CompuServe Messages

Splines vs. Polys

    10-Jan-95 12:45:23
Fm: Richard Clifton 100025,2103
To: Michael S. Flynn 74551,142
Michael, It should be possible, but I suppose you would need to set some tolerance for the match between the polygon and spline surfaces, otherwise the computer would grind away for a long time trying to achieve convergence. The easiest thing to implement would be a manual selection of points (maybe a string of two-point spline endings, as you get in DXF imports) followed by pressing some kind of "define as spline" button. There's no real difference between this way of defining a spline and the way a multiple-point spline is built up currently using the mouse in SCUPTURE. It's great just talking about these features but probably a major pain to code them! Richard