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2 Nov 2024 17:18:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Splines, actually demonstrated  
From: ABX
Date: 20 Jan 2004 04:33:34
Message: <3fsp00tpn3rv4ij2i1ddj3ut85l6r8sv5o@4ax.com>
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:02:17 -0500, "Greg M. Johnson" <gregj;-)565### [at] aolcom>
wrote:
> Wild.  I'm looking for a good approximation of octopus tenacle.  I was
> hoping I could just throw out a couple of random points in space and some
> kind of spline would come along and make a line in the natural shape of an
> (uninjured) octopus's tenacle.

IMO akima spline seems best for such purpose, thought you would had to
calculate it yourself using macros until this is not released within next
MegaPOV :-( I'm affraid currently whole on-line information about akima
splines is available in form of Fortran, C, C++ sources :-(

ABX


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