constructor( path = new QuadraticBezierCurve3( new Vector3( -1, -1, 0 ), new Vector3( -1, 1, 0 ), new Vector3( 1, 1, 0 ) ), tubularSegments = 64, radius = 1, radialSegments = 8, closed = false ) {

		super();

		this.type = 'TubeGeometry';

		/**
		 * Holds the constructor parameters that have been
		 * used to generate the geometry. Any modification
		 * after instantiation does not change the geometry.
		 *
		 * @type {Object}
		 */
		this.parameters = {
			path: path,
			tubularSegments: tubularSegments,
			radius: radius,
			radialSegments: radialSegments,
			closed: closed
		};

		const frames = path.computeFrenetFrames( tubularSegments, closed );

		// expose internals

		this.tangents = frames.tangents;
		this.normals = frames.normals;
		this.binormals = frames.binormals;

		// helper variables

		const vertex = new Vector3();
		const normal = new Vector3();
		const uv = new Vector2();
		let P = new Vector3();

		// buffer

		const vertices = [];
		const normals = [];
		const uvs = [];
		const indices = [];

		// create buffer data

		generateBufferData();

		// build geometry

		this.setIndex( indices );
		this.setAttribute( 'position', new Float32BufferAttribute( vertices, 3 ) );
		this.setAttribute( 'normal', new Float32BufferAttribute( normals, 3 ) );
		this.setAttribute( 'uv', new Float32BufferAttribute( uvs, 2 ) );

		// functions

		function generateBufferData() {

			for ( let i = 0; i < tubularSegments; i ++ ) {

				generateSegment( i );

			}

			// if the geometry is not closed, generate the last row of vertices and normals
			// at the regular position on the given path
			//
			// if the geometry is closed, duplicate the first row of vertices and normals (uvs will differ)

			generateSegment( ( closed === false ) ? tubularSegments : 0 );

			// uvs are generated in a separate function.
			// this makes it easy compute correct values for closed geometries

			generateUVs();

			// finally create faces

			generateIndices();

		}

		function generateSegment( i ) {

			// we use getPointAt to sample evenly distributed points from the given path

			P = path.getPointAt( i / tubularSegments, P );

			// retrieve corresponding normal and binormal

			const N = frames.normals[ i ];
			const B = frames.binormals[ i ];

			// generate normals and vertices for the current segment

			for ( let j = 0; j <= radialSegments; j ++ ) {

				const v = j / radialSegments * Math.PI * 2;

				const sin = Math.sin( v );
				const cos = - Math.cos( v );

				// normal

				normal.x = ( cos * N.x + sin * B.x );
				normal.y = ( cos * N.y + sin * B.y );
				normal.z = ( cos * N.z + sin * B.z );
				normal.normalize();

				normals.push( normal.x, normal.y, normal.z );

				// vertex

				vertex.x = P.x + radius * normal.x;
				vertex.y = P.y + radius * normal.y;
				vertex.z = P.z + radius * normal.z;

				vertices.push( vertex.x, vertex.y, vertex.z );

			}

		}

		function generateIndices() {

			for ( let j = 1; j <= tubularSegments; j ++ ) {

				for ( let i = 1; i <= radialSegments; i ++ ) {

					const a = ( radialSegments + 1 ) * ( j - 1 ) + ( i - 1 );
					const b = ( radialSegments + 1 ) * j + ( i - 1 );
					const c = ( radialSegments + 1 ) * j + i;
					const d = ( radialSegments + 1 ) * ( j - 1 ) + i;

					// faces

					indices.push( a, b, d );
					indices.push( b, c, d );

				}

			}

		}

		function generateUVs() {

			for ( let i = 0; i <= tubularSegments; i ++ ) {

				for ( let j = 0; j <= radialSegments; j ++ ) {

					uv.x = i / tubularSegments;
					uv.y = j / radialSegments;

					uvs.push( uv.x, uv.y );

				}

			}

		}

	}
Constructs a new tube geometry.

@param {Curve} [path=QuadraticBezierCurve3] - A 3D curve defining the path of the tube.
@param {number} [tubularSegments=64] - The number of segments that make up the tube.
@param {number} [radius=1] -The radius of the tube.
@param {number} [radialSegments=8] - The number of segments that make up the cross-section.
@param {boolean} [closed=false] - Whether the tube is closed or not.