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  Re: The seam of two bi-cubic patches isn't smooth when raised  
From: Warp
Date: 16 May 2009 15:28:43
Message: <4a0f13eb@news.povray.org>
neodasa <klu### [at] nycrrcom> wrote:
> as per the instruction to smooth out the seam, but when I tested a control point
> and raised the seam, it appeared as a sharp edge rather than a smooth edge,
> which is what it's not suppose to do.  Anyone know why this happened?

  For two adjacent bicubic patches to form a smooth surface the control
points in the shared edge must be equal, and the closest inner control
points of each patch, along with their correspondent edge control point,
must form a straight line.

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                                                          - Warp


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