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A computer-implemented method of optimizing an automatically meshable shape is provided. The method includes the steps of: providing a continuous boundary of the automatically meshable shape, the continuous boundary being defined by a spline formed by two or more spline segments, wherein each segment has a terminal point at each end of the segment; parameterizing shape properties of the segments such that selected ones of the shape properties can be varied under operation of an optimization algorithm; linking each segment to its immediately adjacent segments such that the terminal points of the segment remain coincident with the terminal points of its immediately adjacent segments under operation of the optimization algorithm; and using the optimization algorithm to vary selected ones of the shape properties of the segments, whereby the spline defines an adjusted boundary that remains continuous so that the shape remains automatically meshable.
