Re: Calculating a Cubic Curve



<hoffmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> why are you approximating the VELOCITY by a cubic curve ?
> For all practical applications it would be sufficient to
> approximate the COORDINATE by a cubic curve (IMHO).
>
> Which real task ends in a boundary value problem for the
> velocities without taking into account the coordinates ?
>
> I don't know any, but this can be corrected.

Adobe After Effects has a keyframe system to allow you to
adjust the speed along a path. Essentially, this is equivalent
to a change in the curve parameter for an already specified
"coordinate" curve.

--
Dave Eberly
http://www.geometrictools.com


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