endomaker: endomaker
In Arothron/Arothron: Geometric Morphometrics Analyses

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s)

Build endocast from a skull 3D mesh

endomaker(mesh = NULL, path_in = NULL, param1_endo = 1, npovs = 50,
  volume = TRUE, alpha_vol = 100, nVoxels = 1e+05, decmesh = 20000,
  alpha_ext = 30, ncells = 50000, npovs_calse = 50,
  param1_calse = 3, param1_ast = 1.3, decendo = 20000,
  scalendo = 0.5, alpha_end = 100, mpovdist = 10, plot = FALSE,
  colmesh = "orange", save = FALSE, outpath = tempdir(),
  clus = 0.5)

`mesh`	mesh3d: 3D model of the skull
`path_in`	character: path of the skull where is stored
`param1_endo`	numeric: parameter for spherical flipping
`npovs`	numeric: number of Points of View used in the endocast construction
`volume`	logical: if TRUE the calculation of the volume (expressed in cc) through concave is returned
`alpha_vol`	numeric: alpha shape for volume calculation
`nVoxels`	numeric: number of voxels for estimation endocranial volume
`decmesh`	numeric: decmesh
`alpha_ext`	numeric: alpha shape for construction external cranial mesh
`ncells`	numeric: approximative number of cell for 3D grid construction
`npovs_calse`	numeric: number of Points of View for construction of skull shell
`param1_calse`	numeric: parameter for calse (construction shell)
`param1_ast`	numeric: parameter for ast3d (construction row endocast)
`decendo`	numeric: desired number of triangles (row endocast)
`scalendo`	numeric: scale factor row endocast (for definition of POVs)
`alpha_end`	numeric: alpha shape value for concave hull (row endocast)
`mpovdist`	numeric: mean value between POVs and mesh
`plot`	logical: if TRUE the endocast is plotted
`colmesh`	character: color of the mesh to be plotted
`save`	logical: if TRUE the mesh of the endocast is saved
`outpath`	character: path where save the endocast
`clus`	numeric: percentage of numbers of cores to be used in parallel elaboration