Method for representing a fabric consisting of warp and weft threads

An improved method for representing optically a fabric having a pattern and specific parameters, said fabric having warp and weft threads having parameters specific for the threads, a dynamic behavior, a course, space coordinates at crossing points, and chromaticites, of the type wherein the pattern is acquired by scanning from a model, or by scanning from an existing data carrier, or by representing it directly on a computer display, the improvement comprising

• assigning a crossing scheme to the warp and weft threads,
• determining the course of the warp and weft threads by varying at least one of any parameters specific for the threads, such as the number of color components of a single thread and their distribution, the structure of the thread surface or the material of the thread, and by varying at least one of any parameters specific for the fabric, such as the closeness of the warp and weft threads, the advance of material in weaving, the sequence of the warp threads or the control functions for a weaving machine,
• correcting thereafter the previously determined course of the warp and weft threads by varying at least one of any said dynamic behavior or course of the warp and weft threads, such as the floating behavior of the threads, an underweave of individual threads or the course of the thread(s) at crossing points or different weaves, and
• representing the corrected course of the warp and weft threads optically on an output unit such as a display or by an output unit such as a printer.