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The NURBS Book

By Prof. Dr. Les Piegl , Dr. Wayne Tiller (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1997
ISBN
978-3-540-61545-3, 978-3-642-59223-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-59223-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13479605 bytes)
Series
Monographs in Visual Communication
Edition
2
Pages
646\649
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
CAE) and DesignComputer Graphics; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD

Description

The NURBS book covers all aspects of non-uniform rational B-splines necessary to design geometry in a computer aided environment. Basic B-spline features, curve and surface algorithms, and state-of-the-art geometry tools are all discussed. Detailed code for design algorithms and computational tricks are covered too, in a lucid, easy-to-understand style, with a minimum of mathematics and using numerous worked examples. The book is a must for students, researchers, and implementors whose work involves the use of splines. "Some years ago a few researchers joked about NURBS, saying that the acronym really stands for Nobody Understands Rational B-Splines write the authors in their foreword; they formulate the aim of changing NURBS to EURBS, that is, Everybody ... . There is no doubt that they have achieved this goal. ... ... I highly recommend the book to anyone who is interested in a detailed description of NURBS. It is extremely helpful for students, teachers and designers of geometric modelling systems. ..." - H. Pottmann, Computer Aided Design, 1996

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