Bézier Geometry

Create a Bézier curve from a set of control points.

Usage

bezier(x, y = NULL, nPoints = 100)

Arguments

x, y

numeric vectors of control points. Alternatively, x may be a list with components x and y.

nPoints

number of points used to approximate the curve.

Value

An object inheriting from class "bezierGeometry".

References

Farin, G. (1993). Curves and Surfaces for Computer Aided Geometric Design. Academic Press.

See also

graphics::lines

Other geometry.structures: arc(), band(), circle(), ellipse(), polygonX(), regPolygon(), ring()

Examples

canvas(xlim = c(0, 1))

lines(
  bezier(
    x = c(0, 0.5, 1),
    y = c(0, 1, 0)
  ),
  col = "red",
  lwd = 2
)