Material Lab

Digitize materials for true-to-life 3D simulation

Material Lab captures the real properties of your textiles and feeds them into the Dataiku 3D engine, so every digital garment drapes, stretches and behaves exactly like the physical original.

Closeup of fabric being measured by Material Lab
Trusted by leading textile teams
  • Otto
  • Bonprix
  • Odlo
  • Pepco
  • Paladin
  • Thinx
Measure with precision

Capture how every fabric really behaves

Run standardised tests in your own lab and convert the results into digital materials your design team can pull straight into a virtual garment.

Measure & test
  • Bending, shear and tensile properties
  • Weight, thickness and friction
  • Stretch and recovery characteristics
Convert & sync
  • Browzwear-compatible material sync
  • One-click digital fabric creation
  • Automated data capture from lab equipment
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One fabric language

Standardise fabric data across every tool

Capture, store and share fabric data in a unified format so your team and partners always work from the same accurate source of truth.

Standardise & structure
  • Industry-standard U3M file format
  • Centralised fabric properties library
  • Consistent metadata across categories
Share & align
  • Compatible with the tools designers already use
  • Push fabric updates across the supply chain
  • Cross-team access controlled by role
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Digitisation, done for you

Build your digital fabric library effortlessly

Send your fabrics to our lab and get back production-ready digital assets — fully tested, validated and ready to use across the platform with no manual setup.

Send & process
  • Lab-grade testing on real swatches
  • Conversion into ready-to-render assets
  • Structured submission and tracking
Use & scale
  • Searchable digital fabric library
  • Ready-to-use assets in 3D Studio and Sketch Studio
  • Connects natively to Open Platform
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Endorsed by industry leaders

What textile teams are saying

Lab-grade accuracy
We chose Dataiku because the fabric analyzer lets us properly test the properties of our materials.
Kylie Lesic
Technical Pattern Maker
↓ 50% samples
We shortened our apparel calendar by two months and reduced salesman samples by more than 50%.
Oscar Feldenkreis
CEO and President
↓ 70% upfront cost
Going fully digital with 3D was the right call. We cut our initial investment dramatically.
Michaela Jauk
3D Project Leader, Odlo
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See Dataiku in action

Talk to our team about bringing your workflow onto the platform. We'll show you how modern brands are cutting sample rounds and shipping faster.

Pay-as-you-go — 1 credit = $0.10. 14-day refund on unused credits.