Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison wrote: > > On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > >> I just found this reference on O'Reilly's Safari: My bad again! I thought this was a 2013 edition but what I was looking at was the date Safar added it. Still, it's good

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > I just found this reference on O'Reilly's Safari: > > An Introduction to NURBS > By: David F. Rogers > Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann > Pub. Date: July 21, 2000 That's as good a place to start as any. Just be aware that there's been more than a d

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Tom Browder wrote: ... > I just found this reference on O'Reilly's Safari: > > An Introduction to NURBS > By: David F. Rogers > Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann > Pub. Date: July 21, 2000 > Print ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-669-2 > Print ISBN-10: 1-55860-669-6 > Web ISBN-13: 9

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison wrote: > On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Tom Browder wrote: ... >> My question: is there ONE source (book or paper) that is recommended >> for a intro to NURBS as they are being used

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > My question: is there ONE source (book or paper) that is recommended > for a intro to NURBS as they are being used (or planned to be used) > for BRL-CAD (including boolean operations)? > >

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Bryan Bishop wrote: > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Tom Browder wrote: >> My question: is there ONE source (book or paper) that is recommended >> for a intro to NURBS as they are being used (or planned to be used) > > This is often cited as being instrumental

Re: [brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Bryan Bishop
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > My question: is there ONE source (book or paper) that is recommended > for a intro to NURBS as they are being used (or planned to be used) > for BRL-CAD (including boolean operations)? > This is often cited as being instrumental: http://libg

[brlcad-devel] References for NURBS

2013-07-16 Thread Tom Browder
Sean just listed a bunch of references for reading about various NURBS issues. My question: is there ONE source (book or paper) that is recommended for a intro to NURBS as they are being used (or planned to be used) for BRL-CAD (including boolean operations)? Best, -Tom