Printing shaped fabric, distortion?

Hello,
I'm searching for a solution to create accurate distortion to artwork, that will then be formed in a shape at finishing.
The easiest example is a papercup. The art is set on a curve, and when the cup is finished and the art is correct.
My shop is moving into contour shaped fabric (dye_sub printing) shapes like convex and concave cones, spheres etc. I'm Looking for a suggested software or adobe plug-ings, that can help create this distortion for accurate finishing.
Thank you
Heather B.
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Take a closer look at Envelope Distort and the 3-D transform tools in Illustrator. You may not need any third party plug-ins.

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