP across SNP /12-13-16/
13 FNP height
14 Front length FL /11-9/
15 Length between BNP and WL across BP and /12-13-16-15/
SNP
16 Length between both BP /17-18/
17 Front width /18-19/
19 Neck girth /0-5/+/13-12/
20 BP height
21 APF height
Front + back 22 Bust girth /3-9/

the distances between anthropometric points and lines of the pattern block might be
measured. In parallel, other parameters that are also responsible for fit and balance can
be measured. Table 9.8 shows the full list of parameters calculated and measured after
analyzing the pattern blocks of women’s clothes.

9.5 Indicators of balance

A schedule of balance indicators can be created for each kind of clothes. The balance
of upper body clothing is the complex of solitary indicators for describing the posi-
tions and configurations of clothes parts (front, back, etc.) in the vertical and horizon-
tal directions measured relative to the chosen surfaces of the human body, such as
upper bearing area, touching area, or waist level.