Text Along a Spline IV

In many practical circumstances, the amount of text to be distributed along a curved path exceeds the length of the path. It is possible to extrapolate parametric curves beyond the normal [0,1] domain, however, arc-length parameterization applies only to the restricted domain. Arc-length parameterization is necessary to uniformly distribute text along the curve.
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Prince OV-I

OK, I’m going to get all my product reviews out of the way this week. I had been wearing the Prince T-20, which was a pretty decent shoe. I was impressed with the stock insole, so as the T-20 began wearing in the heel, I went to a store and tried on the T-22. Not [...]

Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour 17 Review

I’ve been playing with my new SpeedPort Black Team racquets for a few weeks now, still enjoying the light, maneuverable frame. Still deciding on the strings. My ‘base’ racquet is strung with NXT Tour 17 @54lb. which has a nice, soft feel. I decided a couple weeks ago to experiment with the Babolat Pro Hurricane [...]

Building Workable 3D Sites

Felix Turner has an interersting article on building 3D sites that work, mostly from the standpoint of technical constraints. There are some good examples of well-built 3D sites, some of which use custom engines and others that use PV3D. It’s a good read and a good starting point for discussion on the topic.
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3D Product Viewer in Flex and PV3D

I’m constantly asked about ‘getting started’ tutorials in Flex and PV3D. Don’t have time to write any, so I try to point out good sources when they become available. This article on Creating a 3D Product Viewer in Flex 3 covers everything from installing PV3D to model creation to setting up a project [...]

Going Underground

I’ve started a very large project that will keep me occupied 7 days as week for quite some time. Just a quick note to inform everyone that blog posts will be very sparse for quite a while. Thanks.