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+
+lc = 1;
+
+Point(1) = {0,0,0,lc};
+Point(2) = {1,0,0,lc};
+Point(3) = {1,1,0,lc};
+Point(4) = {0,1,0,lc};
+
+// A knot represents a parameter interval (and can be 0).
+// There are (N + D + 1) knots
+// A point with a knot multiplicity of (D+1) belongs to the nurbs
+
+Nurbs(1) = {1,2,3,4} Knots {0,0,0,0, 1, 1,1,1} Order 3;
+
+
+//Nurbs(1) = {1,2,3,4} Knots {0,0,0,0, 1,1,1,1} Order 3;
+//Nurbs(2) = {1,2,3,4} Knots {0,0,1, 1 } Order 3;
+