VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-16
Description
Creates a rational cubic parametric segmented curve that interpolates
two or more positions and tangents. Any positions and tangents may be specified
but will automatically be projected to the XY-plane of the active coordinate
system before the curve is created. cur_conic does not care about the length
of tangents, only the direction. For every segment a Midpoint or P-value
must also be specified. A Midpoint is just any intermediate position while
a P-value is a scalar float that controls the "fullness" of the
segment. P-values should be in the range 0.0 < P < 0.85.
If tangents are chosen in such a way that they intersect and form a nice triangle with the segment chord as baseline then the resulting segment becomes a classical plane conic segment (quadric rational). If the tangents are chosen in such a way that inflexion or twist is forced the resulting segment becomes a cubic rational generalized (3D-) conic.
Available in
3D.
MBS Correspondence
cur_conic();
Comments
None.
See also
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