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. Although the curve segments are C 1 continuous in three dimensions, they may be C 0 continuous in four dimensions. In this case, the multiplicity of each interior knot cannot be reduced and the B-spline basis function becomes C 0 continuous. Using a surface generation method, such as skinning these kinds of rational B-spline curves to construct an interpolatory surface, may generate surfaces with C 0 continuity. This paper presents a reparameterization method for reducing the multiplicity of each interior knot to make the curve segments C 1 continuous in four dimensions. The reparameterized rational B-spline curve has the same shape and degree as before and also has a standard form. Some applications in skinned surface and ruled surface generation based on the reparameterized curves are shown.
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Tokuyama, Y., Konno, K. Reparameterization of piecewise rational Bezier curves and its applications. Visual Comp 17, 329–336 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003710100110330
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003710100110330