pub struct QuadraticBezier3<T> {
    pub start: Vec3<T>,
    pub ctrl: Vec3<T>,
    pub end: Vec3<T>,
}
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A 3D Bézier curve with one control point.

3x3 and 4x4 matrices can be multiplied by a Bézier curve to transform all of its points.

Also note that quadratic Bézier curves are quite bad at approximating circles. See the relevant section of “A Primer on Bézier Curves” for an explanation.

Fields

start: Vec3<T>

Starting point of the curve.

ctrl: Vec3<T>

Control point of the curve.

end: Vec3<T>

End point of the curve.

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Evaluates the position of the point lying on the curve at interpolation factor t.

This is one of the most important Bézier curve operations, because, in one way or another, it is used to render a curve to the screen. The common use case is to successively evaluate a curve at a set of values that range from 0 to 1, to approximate the curve as an array of line segments which are then rendered.

Evaluates the derivative tangent at interpolation factor t, which happens to give a non-normalized tangent vector.

See also normalized_tangent().

Returns the constant matrix M such that, given T = [1, t*t, t*t*t] and P the vector of control points, dot(T * M, P) evalutes the Bezier curve at ‘t’.

This function name is arguably dubious.

Splits this quadratic Bézier curve into two curves, at interpolation factor t.

Elevates this curve into a cubic Bézier curve.

Gets this curve reversed, i.e swaps start with end.

Reverses this curve, i.e swaps start with end.

Converts this curve into a Vec3 of points.

Converts this curve into a tuple of points.

Converts this curve into an array of points.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives an inflection point along the X axis, if any.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which X coordinate is the minimum.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which X coordinate is the maximum.

Returns the evaluation factors that give the points on the curve which X coordinates are the respective minimum and maximum.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives an inflection point along the Y axis, if any.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which Y coordinate is the minimum.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which Y coordinate is the maximum.

Returns the evaluation factors that give the points on the curve which Y coordinates are the respective minimum and maximum.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives an inflection point along the Z axis, if any.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which Z coordinate is the minimum.

Returns the evaluation factor that gives the point on the curve which Z coordinate is the maximum.

Returns the evaluation factors that give the points on the curve which Z coordinates are the respective minimum and maximum.

Evaluates the normalized tangent at interpolation factor t.

Approximates the curve’s length by subdividing it into step_count+1 segments.

Gets the Axis-Aligned Bounding Rectangle for this curve.

On 3D curves, this discards the z values.

Returns this curve, flipping the x coordinate of each of its points.

Returns this curve, flipping the y coordinate of each of its points.

Flips the x coordinate of all points of this curve.

Flips the y coordinate of all points of this curve.

Searches for the point lying on this curve that is closest to p.

steps is the number of points to sample in the curve for the “broad phase” that takes place before the binary search.

epsilon denotes the desired precision for the result. The higher it is, the sooner the algorithm will finish, but the result would be less satisfactory.

Panics

Panics if epsilon is less than or equal to T::epsilon().
epsilon must be positive and not approximately equal to zero.

Searches for the point lying on this curve that is closest to p.

For an example usage, see the source code of binary_search_point_by_steps().

coarse is an iterator over pairs of (interpolation_value, point) that are assumed to, together, represent a discretization of the curve.
This parameter is used for a “broad phase” - the point yielded by coarse that is closest to p is the starting point for the binary search.
coarse may very well yield a single pair; Also, it was designed so that, if you already have the values handy, there is no need to recompute them.
This function doesn’t panic if coarse yields no element, but then it would be very unlikely for the result to be satisfactory.

half_interval is the starting value for the half of the binary search interval.

epsilon denotes the desired precision for the result. The higher it is, the sooner the algorithm will finish, but the result would be less satisfactory.

Panics

Panics if epsilon is less than or equal to T::epsilon().
epsilon must be positive and not approximately equal to zero.

Gets the Axis-Aligned Bounding Box for this curve.

Returns this curve, flipping the y coordinate of each of its points.

Flips the x coordinate of all points of this curve.

Converts this 3D curve to a 2D one, dropping the z elements.

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