-- File: Geom_BoundedSurface.cdl -- Created: Wed Mar 10 09:26:16 1993 -- Author: Philippe DAUTRY -- -- Copyright: Matra Datavision 1993 deferred class BoundedSurface from Geom inherits Surface from Geom ---Purpose : The root class for bounded surfaces in 3D space. A -- bounded surface is defined by a rectangle in its 2D parametric space, i.e. -- - its u parameter, which ranges between two finite -- values u0 and u1, referred to as "First u -- parameter" and "Last u parameter" respectively, and -- - its v parameter, which ranges between two finite -- values v0 and v1, referred to as "First v -- parameter" and the "Last v parameter" respectively. -- The surface is limited by four curves which are the -- boundaries of the surface: -- - its u0 and u1 isoparametric curves in the u parametric direction, and -- - its v0 and v1 isoparametric curves in the v parametric direction. -- A bounded surface is finite. -- The common behavior of all bounded surfaces is -- described by the Geom_Surface class. -- The Geom package provides three concrete -- implementations of bounded surfaces: -- - Geom_BezierSurface, -- - Geom_BSplineSurface, and -- - Geom_RectangularTrimmedSurface. -- The first two of these implement well known -- mathematical definitions of complex surfaces, the third -- trims a surface using four isoparametric curves, i.e. it -- limits the variation of its parameters to a rectangle in -- 2D parametric space. is end;