tsplines官方教程部分b.doc

In?uence of creases In?uence of creases: Like all T-splines and NURBS control points, creased control points in?uence the surface within a two face region. This means if only one edge is creased, the next two edges in the loop will be partially creased, and the third edge away in the loop will not be creased at all. a. Edge to be creased b. After crease c. Enlarged image of (b) with Zebra stripes. How the crease blends into the surface. 1: Creased edge. 23: Edges partially creased from the in?uence of (1). 4: Beyond the region in?uenced by the crease, a smooth surface. 81 Crease behavior near star points: The in?uence of creases produ- ces some undesirable e?ects near star points. If any edge of a star point is creased, all the edges going out of the star point will be creased as well—and so will points up to three edges away. Thus, it is recommended to either crease all edges of a star point or no edges of a star point—or, to just use the tsInsertEdge command to insert a soft crease near the star point. Edge of a T-spline box Sharp crease added with tsCrease. Tangency handles appear (when set to visible in tsOptions). Notice the crease also extends down the third edge of the star point. Soft creases Sometimes when “creases”are prescribed, a tight radius edge, ra- ther than a perfectly sharp crease, is desired. Soft creases, also refe- rred to as “edge weighting”by polygonal modelers, can be created with the tsInsertEdge command. Sharp crease (tsCrease) Soft crease (tsInsertEdge) 82 A soft crease on a corner: Rather than insert a sharp crease, insert an edge. Inserting these edges close to the original edge will provi- de an e?ect of a soft crease Edge of a T-spline box Edge loop (highlighted) inserted with tsIn- sertEdge for a tight radius (.05) Edge loop inserted with tsInsertEdge for tight radius (.2) Edge loop inserted with tsInsertEdge for tight radius (.4) A soft crease on an extrusion: When extruding a column, you can control the curvature on the top and th