Eg 2: Stage 4: Splitting the Slices

Push all the slices from the Temp layer back onto the Work layer.

Figure 336. Slices and Split Line

Pick the split line and split all the parallel slices. Now all the slice start and end points line up.

Stage 5: Cleaning Up

Before interpolating it's a good idea to zoom in and quickly check that the slices are how you want them. Remember, you can hide slices in the Temp layer to see other slices more clearly.

Sometimes you end up with small dangley bits that aren't wanted and could be removed.

Figure 338. Small Dangley Slice Between Fingers

And other times you get split slices that would be best rejoined. In Figure 339 you can see that the back of the hand slice has been itself split into three. The three fragments are picked and joined.

Stage 6: Interpolation

Now the slices are ready to be interpolated. You could just select all of the slices and interpolate them with the same number of points.

However, sometimes you may want to interpolate a bit more selectively to match point spacing between adjacent slices. A good example of a problem area is where the fingers branch out from the palm. To match the point spacing between palm and finger slices you need to interpolate the palm slices with more points.

First interpolate all the finger and thumb slices.

Figure 340. Single Finger Slices

Then the first palm slice, spanning three fingers, is interpolate. You should use three times as many points as you did for the finger slices.

Figure 341. Three Finger Slices

After that there is a group of palm slices spanning four fingers. These should be interpolated with four times as many points as the fingers were.

Figure 342. Four Finger Slices

Finally the rest of the hand is interpolated. Use five times as many points. The number of points in each wrist slices will match the number of points in the four fingers and the thumb combined.

Stage 7: Finishing Off

Save the interpolated slices out to a file. You could also save save the split line separately; you might want to slice again using a different spacing and the split line would come in handy.