Objet : Re: [Virtools] 3D Technology Comparison Chart
Hi frede
Non uniform rational Bi splines(NURBS) is a
surface created only of splines, but they are, like patches, with point
curves(cv),it is the alternative to meshes. modeling is done by curves and their
copies or instances....(in max u can also have this feature for mesh surfaces,
when copies a shape(attached) and combine them with the crossection modifier +
surface mod( then choose edit mesh, patch or even collapse to nurbs surface(for
nurbs u dont need to use crossection+surface, u can collapse the shape to a
nurbs curve))). some vrml97 viewers can render nurbs surfaces... check the
list
http://cg.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ki/engines.html
for vrml97 browser plugins with nurbs support