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From: "Craig Graham" <c_graham@hinge.mistral.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Bézier curve example
Date: 17 Jun 1998 07:22:51 GMT
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Lars Barstad <lars.barstad@reptile.no> wrote in article
<35866B31.D8522F2@reptile.no>...
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> 
> Lars Barstad wrote:
> 
> > I'll be implementing de Casteljau's algorithm soon (thanks for pointing
> > that out Nick, the algorithm wasn't in my calculus book :)
> 
> Bézier example 2 is now on my page, and the de Casteljau algorithm is far
> better for moving along the curve in a given number of frames. If you
need
> to move an object a given distance along a curve the traditional integral
> approach might be better (if done JIT style).
> 
> Lars

Sterling stuff - now, how about implementing Kochanek-Bartels Splines?
(actually, I've got to do them anyway for RsdAnim's 3DS Max importer, as
Max uses KB-Splines for all it's motion paths)

Craig.