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User's guide for Wilson-Fowler spline software: SPLPKG, WFCMPR, WFAPPX - CADCAM-010

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5990540· OSTI ID:5990540

The Wilson-Fowler spline is widely used in computer aided manufacturing, but is not available in all commercial CAD/CAM systems. These three programs provide a capability for generating, comparing, and approximating Wilson-Fowler splines. SPLPKG generates a spline passing through given nodes, and computes a piecewise linear approximation to the spline. WFCMPR computes the difference between two splines with common nodes. WFAPPX computes the difference between a spline and a piecewise linear curve. The programs are in Fortran 77 and are machine independent.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5990540
Report Number(s):
SAND-84-1161; ON: DE85006856
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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