On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:55:52 +0100, Sigmund Kyrre Aas
<as### [at] studntnuno> wrote:

>I'm trying to get equally spaced points on a parametric curve, but my
>brain is just dumping core.

 There was a thread in this forum called "Adding forces to points on
curves" started by Rune on Dec 27. Some of the replies there dig into
your problem.

>Now, df/dt would be the "speed" of the points along the curve, but how
>do I use it to get the desired effect?

Calculate the length l of the curve by integration. Divide it in n
equal pieces of length l/n. The first piece starts at t=0 and ends at
t1, where t1 is such that the integral of f(t)/dt from t to t1 equals
l/n. I think this is translateable to mathese but my brain is too
dumping core at the moment :)

>sig.


Peter Popov
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