论文信息 - Rational hodographs

Rational hodographs

An equation for the hodograph control points for a rational degree n Bezier curve is derived. If, for a rational Bezier curve with positive weights, all weights are set to one, then the hodograph for this integral Bezier curve will bound the tangent directions of the rational curve.

Xuguang Wang | Thomas W. Sederberg | T. Sederberg | Xuguang Wang

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