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The noncontact measurement method has advantages in obtaining body measure-
ments of a big group of people and further use of the data in different garment design.
First of all, it is a reliable data collection device showing sufficiently close correlation
with manually gained and standard data. Secondly, a large number of body measure-
ments (153 somatic measure values using the 3D anthropometrical scanner Vitus
Smart XXL (©Human Solutions GmbH and VITRONIC GmbH) with Anthroscan
software are obtained relatively rapidly (one scanning 12s) and they are not
influenced, for example, by the skills of a measurer, the movements and breathing
of a measured person, and the compressibility of soft tissues. 3D body reproductions
can be used for further profound studies in different 3D systems, for example, virtual
fitting of clothing.
Measurements that are not obvious using manual methods are accessible within 3D
methods. For example, inseam length (see Fig. 11.3) measurements may be applicable
to review size scales of manufacturers to use them as secondary key dimensions as
recommended in the standard (EN 13402-3:2014, 2014), and not body height mea-
surements. This solution is negotiable regarding observations in research, when leg
lengths or proportions differ within one body height group, but manufacturers leg
length intervals of body height groups are insufficiently wide (currently 6cm). By
actual measurements leg length ranges in one height group occurs from 5 to 11cm.
Secondly, automatically obtainable crotch length measurements at waist and at
waistband (see Fig. 11.4) allow one to analyze and compare the human body surface

Fig. 11.3 Inseam lengths in underwear and in trousers.

Fig. 11.4 Crotch lengths—at waist and at waistband, in underwear and in trousers.