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NURBS
Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 

Short for Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline, a mathematical representation of a 3-dimensional object. Most CAD/CAM applications support NURBS, which can be used to represent analytic shapes, such as cones, as well as free-form shapes, such as car bodies.

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Dynamic NURBS
Describes dynamic NURBS (D-NURBS), which enable you to interactively "sculpt" curves and surfaces. Using D-NURBS, you can adjust the curves and surfaces not only by manually adjusting control points and their associated weights (as in traditional NURBS), but can simulate forces and shape constraints.

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