The control polygon of a rational Bézier curve is well-defined and has geometric significance; there is a sequence of weights under which the limiting position of the curve is the control polygon. For a rational Bézier surface patch, there are many possible polyhedral control structures, and none is canonical. We propose a not necessarily polyhedral control structure for rational surface patches, regular control surfaces, which are certain
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spline surfaces. While not unique, regular control surfaces are exactly the possible limiting positions of a rational Bézier patch when the weights vary.
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