Normalized curves

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 28, 2011 at 2:50am

Hi Gstei,

 

I don't know what normalize in 3dsmax does. Reparameterize will force the curve domain to be 0~1, it will not change the shape of the curve in any way.

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Gstei on September 28, 2011 at 3:56am

The first curve is normalized, the second not: So the first is controlled by points at the same distance. I thought the problem with my hexagons is caused by this...is it possible?

The division of the surface is not regular...

Thanks

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 28, 2011 at 4:07am

That would be rebuilding in Rhino. 

 

I don't see the value of it though, why is it important control-points are spaced equally? I can see the point of removing control-points that don't add to the curve shape, but you seem to want to insert more control-points.

 

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David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Gstei on September 28, 2011 at 4:07am

Solved. They were catenaries: i divided them and approximated with a spline. Thanks David

Permalink Reply by Janusz Kozlowski on March 19, 2018 at 10:08am

Hi David,
In my case normalization of a curve could be usefull to unbend it.
...to unbend a sheet of metal (with a given bend and cut profiles).