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Based on the study of some intrinsic properties of the weights of rational Bézier curve, it has been found that the shape of a curve can be changed by adjusting the weights without moving its control points. An approach for improving the geometric continuity order between two adjacent curves by modifying the weights is presented. The G3 continuity conditions for two adjacent curves are first derived, which reveals that the geometric meaning of G3 continuity is torsion continuity. A constructive method is then presented to blend two rational Bézier curves with G3 continuity. Finally, the proposed method is used to construct closed G2 curves, or G3 curves by changing or inserting one control point.