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Analyzing curve continuity

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Analyzing curve continuity

- [Instructor] Rhino for Mac includes tools for numerically measuring the continuity between curves. This is a vital technique for surface creation. What do we mean when we talk about continuity? Well, Rhino takes into account geometric continuity properties like position, tangency, curvature, radius, and radial acceleration when deciding how continuous one curve is versus another. We actually have specific measurements for continuity in Rhino and they're broken down into a numbering system. Position or G0 means that two curves simply share the same end point. Tangency or G1 means the curves not only share the same endpoint, they also go the same direction where they meet. Curvature continuity or G2 means the two curves share the same end point, go the same direction where they meet, and have the same radius at that point. G3 continuity satisfies all the requirements of G2 with the additional requirement that the…

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