If you set a number of points less than the digitized number of points then the software has to interpolate and that is likely to cut off the corners. This is especially true if the shape is irregular. No easy solution except that you can edit the points and push them around to where you would like them to be.
-------------------------F. James RohlfDepts. of Ecology & Evolution and of Anthropology Stony Brook University -------- Original message --------From: Serita Savolainen <serita.savolai...@gmail.com> Date: 10/6/16 8:01 AM (GMT-05:00) To: MORPHMET <morphmet@morphometrics.org> Subject: [MORPHMET] Use of outline tool on TPSDig Hello! Before I get started, I am not an experienced user of software like TPSDig.Anyway, I am trying to use the outline tool in TPSDig to outline the edges of iliac crests in order to plot a specific number of points on the edges. For some reason, everytime I actually set the outline and choose the number of co-ordinate points, the outline does not actually run all the way round the crest but cuts off towards the end of its loop and makes a shortcut to the start which is not helpful since it means I am not actually getting the outline of the whole bone. The yellow line that shows the initial outline does run around the whole bone, but the red line with the points does not. Anybody know why this might be happening and how I could fix it? Thank you very much! Kind regards,Serita Savolainen -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MORPHMET" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MORPHMET" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
