Abstract
Presented in this paper is an error-bounded method for approximating a planar parametric curve with a G 1 arc spline made of biarcs. The approximated curve is not restricted in specially bounded shapes of confined degrees, and it does not have to be compatible with non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS). The main idea of the method is to divide the curve of interest into smaller segments so that each segment can be approximated with a biarc within a specified tolerance. The biarc is obtained by polygonal approximation to the curve segment and single biarc fitting to the polygon. In this process, the Hausdorff distance is used as a criterion for approximation quality. An iterative approach is proposed for fitting an optimized biarc to a given polygon and its two end tangents. The approach is robust and acceptable in computation since the Hausdorff distance between a polygon and its fitted biarc can be computed directly and precisely. The method is simple in concept, provides reasonable accuracy control, and produces the smaller number of biarcs in the resulting arc spline. Some experimental results demonstrate its usefulness and quality.
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