B-spline interpolation with Python

Question

I am trying to reproduce a Mathematica example for a B-spline with Python.

The code of the mathematica example reads

pts = {{0, 0}, {0, 2}, {2, 3}, {4, 0         


        

Answer 1

Use this function i wrote for another question i asked here.

In my question i was looking for ways to calculate bsplines with scipy (this is how i actually stumbled upon your question).

After much obsession, i came up with the function below. It'll evaluate any curve up to the 20th degree (way more than we need). And speed wise i tested it for 100,000 samples and it took 0.017s

import numpy as np
import scipy.interpolate as si


def bspline(cv, n=100, degree=3, periodic=False):
    """ Calculate n samples on a bspline

        cv :      Array ov control vertices
        n  :      Number of samples to return
        degree:   Curve degree
        periodic: True - Curve is closed
                  False - Curve is open
    """

    # If periodic, extend the point array by count+degree+1
    cv = np.asarray(cv)
    count = len(cv)

    if periodic:
        factor, fraction = divmod(count+degree+1, count)
        cv = np.concatenate((cv,) * factor + (cv[:fraction],))
        count = len(cv)
        degree = np.clip(degree,1,degree)

    # If opened, prevent degree from exceeding count-1
    else:
        degree = np.clip(degree,1,count-1)


    # Calculate knot vector
    kv = None
    if periodic:
        kv = np.arange(0-degree,count+degree+degree-1,dtype='int')
    else:
        kv = np.concatenate(([0]*degree, np.arange(count-degree+1), [count-degree]*degree))


    # Calculate query range
    u = np.linspace(periodic,(count-degree),n)


    # Calculate result
    return np.array(si.splev(u, (kv,cv.T,degree))).T

Results for both open and periodic curves:

cv = np.array([[ 50.,  25.],
   [ 59.,  12.],
   [ 50.,  10.],
   [ 57.,   2.],
   [ 40.,   4.],
   [ 40.,   14.]])