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Spline

Spline[{pt₁, pt₂, ...}, type]
is a two-dimensional graphics primitive which represents a spline of type type through (or controlled by) points pt₁, pt₂, ....

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To use Spline, you first need to load the Splines Package using Needs["Splines`"].

Possible settings for type are:

	Cubic	Cubic spline
	Bezier	Bezier spline
	CompositeBezier	Composite Bezier spline

Spline may be used along with other graphics primitives in a Graphics expression.

Spline[{pt₁, pt₂, ...}, type] produces a spline expression of the form Spline[{pt₁, pt₂, ...}, type, control] where control is information which describes the spline completely.

The information in control depends on the kind of spline used.

The following options can be given:

SplinePoints	25	initial number of points sampled in default rendering of spline
SplineDots	None	style to render interpolation or control points of curve
MaxBend	10.	maximum angle between successive segments when using adaptive rendering
SplineDivision	20.	maximum amount of subdivision to be used in attempting to generate a smooth curve

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