Blending two parametric curves

  • Authors:
  • D. S. Meek;D. J. Walton

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2;Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2

  • Venue:
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Segments of two given curves can be blended to produce a segment of a new curve. Blending can provide a smooth transition from one curve to another and can give various degrees of smoothness at the endpoints of the blend, where the smoothness is measured analogously to parametric continuity C^(^n^) and geometric continuity G^(^n^). Blending can provide an approximation to a given curve segment. The accuracy of the approximation to short segments obtained by different blending formulas is compared via asymptotic analysis. Finally, it is shown how to find a blend that is a parametric polynomial whose parameter is approximately an arc length parameter.