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- "<> >>Nurbs are a buzz word..
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- Like I've already mentioned here before, NURBS do offer a number of
- advantages for 3D animation programs like Lightwave. Although, in the
- current state of LW, I do agree that adding them to Modeler would be
- pretty useless. Creating a NURBS program means doing a LOT of changes
- (basically, LW still does not really have no type of splines yet,
- since no objects can be built with them, only outlines -no rendering
- either).
- Anyway, when fully implemented (and, as far as I know, not Alias nor
- Softimage have actually Fully implemented nurbs), NURBS offer:
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- 1) Easier and complex modelling. Adding NURBS allows Trimming to also be
- added easily. This allows for creation of SEAMLESS character limbs,
- easily. Also, some VERY complex designs are easily simplified.
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- 2) Improved UV Mapping. User-controlled UV mapping, by setting weights
- on each point (so that so section stretches more than another).
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- 3) Improved Path Animation. Path Animation is improved by the same reason
- as above. Basically, you can control the length of each segment of a
- curve (thus, in a sense, having velocity and shape controls all into one).
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- Gonzalo Garramuno
- ggarramuno@sicoar1.sicoar.com
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
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