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#No Splines In R4?

    19-Dec-94 18:55:51
Sb: #141408-#No Splines In R4?
Fm: Stuart Nicholson 76702,2042
To: M. G. BATCHELOR 71532,1214
Yes.. a bezier patch modeller is a completely different kettle of fish than a NURBS modeller like AutoSurf. I think many people think that a Bezier Patch modeller is something much more powerfull than it really is. It basically allows you to start with a sphere, plane or cylinder (or other primitive) and do a sort of lattice deformation on it. Very similar to what you get with skin and deform combined… Useful, but NOT a nurbs modeller, that is something MUCH more powerful.