“T-Splines are the next thing… They have opened up possibilities to work with surfaces that were simply impossible before.” — Eric Allen, Production Manager, DAZ

Key benefits

Easily create and modify freeform and organic designs

• Model shapes of any complexity as a single smooth, fluid water-tight surface.
• Work with polygonal modeling, box modeling and direct surface editing and definition tools interchangeably.
• Complete design freedom to create shapes meeting aesthetic and manufacturing requirements.
• Create more design variations in less time.
• Create non-rectangular surfaces and break free from the limitations of traditional NURBS surface modeling

Add control only where you need it

• A patented surface modeling technology allows designers for the first time to add local detail and control only where needed in a single surface.
• T-Splines surfaces typically have 50-70% less control points than the equivalent NURBS surface, allowing for faster and more controlled direct editing and shape optimization.

Create production quality manufacturable surfaces

• T-Splines surfaces are watertight and very easy to smooth, making them ideal for analysis and manufacturing.
• Model a complete shape as a single fluid and continuous surface, eliminating the need to match continuity across patch boundaries.

Fully compatible with your design workflows and industry standards.

• 100% NURBS compatible to create gap-free continuous manufacturable surface models
• Easy integration into existing design processes and workflows, with seamless transfer of designs to engineering and manufacturing.
• Far more efficient conversion of designs to NURBS than from sub-division or polygonal modelers, resulting on average in 60-70% less NURBS patches for the same surface.
• T-Splines bridges gaps between popular polygonal modeling capabilities and traditional NURBS modeling.

Breakthrough patented technology

• The first true alternative to NURBs based modeling, invented by computer graphics industry pioneers.
• A new generation of 3D surface modeling capabilities allow you to break free from long standing limitations of NURBS such as:
  • Rectangular surface patches, forcing users to break models into many individual patches.
  • Uniform grid of UV curves, forcing a uniform level of detail across the entire surface patch.
  • Characteristic and unavoidable small gaps between patches in trimmed NURBS surfaces, forcing time consuming and expensive surface repair in transitioning designs to analysis and manufacturing.
• Revolutionary and Evolutionary – A revolution in design capabilities, yet fully compatible with industry standard modeling formats.

High value to the customer at affordable prices

• Includes capabilities typically found in tools 10 times as expensive.
• Embedded translation tools for push-button translation between polygonal models, T-Splines surfaces and NURBS surfaces.

*ref : www.tsplines.com