Keywords
NURBS surfaces, T-splines, subdivision surfaces, local refinement, knot removal
Abstract
A typical NURBS surface model has a large percentage of superfluous control points that significantly interfere with the design process. This paper presents an algorithm for eliminating such superfluous control points, producing a T-spline. The algorithm can remove substantially more control points than competing methods such as B-spline wavelet decomposition. The paper also presents a new T-spline local refinement algorithm and answers two fundamental open questions on T-spline theory.
Original Publication Citation
T. W. Sederberg, D. C. Cardon, G. T. Finnigan, N. N. North, J. Zheng and T. Lyche, "T-splines Simplification and Local Refinement," ACM Transactions on Graphics 23(3), pp. 276-283, 24.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Cardon, David L.; Finnigan, G. Thomas; North, Nicholas S.; Sederberg, Thomas W.; Zheng, Jianmin; and Lyche, Tom, "T-spline Simplification and Local Refinement" (2004). Faculty Publications. 1033.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1033
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-08-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2546
Publisher
ACM
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Computer Science
Copyright Status
© 2004 ACM. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the ACM Transactions on Graphics, 23, 3, (2004), http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1186562.1015715.
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