Hybrid curve fitting (Q884733)

Fitting parameterized curves to a given set of unorganized points -- a point cloud -- belongs to the challenging problems in the present computer aided geometric modelling area. The authors introduce an abstract framework for fitting a member of a given family of planar curves to a given point cloud which obtains unorganized point data. The presented curve fitting is realized by a true evolution process which generalizes the technique of normal or tangent distance minimization. The suggested procedure of curve fitting can be used to implicitly defined curves, parametric curves and hybrid objects. Hybrid objects are combinations of simple shapes (such as circular arcs) and free-form curves (such as B-spline curves).