3.7.

12 Grid of equidistant points on a generic surface

Parametric Space can be imagined as a defornned Cartesian Grid which

perfectly fits an arbitrary freeform surface. The dimensions of the grid
are dependent on the initial domain as well as its subdivision. As a conse-
quence, edges do not have the same length unless the surface curvature
is equal to zero.

To generate a grid with equal-length edges, a grid of equidistant points

on a surface is required to be declared. The Russian mathematician
Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894) developed a method called the
Chebyshev-net to clothe curved surfaces by cutting and sewing flat
pieces of fabric. The method is published in the book On the cutting of
our clothes (1878).