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From: p_davis@epik.enet.dec.com (Peter Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Graphics Gems: Schneider's FitCurves
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Date: 4 Sep 90 22:33:43 GMT
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Has anyone tried using Philip J. Schneider's FitCurves program, as included 
Andrew Glassner's Graphics Gems?  I just put a quick hack X and Display 
PostScript UI on it to try to see if it could be used for automatic smoothing 
of freehand curves.  However, the curves which this program generates seem
to be identical to a polyline which simply connects the sample points.  I've
tried varying the "error" value from 4 to 40000 with no discernable effect.

Can anyone explain this?

Thanks.
-pd