SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) has acquired certain technology-related assets from T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company, based in Utah.

Around a year ago Paul van Dinther shared a cubic spline curve that identified a path through the Grand Canyon. The model moves in turn to each set of coordinates (longitude, latitude, and altitude) ...

We can see the difference between SVI and spline more clearly here. As expected, SVI curves show nice “smiles.” On the other hand, the spline follows the datapoints more closely but can go only as far ...