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Continuity conditions for Q-Bézier curves of degree n
Gang Hu1, Cuicui Bo1, Xinqiang Qin1
1Department of Applied Mathematics, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710054 P.R. China.
Abstract:
As a new method of representing curves, Q-Bézier curves not only exhibit the beneficial properties of Bézier curves but also allow effective shape adjustment by changing multiple shape parameters. In order to resolve the problem of not being able to construct complex curves using a single curve, we study the geometric continuity conditions for Q-Bézier curves of degree n. Following the analysis of basis functions and terminal properties of Q-Bézier curves of degree n, the continuity conditions of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] between two adjacent Q-Bézier curves are proposed. In addition, we discuss the specific steps of smooth continuity for Q-Bézier curves and analyze the influence rules of shape parameters for Q-Bézier curves. The modeling examples show that the proposed method is effective and easy to achieve, making it useful for constructing complex curves for engineering design.
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