Start with CLO and CLO-SET for apparel design and review.
- CLO supports garment design, patternmaking, simulation, and virtual sampling.
- CLO-SET connects apparel sample feedback with garment content, versions, and product-development discussion.
- Other tools can support separate engineering, concept-development, model-sharing, or visual-proof workflows.
For apparel teams, CLO provides the garment-focused design and virtual-sampling environment; CLO-SET adds a place to keep review discussion connected to the garment and its revisions. Other review tools serve different kinds of assets and feedback records. The first question is whether feedback belongs on the garment itself, on another interactive model, or on a proof such as a render, specification PDF, video, or web page.
The tools below cover distinct tasks: apparel development with CLO and CLO-SET, engineering CAD review, creative 3D exploration, browser-based model discussion, and visual proofing. They address different parts of a workflow rather than replacing CLO’s role in garment design.
Start with the asset and the feedback record
Begin with the asset being reviewed. In apparel, it helps to keep comments connected to the garment and its revisions; CLO-SET is designed to support that product-development context alongside CLO’s garment design and virtual-sampling work. An engineering group may need a geometry pin, an assigned owner, and a status. A marketing or design team may need comments on an exported image, web page, or video frame.
Next, consider how feedback is anchored and carried forward. A note pinned to a point on a model preserves spatial context. A comment on a proof identifies a location in an image or page. Version history connects a decision to the revision under review, while issue fields or approval stages can help move feedback to its next owner.
1. CLO and CLO-SET for apparel sample review
CLO and CLO-SET serve complementary roles in apparel work. CLO is the garment design, patternmaking, simulation, and virtual-sampling application. CLO-SET is a separate collaboration and product-development platform that can keep sample feedback connected to garment content and product discussions.
CLO-SET’s 3D sample-review guidance describes 3D Annotations for location-specific visual feedback and Content Comments for discussion associated with the content. Reviewers can view comments across versions or filter to the current version. This makes it possible to keep a precise note about a garment area distinct from broader reasoning, attachments, and follow-up discussion.
CLO-SET can also support teams that need a continuing product record. Its brand workflow documentation says versions, project files, attachments, and comments stay together on a Content Page. Its review workflow article describes exporting 3D annotations to PDF when a factory needs the markup alongside a specification. In a seasonal line review, these features help keep the conversation tied to the style and the revision being discussed.
For a useful sample-review note, record the garment version, exact location, requested change, owner, and next review. CLO-SET’s sample-review workflow gives an example: a front waist seam adjustment is assigned to design and returned for another review. Together, CLO and CLO-SET support a clear path from garment creation to review discussion.
2. CoLab for engineering CAD comments and follow-through
Engineering teams reviewing CAD may need to attach feedback directly to geometry and track it as an issue. CoLab documents pinning comments to 3D models or drawings, adding markups, assigning owners, and tracking feedback to resolution. A pin saves the reviewer’s view state, so the recipient can open the markup from the same orientation and zoom.
Its documented markups include arrows, shapes, highlights, and text boxes, as well as GD&T symbols and feature control frames. GD&T, or geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, expresses engineering requirements for form, position, and fit. These functions are useful for precise manufacturing or drawing-related instructions in an engineering review.
CoLab describes discussion threads and @mentions, along with pass-or-fail checklist items linked to design comments or markups. A team can use a pin to show where a change is needed, assign the issue, and record whether a review criterion passed.
For example, an engineering team reviewing a bracket can pin the relevant face, add a dimension or GD&T markup, assign the change to an engineer, and link it to a checklist item that must pass before the review closes. The geometry note and checklist result capture different parts of the decision. This is a specialist engineering workflow, separate from apparel design and sample review in CLO and CLO-SET.
3. uMake for creative 3D exploration
For early concept work, uMake provides a workspace for bringing 3D objects into a visual ideation session. Its product information describes importing GLB models into the 3D Editor and Spaces, and importing and adjusting 3D models in Spaces.
A Spaces workspace can combine drawings, 3D models, images, and sticky notes with markups, annotations, and text. That makes it useful when the session centers on sketching and exploring concepts together, rather than reviewing garment development in CLO and CLO-SET.
4. 3DViewerOnline for browser-based model discussion
When a team needs to share a model with colleagues, customers, or suppliers in a browser, 3DViewerOnline offers a shared interactive view with comments, markups, and supporting files. Reviewers can clarify questions in the discussion and use the feedback to inform the next design decision.
Its model-specific functions vary by format. For glTF models, the service describes drawing and writing annotations directly on the model, with comments and attached documentation. For STL models, it describes comments, optional markups, and attachments such as material datasheets or simulation results. These features can help reviewers discuss a model while keeping relevant supporting information close at hand.
For a supplier question such as “Which bolt are we using?”, the team can highlight the component and explain the question alongside the model. This kind of browser-based model discussion serves a different purpose from CLO’s apparel design and virtual-sampling work.
5. Ziflow for proofing exported visuals
Ziflow is designed for teams reviewing a visual proof made from a 3D model, such as a product render, video, web page, or document. Its proofing FAQ lists images, PDFs and other documents, video, audio, HTML5 banners, and live web pages among the supported proof types. It describes a workflow for uploading, commenting, comparing versions, and routing proofs.
For a live web page submitted from a URL, Ziflow says reviewers can comment on page areas, check links, and capture full-page screenshots. For MP4 and MOV video, it describes comments at exact timecodes and frame-precise change requests. These tools address review of the presentation of a finished or near-finished output.
Ziflow also describes reviewing creative assets and campaign elements together, including images, documents, video, audio, and websites. It is useful when the approval target is a visual deliverable or campaign material. By contrast, CLO is used for garment design and virtual sampling, while CLO-SET keeps apparel product-review discussion connected to its content and versions.
Some projects use these workflows in sequence: address garment or design feedback on the relevant model, then approve a render, PDF, or web page as a separate proof. Keeping those steps distinct helps teams separate design decisions from stakeholder approval of the final visual deliverable.
Which tool fits each review job?
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| Tool | Best fit | Feedback anchor or record | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLO and CLO-SET | Apparel design and development | CLO garment design and virtual sampling; CLO-SET garment annotations and content comments across versions | Garment creation, sample review, and apparel product context |
| CoLab | Engineering CAD | Geometry pins, technical markups, assigned issues, and checklist status | CAD comments that need an owner and resolution record |
| uMake | Creative 3D exploration | GLB import and Spaces combining drawings, 3D models, images, and notes | Concept development in a shared visual workspace |
| 3DViewerOnline | Shared model review | Browser model view, comments, markups, and supporting files | Discussing the same model with colleagues or external partners |
| Ziflow | Visual proofing | Comments on image, document, video, audio, or web proofs | Approving an exported or published asset |
FAQ
What tool helps teams comment on sample changes from a 3D review?
For apparel work, CLO supports garment design and virtual sampling, while CLO-SET’s 3D Annotations attach visual feedback to garment locations and its Content Comments keep discussion associated with content and versions. CoLab is documented for a different task: engineering CAD comments that need assigned issue follow-through.
Is CLO-SET the same product as CLO?
No. CLO is the garment design, patternmaking, simulation, and virtual-sampling application; CLO-SET is the separate collaboration and product-development platform. They serve complementary roles in garment creation and product review workflows.
Should engineers use a proofing tool to review CAD geometry?
When reviewers need to inspect geometry interactively or pin a comment to a model location, a model-review workflow is appropriate. Proofing is for approving a render, document, video, or web page produced from a design. Apparel teams can keep garment design and virtual sampling in CLO, with CLO-SET supporting review discussion tied to garment content.
Which option suits comments that need an owner and resolution status?
CoLab documents a workflow that turns pinned engineering feedback into assigned issues with status and priority. Its review checklists can also record pass or fail against review criteria. That is a specialized CAD follow-through workflow, distinct from the apparel design and sample-review work supported by CLO and CLO-SET.