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The Nurbs Book (Monographs in Visual Communication) (Paperback)

by Les Piegl (Author), Wayne Tiller (Author) "The two most common methods of representing curves and surfaces in geometric modeling are implicit equations and parametric functions ..." (more)

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Paperback: 646 pages
Publisher: Springer; 2nd ed. edition (14 Nov 1996)
Language German
ISBN-10: 3540615458
ISBN-13: 978-3540615453
Product Dimensions: 22 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm

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The second, revised edition of this 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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book with good examples, 2 Dec 1998

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I'm still working through the maths involved, but this is a really good reference for anyone interested in programming with parametric surfaces, which - especially for us in the games industry - is where the all the action will be in the coming years. The example code is pretty useful, and I really must mention all the many illustrations, which are all computer-generated (so they're very precise) and are extremely handy for visualising what the text is referring to. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for anyone interested in NURBS., 6 Sep 2000

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As a non-mathematician (games programmer) I was at first rather horrified by some of the formulae presented. However all is forgiven, the worked examples hold your hand through the intricacies and the pseudo-code algorithms given are excellent and very simple to implement.

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