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Re: Tool idea for matching complex curves

NH
Nathan Hellweg
Fri, Oct 4, 2024 3:04 PM

If it were a control mesh instead of a set of control points, then a
subdivision surface approach similar to Catmull-Clark:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catmull%E2%80%93Clark_subdivision_surface

could work as a way to make something smooth.  Though, for the purposes of
matching a surface from control points, an algorithm that fixes vertices is probably preferable to one that fixes face centers.

If it were a control mesh instead of a set of control points, then a subdivision surface approach similar to Catmull-Clark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catmull%E2%80%93Clark_subdivision_surface could work as a way to make something smooth. Though, for the purposes of matching a surface from control points, an algorithm that fixes vertices is probably preferable to one that fixes face centers.
NH
nop head
Fri, Oct 4, 2024 3:36 PM

Looks pretty easy to code in user space to me.

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 16:04, Nathan Hellweg via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:

If it were a control mesh instead of a set of control points, then a
subdivision surface approach similar to Catmull-Clark:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catmull%E2%80%93Clark_subdivision_surface

could work as a way to make something smooth.  Though, for the purposes of
matching a surface from control points, an algorithm that fixes vertices
is probably preferable to one that fixes face centers.


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Looks pretty easy to code in user space to me. On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 at 16:04, Nathan Hellweg via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > If it were a control mesh instead of a set of control points, then a > subdivision surface approach similar to Catmull-Clark: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catmull%E2%80%93Clark_subdivision_surface > > could work as a way to make something smooth. Though, for the purposes of > matching a surface from control points, an algorithm that fixes vertices > is probably preferable to one that fixes face centers. > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >