Mathematical Curve Functions?

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I just started using curve objects for the first time yesterday, and i wondered if there was any way to shape a curve using a function to define its shape and then constrain its bounds to specific values. E.G like say i wanted the 2D curve that has the shape of the equation y=x^2 from x=0 to x=4

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I don’t believe there is a way to do that for curves, but you can do it for meshes!

under the ‘extra objects’ addon, I’m pretty sure there is a math function for generating a surface from a function

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thanks for the tip, i will check it out

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if you want curves you can try Inkscape,it has a “Function plotter” and import curve to blender

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/12/21/function-plots-inkscape/

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Remade, thanks for the link, I’ve heard of .svg files before and now i know what they are