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From: DMLAUR@pucc.Princeton.EDU (David M. Laur)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: NURBS
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Date: 11 Nov 88 14:22:31 GMT
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In article <435@infko.UUCP>, uro@infko.UUCP (Uwe und Roland) writes:
>I am searching for literature, fundamental articles etc.,
>dealing with "NURBS" (Non Uniform Rational Beta Splines).
>
>Is there anybody who can help me?
>
>Roland Berling,
>Universitaet Koblenz (EWH)
>Informatik
>Rheinau 3-4
>D-5400 Koblenz  (West Germany)
 
 
I've not got an exact reference for you, but I spent part of yesterday
reading a draft copy of some NURBS documentation for the next(?) release
of the Silicon Graphics software library.  The paper was called:
 
     "Trimmed NURBS Surface Graphics Library Interface"
 
I recall that there was a pretty clear description of the math involved.
Also there were several bibliography entries, but I don't remember them
precisely, here's some fragments though:
 
     A Practical Guide to Splines, deBoor(?)  Springer(?)
     Curves & Surfaces for Computer Aided Geometric Design, Farin(?)
 
also I think there is both a textbook and a magazine named
"Computer Aided Geometric Design"  -  maybe a literature search
using this phrase or "CAGD" and NURBS would turn up useful
references.
 
David Laur
Princeton University
Interactive Computer Graphics Lab
dmlaur@pucc.bitnet
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