threadPortraitAlgorithm

Making portraits from thread

This algorithm takes as input an image you want to draw, and will output:

• a series of numbers corresponding to each nail where the thread should be placed (stored in results.txt), and
• [optional] simulated images of what the result will look like after x iterations

To run the script, call py main.py [args] from the command line with the following arguments:

• BOARD_WIDTH: width of the board in centimeters
• PIXEL_WIDTH: suggest keeping this constant and changing board width only
• LINE_TRANSPARENCY: how many lines overlapped required to reach black (value between 0 to 1)
• NUM_NAILS: how many nails to place on the board
• MAX_ITERATIONS: how many thread segments to place before algorithm terminates