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A procedure for generating accurate contour lines for a B-Spline surface is presented. The method is a two step process. The first step is a modification to a traditional routine for contouring over a triangular mesh. The second step uses B-Spline surface generation over a limited area to accurately produce the contour.
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Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Director of CADIG Group. This work was partially supported by the U. S. Coast Guard under work order number MIPZ 70099-9-95726-7B
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Satterfield, S.G., Rogers, D.F. (1985). A Procedure for Generating Contour Lines from a B-Spline Surface. In: Kunii, T.L. (eds) Frontiers in Computer Graphics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68025-3_5
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