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We describe a process for defining and computing a fundamental domain in the upper half plane $\mathscr{H}$ of a Shimura curve $X_0^D\left(N\right)$ associated with an order in a quaternion algebra $A/𝐐$. A fundamental domain for $X_0^D\left(N\right)$ realizes a finite presentation of the quaternion unit group, modulo units of its center. We give explicit examples of domains for the curves $X_0^6\left(1\right),X_0^{15}\left(1\right),\text{and}{X}_0^{35}\left(1\right)$. The first example is a classical example of a triangle group and the second is a corrected version of that appearing in the book of Vignéras [13], due to Michon....