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GlBezierCurve.h
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19 
20 
21 #ifndef GLBEZIERCURVE_H_
22 #define GLBEZIERCURVE_H_
23 
24 #include <tulip/AbstractGlCurve.h>
25 
26 namespace tlp {
27 
28 /**
29  * @ingroup OpenGL
30  * @brief A class to draw Bezier curves
31  *
32  * This class allows to draw Bezier curves defined by an arbitrary number of control points.
33  * Bezier curves are named after their inventor, Dr. Pierre Bezier. He was an engineer with the
34  * Renault car company and set out in the early 1960's to develop a curve formulation which would
35  * lend itself to shape design.
36  * Bezier curves are widely used in computer graphics to model smooth curves. A Bezier curve is
37  * completely contained in the convex hull of its control points and passes through its first and
38  * last control points. The curve is also always tangent to the first and last convex hull polygon segments.
39  * In addition, the curve shape tends to follow the polygon shape.
40  *
41  */
42 class TLP_GL_SCOPE GlBezierCurve : public AbstractGlCurve {
43 
44 public:
45 
46  GlBezierCurve();
47 
48  /**
49  * @brief GlBezierCurve constructor
50  *
51  * @param controlPoints a vector of control points (size must be greater or equal to 2)
52  * @param startColor the color at the start of the curve
53  * @param endColor the color at the end of the curve
54  * @param startSize the width at the start of the curve
55  * @param endSize the width at the end of the curve
56  * @param nbCurvePoints the number of curve points to generate
57  */
58  GlBezierCurve(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, const Color &startColor, const Color &endColor,
59  const float &startSize, const float &endSize, const unsigned int nbCurvePoints = 200);
60 
61  ~GlBezierCurve();
62 
63  void drawCurve(std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, const Color &startColor, const Color &endColor, const float startSize, const float endSize, const unsigned int nbCurvePoints=200);
64 
65 protected :
66 
67  Coord computeCurvePointOnCPU(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, float t);
68 
69  void computeCurvePointsOnCPU(const std::vector<Coord> &controlPoints, std::vector<Coord> &curvePoints, unsigned int nbCurvePoints);
70 
71  std::string genCurveVertexShaderSpecificCode();
72 
73 };
74 
75 }
76 #endif /* GLBEZIERCURVE_H_ */
A class to draw Bezier curves.
Definition: GlBezierCurve.h:42