Function GetControlPoints( _
   ByRef ControlPoints As System.Object _
) As System.Boolean

Dim instance As ISplineParamData
Dim ControlPoints As System.Object
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
value = instance.GetControlPoints(ControlPoints)

System.bool GetControlPoints( 
   out System.object ControlPoints
)

System.bool GetControlPoints( 
&   [Out] System.Object^ ControlPoints
) 

Parameters

ControlPoints

One-dimensional array of doubles (see Remarks)

Return Value

Control points determine the shape of a spline or curve. Starting with a set of control points, all other points of a spline can be calculated. A given point on the spline is calculated using the polynomial basis functions of its nearest control points. The knot vector determines which control point basis functions are in force for calculating each point along a curve.

The size of the ControlPoints array is based on the curve dimension:

• if dimension = 2, then each control point has 2 doubles ( x, y )

• if dimension = 3, then each control point has 3 doubles ( x, y, z )

• if dimension = 4, and the curve is closed or periodic, then each control point has 4 doubles ( x, y, z, w ), where w = weight

• if dimension = 4, and the curve is open or non-periodic, then each control point has 4 doubles ( w*x, w*y, w*z, w ), where w = weight

Size of ControlPoints array = control points count * dimension