Non-uniform rational B-spline

So it's essentially a program to make that, um, which- Can, um, it, it does have some tools that make the process easier.

So plasti- plasticity essentially brought CAT into the reach of, you know, artists by making NURBS modeling approachable.

So you, you mentioned it can be a, you know, a crutch for new artists, that, that people should learn poly modeling and subdivision first.

Can you, can you tell us why? And what goes wrong when someone jumps straight into plasticity without, without that foundation?

Mm-hmm.

All right.

So let's talk about the NURBS to polygons conversion specifically, you know, because you flagged that as a, as a pain point.

When you export from plasticity, uh, what does match-- mesh actually look like? And how much cleanup you doing before it's usable, you know, as a game-ready high poly?

That would be really cool.

Yeah, because Frank has done some really good work with Flutter and integrating that with NURBS.

And it would be really cool to build my own digital dash where you can have RPMs and speedometer and time series of oil tank.

Just one

And game developers also need smooth curves for organic shapes like a character's face, which are really hard to make with just flat triangles.

So they use mathematical curves, specifically Bezier curves and NURBS.

Break down NURBS for us, because that just sounds like a made-up sci-fi word.

It does, but it stands for non-uniform rational B-splines.

Still sounds like sci-fi.

But think of it this way.

A Bézier curve has a start point, an end point, and these invisible control points floating in space that act like magnets, pulling the line toward them to bend it.

NURBS curves take that further.