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measurements; body circumferences; body lengths; and additional advanced measure-
ments that are defining shape and posture like body depth and width, upper and lower
back curvature, position of the neck and shoulders, and breast and buttock shape.
Circumference, length, and height measurements are defined numerically, while mea-
surements of shape and posture are usually defined with a measure of expression in a
particular range of values where every characteristic is adjusted visually. This is why
the adjustment of parametric body model is never complete, and deviation in shape
and posture can be seen compared with the scanned body model. During the adjust-
ment, it is also necessary to control the positions on which particular measurements
are taken and placed, because of possibility that different systems use different mea-
surement standards (Petrak et al., 2012).
Adjustment of the parametric body model can be performed interactively by enter-
ing a numerical value of every particular measure manually or automatically using
the.ord measurement file. Measurement file contains a list of measurements that needs
to be set in a right order to provide accurate adjustment of body model. First, it is nec-
essary to adjust measurement that defines body depth and width. After defining char-
acteristic circumferences and body lengths, body model obtains its final shape and
dimension. Particular body characteristics like upper and lower back curvature, posi-
tion of shoulders, and breast and buttock shape that cannot be defined numerically, but
can be interactively adjusted between a defined range of expression, should also be set
before implementation of .ord measurement file (Petrak et al., 2012). Fig. 10.12 shows

Fig. 10.12 Comparison of the scanned and customized parametric body model with the
presentation of body measurement positions. BdH, body height; NH, neck height; BdW, body
width; BdD, body depth; UnBG, under-breast girth; BG, breast girth; WG, waist girth; HG, hips
girth; NG, neck girth; UpAG, upperarm girth; ElG, elbow girth; WrG, wrist girth; TG, thigh
girth; KnG, knee girth; ClG, calf girth; AnG, ankle girth; BH, breast height; WH, waist height;
HH, hips height; ShW, cross-shoulder width; CrH, crotch height; KnH, knee height; ClH, calf
height; AnH, ankle height; AL, arm length.