A faint freehand curve is first drawn through the known points; the longest possible curve that coincides exactly with the freehand curve is then found out from the French curves.
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During this time, the increasingly deep relief of Stella s paintings gave way to full three-dimensionality, with sculptural forms derived from cones, pillars, French curves, waves, and decorative architectural elements.
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The design is Norman, with a non-Norman breakfront style ( the middle sticks out in front of the ends ), large, solid, and masculine, but with feminine touches in French curves at the ends.
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Why are the French Curves used in the Engineering Drawing called so, ie . why French why not English curve, etc . ? Preceding talk ) 11 : 19, 29 October 2008 ( UTC)
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During your engineering studies at the University of Florida, I can recall watching you use a French curve to draw a big swoopy design that looked something like crescent moon with a medallion at the point.
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A French curve is a drawing aid with many different smoothly-varying radiused curves on it; the manual drafter can fit the French curve to some known reference points and draw a smooth curved line between them.
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A French curve is a drawing aid with many different smoothly-varying radiused curves on it; the manual drafter can fit the French curve to some known reference points and draw a smooth curved line between them.
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Home Furniture is very much within the look and feel of Fine Woodworking; the question-and-answer columns in the front, however, are devoted only to design ( What is a French curve and how do I use it ? ) and finishing.
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Analysis of his work refers to non-rectangular canvases as imperfect paintings and are described as being characteristic of Frank Stella . " Mural with Blue Brushstroke " is regarded as Lichtenstein's first'imperfect'painting due to the depiction of a carpenter's triangle and French curve.
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When the swoopy C70 came out last year, you might have imagined the designers shouting " Eureka ! " and running, like Archimedes, through Volvo's hometown of Goteborg, their French curves held aloft . But the S80 proves that they have not forgotten how to draw a straight line.
