An Interactive Computer-Aided Method for Designing Nail-and-Thread Pictorial Reliefs

The authors have developed a computer-aided method for designing nail-and-thread pictorial reliefs. With its use designs can be specified and displayed on the screen of a computer terminal; these can be modified and redisplayed until results deemed satisfactory are obtained. A template can be made for producing the actual nail-and-thread pictorial relief.

The authors describe the method in general terms for those with no computer experience and discuss its general applicability.