Created by: portnov
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Blend Curve -
Fillet Curve -
Blend Surface
Blend Curve node
C1 - Tangency mode. The curve itself is smooth, but the normal changes direction radically at the point of curve touching. This is because the curve changes the direction where it turns to, at these points.
C1 - BiArc mode. Blending curve is made of two circular arcs, and the curvature comb clearly shows us where these two arcs begin and end - there are two segments of constant curvature. At touching points curve's curvature changes suddenly.
C2 - Smooth Normals mode. C2 means continuous second derivative. Now normal does not change it's direction so suddenly as in "C1 - Tangency" mode. Nor does curvature value change suddenly. The curvature comb rim line is continuous. But you may notice that at touching points the rim line is not smooth, albeit continuous. Also, you can notice that C2 mode creates more "curvy" blending line, which goes farther from touching points, comparing to C1 modes. Informally speaking, C2 mode makes blending line preserve more inertia from the curves being blended.
C3 - Smooth Curvature mode. C3 means continuous third derivative. Now not only curvature comb rim line is continuous, it is smooth. But now blending curve goes even farther from touching points compared to C1 and C2 modes, as it preserves even more inertia.
G2 - Curvature mode. This means continuous curvature. Curvature comb rim line is continuous, but not smooth. In this sense, this mode is similar to "C2 - Smooth Normals" mode. But with G2 mode, the blending curve does not go so far from touching points as in C2 or C3 mode.
Blend Surfaces node
G1 - Tangency mode (this is the mode which is currently used):
G2 -Curvature mode:
Comparison of G1 and G2 modes (this is the same shape which is used on pictures above, just with dotted matcap):
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