Bezier Curves

As part of my university course, I had to construct a program using the C or C++ programming languages and the OpenGL API, that would demonstrate the use of 3D Bezier curves (shown in the picture above).

This project was implemented and completed within one half of my 4th year at university. The wonder of these curves is that they are defined by four points in space, and the whole curve is estimated from there. As you will be able to see in the playable application, there are a number of controls that do different things. One of these extra features is a model that moves around the curve, can be oriented to follow the curve at a key press. Another feature is "edit mode", which is also activated at a key press, and only works when the control points are visible. By clicking and dragging a control point, you can change the shape of the curve in real-time!

There is also a report, completed as part of the end of term assessment, which runs over the theory and the project in detail.

These files can be downloaded for your perusal here:

Bezier Curve playable application (139 KB)

>> Bezier application university report. (148 KB)

If you encounter any problems, please don't just give up, e-mail me and it will allow me to fix the problems for later users. Thanks!

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