free form surface
List of: Glossary Items
Subjects: Construction Geometry
Contents: Glossary

A free form surface cannot be defined by a simple formula. The human body, for example, is a free-form surface. Cylinders, cones, and cubes can be described by simple formulae and are not free-form surfaces.
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