Why are those surfaces different?
cpts = Table[{x, y, RandomReal[{0, 2}]}, {x, 0, 7}, {y, 0, 5}];
surf = BSplineSurface[cpts];
surfFn = BSplineFunction[cpts];
Show[
Plot3D[surfFn[x/7, y/5][[3]], {x, 0, 7}, {y, 0, 5}, Mesh -> None, PlotStyle -> Red,
BoundaryStyle -> Red, BaseStyle -> Thick],
Graphics3D[{EdgeForm[{Blue, Thick}], surf}],
Background -> [email protected]]
BSplineFunction[{{0., 1.}, {0., 1.}}, "<>"] is a map from parametric space to "plotting" space, i.e. $\mathrm{BSplineFunction}:(u,v)\mapsto (x,y,z)$, so instead of Plot3D[surfFn[x/7, y/5][[3]], {x, 0, 7}, {y, 0, 5}], it should be written as ParametricPlot3D[surfFn[u, v], {u, 0, 1}, {v, 0, 1}].
cpts = Table[{x, y, RandomReal[{0, 2}]}, {x, 0, 7}, {y, 0, 5}];
surf = BSplineSurface[cpts];
surfFn = BSplineFunction[cpts];
Show[
ParametricPlot3D[surfFn[u, v], {u, 0, 1}, {v, 0, 1},
Mesh -> None, PlotStyle -> Red, BoundaryStyle -> Red,
BaseStyle -> Thick],
Graphics3D[{EdgeForm[{Blue, Thick}], surf}],
Background -> [email protected]]
