Abstract:
H-Bézier curves,as a new kind of curve modeling tool,are presented in this paper, aiming at extending the representation of curves and surfaces.Based on the analysis of the properties of cubic H-Bézier curves,a subdivision algorithm is proposed to compute the control parameters and control points of the two subcurves
pt* (
t)(0≤
t≤
t*) and
pα-t* (
t)(0≤
t≤α-
t* ) subdivided by anypoint
p(
t*)(0≤
t* ≤
α) of cubic H-Bézier curves.The connection conditions between cubic H-Bézier curves and cubic Bézier curves are derived the applications of cubic H-Bézier curves in the surface modeling are given.The obtained results,which are simple and intuitionistic,can effectively improve the shape representation and control of cubic H-Bézier curves.