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Overview for CAD for Fashion.
CAD for Fashion is a 2-credit Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) under Delhi University's UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a 0 lecture, 0 tutorial, 2 practical (p.1 credit table). As per the official syllabus on academicaffairs.du.ac.in, the course is organised as two main studio units — Unit I Fashion sketching (7 weeks) on flat sketching of garment components in CorelDraw/Illustrator/Inkscape, and Unit II Fabric rendering (8 weeks) on manual texture simulation and seamless print creation in Photoshop/GIMP with a digital portfolio. All work is collated as a digital portfolio; projects include technical flats and textile products in three colour schemes with seamless patterns (p.2). Total marks 100: 25 Internal Assessment + 25 Practical + 50 End Semester (p.3). Marks are lost when students submit only manual sketches or only software screenshots; evaluators expect both hand flat sketches and vector/raster application (Corel + Photoshop) showing texture, repeat and colourways. For revision, map each PYQ to its unit — middle units repeat most — and confirm your college's exact paper code before the exam, as SEC codes vary by theme (as of 12 Sept 2026).
Offered as a Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) under DU's UGCF/NEP, CAD for Fashion carries 2 credits and is open to students from all streams. Colleges typically slot it in Semesters 3-5. Computer-aided design for apparel. This page brings together syllabus, previous year papers and study material in one place so you can see the taught order and the exam pattern together.
What you will study (broad UGCF outline — verify from your college): The DU syllabus is organised into four units. For CAD for Fashion, the broad coverage is:
Exam pattern & marking: The paper is typically theory plus practical/internal assessment — often 50-75 marks theory with 25 marks internal/practical, or 2-credit evaluation via continuous assessment, presentations and a semester-end exam. Questions are a mix of short notes (5-6 marks) and applied long answers (10-15 marks) drawn directly from the four units. Examiners look for unit-wise structure, one relevant example or tool per answer, and a clear conclusion. For practical SECs, viva and file work carry significant weight.
How to prepare & what is missing: Start with the syllabus Units 1-4 listed above, then solve the PYQs shown on this page side-by-side to mark which unit each question came from. That 10-minute mapping tells you which units repeat most (usually the middle units). Right now the IMP questions / detailed notes PDF for this paper may not be uploaded yet — the list below shows what is currently available. If your college shares the official IMP Q&A PDF, it will automatically appear in the list above with an IMP Q tag.
Official sources: University of Delhi · DU Exam Portal · your college's SEC syllabus handout.
