FIGURE 15. Digitizing small round or flat specimens. Giraffatitan (Brachiosaurus) brancai MB.R.2246 left calcaneum. (1) Curves from digitizing; top half shows first set digitized before the bone was turned upside down. Bottom half shows complete set. (2) Photograph of the specimen readied for digitizing. Important markings are labeled. (3) Four views of the final 3D file from Rhinoceros®. Greatest length of the bone is 125 mm.
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