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Reverse Engineering using B-splines

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This paper briefly reviews a recent algorithm of the authors for reconstructing a network of tensor product B-spline surface from a set of unorganized 3D points. Unlike previous work which considers primarily the problem of fitting a single B-spline patch, this new procedure allows the reconstruction of surfaces of arbitrary topological type satisfying tangent plane continuity along common boundary curves. Furthermore, adaptive refinement of the patch network is performed to fulfill user-specified error tolerances.

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  1. University of Darmstadt, Germany

    Dr. Matthias Eck

  2. ICEM Systems GmbH, Küsterstr. 8, D-30519, Hannover, Germany

    Dr. Matthias Eck

  3. Microsoft Corporation, USA

    Dr. Hugues Hoppe

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  1. Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany

    Josef Hoschek

  2. Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Werner Dankwort

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Eck, M., Hoppe, H. (1996). Reverse Engineering using B-splines. In: Hoschek, J., Dankwort, W. (eds) Reverse Engineering. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-84819-2_13

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-84819-2_13

  • Publisher Name: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-519-02633-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-322-84819-2

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