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  Re: Spline length/constant speed along spline.  
From: Rune
Date: 19 May 2000 10:06:42
Message: <39254a72@news.povray.org>
"Edward Coffey" wrote:
> A while back there were a couple of posts
> about splines and how to measure the length
> of bezier splines, find points at particular
> distances along them, and move along them at
> constant speed without resorting to
> approximation - was that problem solved?

Well, not really. I found a solution, but the solution *was* approximation.
It's quite precise though.

> How is it done for UV mapping in MegaPOV,
> approximation?

I don't know...

> I've found a related bit of calculus which
> shouldn't take too long to adapt and convert
> to simple formula if no-one has done this yet.

I'm interested in this!

Greetings,

Rune

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