diff --git a/chunkie/+chnk/+smoother/smooth.m b/chunkie/+chnk/+smoother/smooth.m
index a29b830..1bbdb39 100644
--- a/chunkie/+chnk/+smoother/smooth.m
+++ b/chunkie/+chnk/+smoother/smooth.m
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     if isfield(opts,'nchs')
         if (numel(opts.nchs) == 1)
             nchs = opts.nchs*ones(nv,1);
-        elseif(size(opts.nchs,2) == nchs)
+        elseif(numel(opts.nchs) == nv)
             nchs = opts.nchs;
         end
     end
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@
         return
     end
 
-    chnkr = chunker.chunkerpoints(rt);
+    rt = reshape(rt,2,k,[]);
+    chnkr = chunkerpoints(rt);
     if (nargout > 1)
         varargout{1} = err;
     end
diff --git a/chunkie/@chunker/chunker.m b/chunkie/@chunker/chunker.m
index 3ce79cd..0bcacc9 100644
--- a/chunkie/@chunker/chunker.m
+++ b/chunkie/@chunker/chunker.m
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@
         kappa = signed_curvature(obj)
     end
     methods(Static)
-        obj = chunkerfunc(fcurve,varargin)
-        obj = chunkerpoly(verts,varargin)
-        obj = chunkerpoints(r,varargin)
         function lvlrfac = lvlrfacdefault()
             lvlrfac = 2.1;
         end
diff --git a/chunkie/chunkerpoints.m b/chunkie/chunkerpoints.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade8b0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chunkie/chunkerpoints.m
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+function chnkr = chunkerpoints(src,opts)
+%CHUNKERPOINTS create a chunker object given a set of Gauss-Legendre 
+% panels discretizing a curve.
+%
+% Syntax: chnkr = chunkerpoints(src,opts)
+%
+% Input: 
+%   src - If src is of class 'double', then it should be a 
+%         dim x k x nch array. dim is the dimension in which the curve 
+%         lives (typically 2), k is the number of Gauss-Legendre nodes 
+%         per panel (typically 16), and nch is the total number of panels.
+%   opts - a structure containing optional argumensts (defaults)
+%       opts.ifclosedtrue - a boolean. True if the desired curve 
+%           is closed, and False if not. Note that no checking is done. 
+%           All this changes is the corresponding chunker adjacency info.
+%
+% Output:
+%   chnkr - a chunker object containing the discretization of the domain
+%   
+% see also CHUNKERPOLY, CHUNKERPREF, CHUNKER
+%
+
+d  = [];
+d2 = [];
+if (strcmp(class(src),'double'))
+    r = src;
+elseif (strcmp(class(src),'struct'))
+    if (isfield(src,'r'))
+        r = src.r;
+    else
+        error('ERROR: missing field r in chunkerpoints');
+    end
+    if (isfield(src,'d') && isequal(size(r),size(src.d)))
+        d = src.d;
+    end
+    if (isfield(src,'d2') && isequal(size(r),size(src.d)))
+        d2 = src.d2;
+    end
+end
+
+ifclosed = true;
+
+if (nargin >1)
+    if (isfield(opts,'ifclosed'))
+        ifclosed = opts.ifclosed;
+    end
+
+end
+
+pref = [];
+
+dim = size(r,1);
+k   = size(r,2);
+nch = size(r,3); 
+ 
+pref.dim = dim;
+pref.k   = k;
+
+[xs,~,us,vs] = lege.exps(k);
+dermat = (vs*[lege.derpol(us); zeros(1,k)]).';
+
+
+%       . . . start chunking
+
+adjs = zeros(2,nch);
+
+adjs(1,:) = (1:nch) - 1;
+adjs(2,:) = (1:nch) + 1;
+
+if ifclosed
+    adjs(1,1)=nch;
+    adjs(2,nch)=1;
+else
+    adjs(1,1)=-1;
+    adjs(2,nch)=-1;
+end
+
+
+
+%       up to here, everything has been done in parameter space, [ta,tb]
+%       . . . finally evaluate the k nodes on each chunk, along with 
+%       derivatives and chunk lengths
+
+chnkr = chunker(pref); % empty chunker
+chnkr = chnkr.addchunk(nch);
+
+
+for i = 1:nch
+    
+    rtmp  = squeeze(r(:,:,i));
+    if (~isempty(d))
+        dtmp = squeeze(d(:,:,i));
+    else
+        dtmp  = rtmp*dermat;
+    end
+    if (~isempty(d2))
+        d2tmp = squeeze(d2(:,:,i));
+    else
+        d2tmp = dtmp*dermat;    
+    end
+    chnkr.rstor(:,:,i) = rtmp;
+    chnkr.dstor(:,:,i) = dtmp;
+    chnkr.d2stor(:,:,i) = d2tmp;
+end
+
+chnkr.adjstor(:,1:nch) = adjs(:,1:nch);
+
+% Set normals
+chnkr.nstor(:,:,1:nch) = normals(chnkr);
+
+% Set weights
+chnkr.wtsstor(:,1:nch) = weights(chnkr);
+
+end