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From: Nick <porcino@home.com>
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Subject: Re: 3D splines
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:03:56 -0700
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You should check out the deCasteljou (spelling?) algorithm for Bezier
splines. It uses only a tiny number of additions and multiplies, and
gives you for "free" coordinates along the spline, the tangent, and with
trivial effort the length of the spline. It's so easy, everyone who sees
it has to slap themselves in the forehead for not thinking of it
themselves!

I'll post a mini-tutorial on my website by midnight June 15 PST. Look
here:

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9376

and follow the Count Meshula link (which won't appear until the tutorial
is ready).

-nick