[Bf-funboard] B?zier-based geometry

[Gustav Ekenberg]

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> perhaps  are you talking about nurbs?
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> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 09:28:36 -0400
> From: Aaron Carlisle <carlisle.b3d at gmail.com>
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> I think you are looking for the surface objects:
> https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/dev/modeling/surfaces/index.html
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> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 07:26:26 -0700
> From: David Jeske <davidj at gmail.com>
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> The 3d spline surfaces you are talking about are called NURBS. However,
> they are generally hard to work with for many reasons you can read about -
> including trimming, seams, and uv mapping.
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> Subdivision surfaces are a type of curved surface which is modeled with a
> polygon cage instead of following a spline. It is a bit like controlling
> the spline points in 3d.
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> In art and character modeling, it is more common to use subdivision
> surfaces, or to model in NURBS and tesselate to polygons.
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> NURBS are more commonly used for precise shape modeling, such as part
> manufacturing, where precise shape control is important but uv mapping is
> not.
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Nurbs/surface objects are not exactly what I was looking for, but
pretty close! Hash Animation:Master, like Howard Trickey pointed out,
seems to have the kind of Bezier functionality I was looking for.
Nurbs and subdivision surfaces could be an interesting alternative
though, thanks for pointing me in this direction.