# 8.9.3.6 IfcBSplineCurveWithKnots

## 8.9.3.6.1 Semantic definition

The IfcBSplineCurveWithKnots is a spline curve parameterized by spline functions for which the knot values are explicitly given.

All knot multiplicities except the first and the last shall be in the range 1,...,d; the first and last may have a maximum value of d + 1. In evaluating the basis functions, a knot u of, e.g., multiplicity 3 is interpreted as a sequence u, u, u,; in the knot array.

## 8.9.3.6.5 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcBSplineCurveWithKnots
SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcRationalBSplineCurveWithKnots))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcBSplineCurve);
KnotMultiplicities : LIST [2:?] OF IfcInteger;
Knots : LIST [2:?] OF IfcParameterValue;
KnotSpec : IfcKnotType;
DERIVE
UpperIndexOnKnots : IfcInteger := SIZEOF(Knots);
WHERE
ConsistentBSpline : IfcConstraintsParamBSpline(Degree, UpperIndexOnKnots,
UpperIndexOnControlPoints, KnotMultiplicities, Knots);
CorrespondingKnotLists : SIZEOF(KnotMultiplicities) = UpperIndexOnKnots;
END_ENTITY;

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