How to decease a nurbs curve's degree

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SunHongLei
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 09:09
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In opencascade, there is a function that increase a nurbs curve's degree like :
IncreaseDegree(Standard_Integer &degree), I want to know how decease a nurbs curve's degree in opencascade?

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Mauro Mariotti
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 15:19

Generally a NURBS curve degree cannot be decreased, it can be done only in an approximate way.

ShapeCustom::BSplineRestriction does it for curves (and surfaces) inside a shape.
Maybe you can create an edge and call it.
I don't know an equivalent algorithm for curves.

Regards.
Mauro

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SunHongLei
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 16:37

Thanks very much!