COMPUTING VALUES AND DERIVATIVES OF BEZIER AND B-SPLINE TENSOR-PRODUCTS

Authors
MANN S DEROSE T
Citation
S. Mann et T. Derose, COMPUTING VALUES AND DERIVATIVES OF BEZIER AND B-SPLINE TENSOR-PRODUCTS, Computer aided geometric design, 12(1), 1995, pp. 107-110
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences",Mathematics,"Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
Computer aided geometric design → ACNP
ISSN journal
01678396
Volume
12
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
107 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-8396(1995)12:1<107:CVADOB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We give an efficient algorithm for evaluating Bezier and B-spline tens or products for both positions and normals. The algorithm is an extens ion of a method for computing the position and tangent to a Bezier cur ve, and is asymptotically twice as fast as the standard bilinear algor ithm.