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  Re: how to use nurbs on povray?!  
From: Alain
Date: 3 May 2006 19:22:48
Message: <44593b48$1@news.povray.org>
nemesis nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 03/05/2006 12:35:
> "LEO_BOLOGNA" <l_o### [at] yahooit> wrote:
> 
>>it seems that there isn't any support for nurbs in povray! is it possible?
> 
> 
> Someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe bicubic patches are exactly
> that.  They are one of povray primitives and they describe surfaces via
> control points which are interpolated by a spline.  Isn't Non-Rational
> Uniform B-Splines just that?...
> 
> Povray has a long history and many names do not correspond exactly to the
> ones popular today.  For instance, people looking for a "Global
> Illumination" feature will likely not link Radiosity to it...
> 
> 
> 
Sory, bicubic patch are not nurbs and don't behave like nurbs. They are more like
arays of bicubic 
splines.

-- 
Alain
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