Textile design and 3D sampling softwareLuma

Luma is textile design and 3D sampling software, built first for carpet. It turns a tufting machine file into a 3D sample you can recolor with yarns you can order, see under different light and share, before anything is tufted. Luma runs in a web browser, so designers, product teams and sales can all use it.

3D sampling means building a virtual sample of the surface instead of tufting a physical one. Luma reads your machine file, builds the carpet tuft by tuft with the loop heights and yarn order the machine would create, and lets you change the yarn colors and the light. You see the result on screen before any yarn is tufted.

Luma starts from the machine file you already run, such as a PCX file, where each color stands for a tuft height. It also reads the specification that says which yarns go on the front and back needle bars. Luma's assistant can help fill in any setup details that are missing.

Yes. Assign yarns from your catalog to the yarn positions in the pattern and switch colorways instantly. Luma can also show how close a color is to a real yarn using delta E, the standard measure of color difference, so you can choose colors you can actually order.

Because Luma builds the carpet tuft by tuft, taller loops cast shadows across shorter ones and the surface keeps its depth and texture. You can change the direction and brightness of the light, the ambient light, the shadows and the sheen, then see how the same carpet looks in different conditions.

Yes. Cut the pattern into tiles, such as 24 × 24 or 18 × 36 inches, and try install methods including monolithic, quarter-turn, ashlar, brick and herringbone. Luma shows how the pattern repeats across a floor before you decide.

Yes. Luma exports five physically based rendering (PBR) texture maps for each pattern: base color, normal, roughness, ambient occlusion and height. Designers can use them in 3D software such as Blender, V-Ray and Corona to see the same depth and sheen.

Luma is for the whole product team: designers trying colorways, product development choosing which colorways to sample, production teams working from the real machine file, and sales changing a color with a customer in the room.

Request a demo and we'll walk you through Luma and answer your questions. Use the Request Demo button at the top of this page, or contact us if you'd like to ask something first.