DEVELOPABLE SURFACE PATCHES BOUNDED BY NURBS CURVES

In this paper we construct developable surface patches which are bounded by two rational or NURBS curves, though the resulting patch is not a rational or NURBS surface in general. This is accomplished by reparameterizing one of the boundary curves. The reparameterization function is the solution of an algebraic equation. For the relevant case of cubic or cubic spline curves, this equation is quartic at most, quadratic if the curves are Bézier or splines and lie on parallel planes, and hence it may be solved either by standard analytical or numerical methods.     

On the Structure of Bézier Nets

The distance between two neighbouring multivariate Bézier nets is proved to be $O(m^{-2})$ in this paper. As a consequence, the sequence of Bézier nets is uniformly convergent with the optimal approximation order $O(m^{-1})$. Furthermore, the structures of Bézier nets are explored by investigating how the piecewise linear surface tends to the Bézier surface of $C^{\infty}$.     

Construction of Bézier Surfaces from Prescribed Boundary

In this paper, we present a method for generating Bézier surfaces from the boundary information based on a general second order functional and a third order functional associated with the triharmonic equation. By solving simple linear equations, the internal control points of the resulting Bézier surface can be obtained as linear combinations of the given boundary control points. This is a generalization of previous works on Plateau-Bézier problem, harmonic, biharmonic and quasi-harmonic Bézier surfaces. Some representative examples show the effectiveness of the presented method.     

C-Bézier曲线降阶的B网扰动和约束优化法

基于B网扰动和约束优化方法,对n次C-Bézier曲线控制多边形顶点进行扰动,并找到其退化为n-1次次C-Bézier曲线的条件.在满足退化条件的约束下,使n次C-Bézier曲线控制多边形顶点扰动量最小,由此找到降阶为n-1次的C-Bézier曲线,同时也研究了在C~0,C~1连续条件下对n次C-Bézier曲线降阶的B网扰动和约束优化方法.给出了扰动显示格式计算方法和降阶逼近的误差估计式.     

一类有理Bézier曲线的等距线算法及MATLAB实现

构造一类正则有理Bézier曲线,利用改进的有理de casteljau算法求得这类正则有理n次Bézier曲线各点处的切矢,由此得出各点的单位法矢量,应用于原始曲线等距线的计算.该方法几何意义明显,算法简洁,实践效果比较好.同时给出了用Matlab绘制有理Bézier曲线及其等距线的程序,准确快捷,实践效果较好.     

带两个形状参数的五次Bézier曲线的扩展

给出了一组含有两个形状参数α,β的六次多项式基函数,是五次Bernstein基函数的扩展,分析了这组基的性质;基于这组基定义了带两个形状参数的多项式曲线,所定义的曲线具有五次Bézier曲线的性质,改变参数α,β的取值,曲线具有更灵活的形状可调性,而且能向上或从两侧逼近控制多边形.另外,经典的五次Bézier曲线和有关文献中带一个形状参数的曲线均是该文所定义曲线的特例.实例表明,定义的曲线为曲线/曲面的设计提供了一种有效的方法.     

Bounding Pyramids and Bounding Cones for Triangular Bézier Surfaces

This paper describes practical approaches on how to construct bounding pyramids and bounding cones for triangular Bézier surfaces. Examples are provided to illustrate the process of construction and comparison is made between various surface bounding volumes. Furthermore, as a starting point for the construction, we provide a way to compute hodographs of triangular Bézier surfaces and improve the algorithm for computing the bounding cone of a set of vectors.     

New Trigonometric Basis Possessing Exponential Shape Parameters

Four new trigonometric Bernstein-like basis functions with two exponential shape parameters are constructed, based on which a class of trigonometric Bézier-like curves, analogous to the cubic Bézier curves, is proposed. The corner cutting algorithm for computing the trigonometric Bézier-like curves is given. Any arc of an ellipse or a parabola can be represented exactly by using the trigonometric Bézier-like curves. The corresponding trigonometric Bernstein-like operator is presented and the spectral analysis shows that the trigonometric Bézier-like curves are closer to the given control polygon than the cubic Bézier curves. Based on the new proposed trigonometric Bernstein-like basis, a new class of trigonometric B-spline-like basis functions with two local exponential shape parameters is constructed. The totally positive property of the trigonometric B-spline-like basis is proved. For different values of the shape parameters, the associated trigonometric B-spline-like curves can be $C^2$ ∩ $FC^3$ continuous for a non-uniform knot vector, and $C^3$ or $C^5$ continuous for a uniform knot vector. A new class of trigonometric Bézier-like basis functions over triangular domain is also constructed. A de Casteljau-type algorithm for computing the associated trigonometric Bézier-like patch is developed. The conditions for $G^1$ continuous joining two trigonometric Bézier-like patches over triangular domain are deduced.     

Verifying the Implicitization Formulae for Degree N Rational Bézier Curves

This is a continuation of short communication$^{[1]}$. In [1] a verification of the implicitization equation for degree two rational Bézier curves is presented which does not require the use of resultants. This paper presents these verifications in the general cases, i.e., for degree $n$ rational Bézier curves. Thus some interesting interplay between the structure of the $n×n$ implicitization matrix and the de Casteljau algorithm is revealed.     

Dimensions of spline spaces over T-meshes

A T-mesh is basically a rectangular grid that allows T-junctions. In this paper, we propose a method based on Bézier nets to calculate the dimension of a spline function space over a T-mesh. When the order of the smoothness is less than half of the degree of the spline functions, a dimension formula is derived which involves only the topological quantities of the T-mesh. The construction of basis functions is briefly discussed. Furthermore, the dimension formulae for T-meshes after mesh operations, such as edge insertion and mesh merging, are also obtained.     

THE PLATEAU-B(E)ZIER PROBLEM WITH WEAK-AREA FUNCTIONAL

In this paper, we present a new method to solve the Plateau-Bézier problem. A new energy functional called weak-area functional is proposed as the objective functional to obtain the approximate minimal Bézier surface from given boundaries. This functional is constructed based on Dirichlet energy and weak isothermal parameterization condition. Experimental comparisons of the weak-area functional method with existing Dirichlet, quasi-harmonic, the strain energy-minimizing, harmonic and biharmonic masks are performed which show that the weak-area functional method are among the best by choosing appropriate parameters.     

三角B\''{e}zier曲面和四边B\''{e}zier曲面之间的相互转化

B\'{e}zier曲面有两种不同的形式:三角B\'{e}zier曲面和四边B\'{e}zier曲面,它们有着不同的基底和不同的几何拓扑结构, 但是它们也有很多共同的性质,因此三角B\'{e}zier曲面和四边B\'{e}zier曲面之间的相互转化就成为CAGD 里一个重要研究课题.在本文中, 我们用函数复合的方法实现两者之间的相互转化.被复合的两个函数, 一个用Polar形式表示,另一个用常见的Bernstein基形式表示.     

On Computing Zeros of a Bivariate Bernstein Polynomial

1.IntroductionIn[6]and[4],theproblemoffindingtheintersectionofacubicB6zierpatchandaplanewasconsidered.[6]consideredarectangular,and[41atriangularpatch.SincetheBernsteinoperatorB.:f-Bn(f)preserveslinearfunctions,theproblemwassimplifiedtothecomputationofzerosofabivariateBernsteinpolynomialB.(f).BothpaPersproducedsimpleandefficientcomputationalalgorithms.Itisbaseduponthefollowingidea:determinethepointswhereinsidethesupportthetopologyofzerosofB.(f)changes.Thiswasdonebyrestrictingthebivariatepo…     

The Intersection of a Triangular Bézier Patch and a Plane

In this paper, the problem of finding the intersection of a triangular Bézier patch and a plane is studied. For the degree that one frequently encounters in practice, i.e. $n=2,3$, an efficient and reliable algorithm is obtained, and computational steps are presented.     

Dual Bases for a New Family of Generalized Ball Bases

This paper presents the dual bases for a new family of generalized Ball curves with a position parameter K, which includes the Bezier curve, generalized Said-Ball curve and some intermediate curves. Using the dual bases, the relative Marsden identity, conversion formulas of bases and control points of various curves are obtained.     

Local modification of Pythagorean-hodograph quintic spline curves using the B-spline form

The problems of determining the B–spline form of a C ² Pythagorean–hodograph (PH) quintic spline curve interpolating given points, and of using this form to make local modifications, are addressed. To achieve the correct order of continuity, a quintic B–spline basis constructed on a knot sequence in which each (interior) knot is of multiplicity 3 is required. C ² quintic bases on uniform triple knots are constructed for both open and closed C ² curves, and are used to derive simple explicit formulae for the B–spline control points of C ² PH quintic spline curves. These B-spline control points are verified, and generalized to the case of non–uniform knots, by applying a knot removal scheme to the Bézier control points of the individual PH quintic spline segments, associated with a set of six–fold knots. Based on the B–spline form, a scheme for the local modification of planar PH quintic splines, in response to a control point displacement, is proposed. Only two contiguous spline segments are modified, but to preserve the PH nature of the modified segments, the continuity between modified and unmodified segments must be relaxed from C ² to C ¹. A number of computed examples are presented, to compare the shape quality of PH quintic and “ordinary” cubic splines subject to control point modifications.     

两条Bézier样条的光滑连接

研究了用一条样条曲线把两条不相连接的样条曲线光滑连接起来的问题,给出了连接两条一元n次参数样条曲线为一条新的一元n次参数样条曲线的条件,适用于参数样条曲线添加控制顶点的情形,进一步得到了两条一次、二次、三次Bézier样条曲线在几何连续性下实现自然光滑连接的条件.     

Fourier transform of Bernstein-Bézier polynomials

Explicit formulae, in terms of Bernstein-Bézier coefficients, of the Fourier transform of bivariate polynomials on a triangle and univariate polynomials on an interval are derived in this paper. Examples are given and discussed to illustrate the general theory. Finally, this consideration is related to the study of refinement masks of spline function vectors.     

矩形域与三角域Bézier曲面间的PPGn变换

Geometric continuity is a very important issue in CAGD and has gained more attention. In this paper we present the new concept of polynomial preserving Gn continuity (PPGn) between rectangular and triangular Bézier surfaces. Necessary and sufficient conditions of PPGn are established explicitly. A simple and useful sufficient condition is also presented. The results can be used more effectively in connecting surfaces and composing rectangular and triangular patches.