A rational parametric planar cubic H spline curve is defined by a set of control vertices in a plane and percentage factors of line segments between every two control vertices. Movement of any control vertex affects ...A rational parametric planar cubic H spline curve is defined by a set of control vertices in a plane and percentage factors of line segments between every two control vertices. Movement of any control vertex affects three curve segments. This paper is the succession and development of reference of Tang Yuehong. We analyze the geometric features like cusps and inflection points in the curve and calculate the cusps and inflection points, then give a necessary and sufficient condition to the inflection points in the curve when it is non degenerative, and finally show that the curves have no cusps in the interval (0,1). In many applications, it is desirable to analyze the parametric curves for undesirable features like cusps and inflection points展开更多
文摘A rational parametric planar cubic H spline curve is defined by a set of control vertices in a plane and percentage factors of line segments between every two control vertices. Movement of any control vertex affects three curve segments. This paper is the succession and development of reference of Tang Yuehong. We analyze the geometric features like cusps and inflection points in the curve and calculate the cusps and inflection points, then give a necessary and sufficient condition to the inflection points in the curve when it is non degenerative, and finally show that the curves have no cusps in the interval (0,1). In many applications, it is desirable to analyze the parametric curves for undesirable features like cusps and inflection points
