Finding Tangents to a Curve

 From:  Michael Gibson
11632.38 In reply to 11632.37 
Hi Brian,

re:
> I need to learn about how this curve parameter thing works...Are there any recommended (NURBS?) references
> or forum information??

NURBS references:
https://preserve.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_25/schneider.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-uniform_rational_B-spline
https://www.rhino3d.com/features/nurbs/

A curve parameter is a numeric value that defines a location along the curve, ranging from the start of the curve being crv.domainMin to the end of the curve being crv.domainMax.

You can generate a cartesian x,y,z point value at a curve parameter by using crv.evaluatePoint( t ), or other information at that position with crv.evaluateTangent( t ), crv.evaluateCurvature( t ) or crv.evaluateDerivatives( t ).

- Michael