conrad@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Conrad Huang%CGL) (02/19/86)
We are looking for an algorithm to divide a set of points into control points for bicubic patches. We'd like to use bicubic patches to approximate the minimal surface enclosing a set of intersecting spheres. We can generate the points on the sphere and make sure that they do not lie inside any other sphere, but we haven't found a way to divide the points into control points for patches. Has anyone seen this problem before or have any pointers as to how to proceed? As usual, thanks in advance, Conrad Huang conrad@ucsf-cgl.arpa