Subdivide Curve by Chord Length

Hi,

Can the developers introduce a function to subdivide a curve by chord length?

I want to divide a curve such that when i join the points by straight line segments, I get equal length straight line segments.

Thanks.

Tags: Chord, Length, Subdivide

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on September 28, 2009 at 11:05am

Divide Distance?

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David Rutten
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Permalink Reply by kermin chok on October 15, 2009 at 5:04pm

David,
When we use this component, how do we know what distance to enter? What we actually want is to place N points on the curve such that the straight line distance between them are equal.

If we use the arc length of the curve, we can get an approximate distance to subdivide the curve by (if we wish to use the divide distance function) but it's not going to work if the curve changes slope.

So it seems like there needs to be a dedicated component which places points on a curve that makes the str line dist between points equal.

Thanks.