Title :
Approximating surfaces of revolution by nonrational B-splines
Author :
Piegl, Les A. ; Tiller, Wayne
Author_Institution :
Univ. of South Florida, FL, USA
Abstract :
We present a method to approximate surfaces of revolution with nonrational B-splines requiring a modest number of control points in the range of engineering tolerances.
Keywords :
computational geometry; engineering graphics; splines (mathematics); control points; engineering tolerances; nonrational B-splines; surface of revolution approximation; Interpolation; Lattices; Process design; Shape; Spline; Surface reconstruction; Surface topography; Tensile stress;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2003.1198262
