Methods for providing visual effects to decorative patterns, control units and systems for inline processing of threads

摘要

A method is provided for providing a visual effect to a decorative thread pattern. The method comprises the steps of: i) determining an object to be produced as such a decorative thread pattern, ii) determining a thread arrangement comprising a plurality of contiguous thread portions, each thread portion having a thread portion orientation, The entire thread arrangement corresponds to the object to be produced, iii) determining at least one visual effect of the object to be produced, the visual effect being associated with the set of thread portions of the thread arrangement and at least one of the set of thread portions. Having a direction different from the direction of the thread part -, and iv) determining a coloring scheme for a specific thread so that the visual effect that the production of a decorative thread pattern will be performed using the thread according to the thread pattern is obtained. It includes the step of. In addition, a control unit is provided.