Qualitative and quantitative comparisons of B-spline offset surface approximation methods

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-26

  Kulczycka, Malgorzata A ^a   Nachman, Louis J ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations; Offset surfaces

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SPLINES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SURFACE OFFSETS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0036027381     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(00)00147-0     Document Type: Article

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1. Computing offset of B-spline curves
2. The approximation of nondegenerate offset surfaces
3. Optimal approximate conversion of spline surfaces
4. Approximating offset surfaces in a NURBS environment
5. Offsets of two dimensional profiles