航空学报 > 1982, Vol. 3 Issue (3): 97-104

Bézier作图定理与三次Bézier曲线的几何特征

施法中, 吴骏恒   

  1. 北京航空学院
  • 收稿日期:1981-10-01 修回日期:1900-01-01 出版日期:1982-09-25 发布日期:1982-09-25

BEZIER'S PLOTTING THEOREM AND GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CUBIC BEZIER CURVES

Shi Fazhong, Wu Junheng   

  1. Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Received:1981-10-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:1982-09-25 Published:1982-09-25

摘要: P.E.Bézier利用速端曲线,苏步青和刘鼎元运用仿射变换,都对Bézier曲线的几何特征作了深入研究。Bézier在文献[1]中提出用几何作图求Bézier曲线上的点及其切线的方法即Bézier作图定理。本文从作图定理入手详细地分析了平面三次Bézier曲线的几何特征,指出图2所示的λ、μ(或)是决定几何特征的一对不变量,给出了λ、μ(或)全平面图(见图3),进而讨论了空间三次Bézier曲线的某些几何特征。

Abstract: In this paper, taking the plotting theorem as the point of departure, we analyze in detail the geometrical characteristics of plane cubic Bezier curves, including whether a cusp ( a cusp of class one) or one inflexion point or two inflexion points exist on the ( 0, 1 ); whether double point occurs on [0, 1 ) or ( 0 , 1 ] and whether the curve is convex or not.The geometrical characteristics of plane cubic Bezier curve can be determined uniquely by two parameters λ , μ or λ,μ(see Fig. 2)on the diagram(fig. 3). The single inflexion curve in Fig. 3 represents the cases when the curve can be transformed into general cubic polynomial. The single inflexion region indicates the cases when the curve has only one inflexion point on ( 0, 1 )and another is not on ( 0, 1 ).We may obtain the parameter uc of cusp, uI of inflexion point and u1, u2 of double point.By using plotting theorem we can also make the conclusion that a space cubic Bezier curve has not cusp, double point and its spiral direction doesn't change.