Fwd: scrunched a bit, indeed

[Danvarner@aol.com]

Forwarded from Kent Stevens:

<< Hi Dan

Please forward to Bruce Wollatt (and others) the  following:

There is indeed a problem with the postorbital region of the skull in  the 
dataset that was provided for me to include in the DinoMorph model. The  skull 
was provided as a single (Alias Wavefront 'obj' format) file, as a unit. I  was 
very grateful for the effort, and it was an improvement over an earlier scan  
made of a commercial model.  But the modeled cranium, assembled using CAD  
software from CT scans of the individual cranial elements of the original  
specimen, was fitted together with some distortion in the postorbital region, 
as  
you correctly note.  On my request to the supplier, the skull data set went  
through some revision, yet some inaccuracies indeed remain.  But since I  was 
working on postcranial issues for the BHIGR "100 Years of Tyrannosaurus rex"  
symposium and the subsequent Burpee symposium, I was grateful for the donation  
of the skull subassembly, despite the residual distortion.

When I get  access to a better assemble for the cranium I will happily 
replace this  element.  Note that, unlike the pelvic assembly, the skull 
assembly is 
 represented by a single element, not by a spatial collection of component  
cranial bones.  DinoMorph just imports a file representing the skull and  
another file representing the mandible.

I will have access to another  skull reconstruction in which the same 
individual data files are fitted together  more accurately, and as soon as that 
is 
available, I will swap out the scrunched  skull.

Sincerely,
Kent >>


<< << I'm forwarding  this for Bruce Woollatt:


Hello all;

I'm wondering about the current batch of T.rex images on DinoMorph,   said to 
have been derived from scans of BHI's "Stan". Somehow the rear part  of  the 
skull, from the orbits back, seems to be too small. It does not  match other  
images I've seen of Stan's actual skull. Am I imagining  this or am I on to  
something?


Bruce Woollatt  >>  >>