EXERCISES to EXPLORE with this APPLET
In this applet, a circle is created in the center of the Applet
Window. Your goal is to recreate the circle as best you can using
Bezier curves.
- Choose n+1 points pi on the circle as control
points with p0=pn. How good of an approximation is this to a
circle? Does the approximation get better using more and more
points?
- Can you get a better approximation using a regular n-gon (all sides with equal length)
for the control polyline. You need n+1 control points with
p0 = pn.
- Create the best approximation to the circle using n+1
points with p0=pn.
- How many points maximally should be on the circle?
- Is there any guidelines for placing the points that you
used.
- Using Multiple Curves,
- First approximate a quarter circle with a cubic Bezier
curve.
- Then repeat this process for the other three quarters
with cubic Bezier curves.
- Does this give a reasonable approximation to a circle?
What is better about this approximation than the other approximation
methods?
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