An approach of designing and controlling free-form surfaces by using NURBS boundary Gregory patches

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 13, Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 825-849

  Konno, Kouichi ^a   Chiyokura, Hiroaki ^b  

^a RICOH COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curve mesh; Gregory patch; NURBS; NURBS boundary Gregory patch; Surface interpolation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SURFACES;

CURVE MESH; GREGORY PATCH;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0030393174     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8396(96)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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