Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ›› 2012, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (04): 601-606.

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Geometric Design and Adjustment of Shape for Developable Quartic λBézier Surfaces with Shape Parameters

 HU  Gang-a, b , JI  Xiao-Min-b, c , QIN  Xin-Qiang-a, SHEN  Xiao-Qin-a   

  1. (a. School of Science, b. Faculty of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, c. College of the Arts, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, China)
  • Received:2011-05-03 Online:2012-04-28 Published:2012-04-28

Abstract: To solve the problems in adjusting and controlling shapes of developable surfaces, two direct explicit and efficient methods of computeraided design for developable surfaces with local shape parameters were proposed. Firstly, following the important idea of duality between points and planes in 3D projective space, the developable quartic λBézier surfaces with shape parameters were represented using control planes with quartic λBézier basis functions. The developable quartic λBézier surfaces inherit the outstanding properties of the Bézier surfaces, with a good performance on adjusting their local shapes by changing the shape parameters. In the particular case where λ is equal to 0, the developable quartic λBézier surface is a developable Bézie surface. And then, the conditions of G2 continuity and C2 continuity between two adjacent developable quartic λBézier surfaces were presented. Finally, some properties of the developable quartic λBézier surfaces and applications in developable surfaces design were discussed. The modeling examples illustrate that the developable quartic λBézier surfaces provide two valuable ways for the design of developable surfaces.

Key words: Bézier curve, shape parameter, developable surface, duality, control plane, continuity conditionBézier

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