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Very cool. This looks like the sort of thing that could really grow to be
one of the key Lego AFOL sites (alongside Brickshelf, Peeron, Lugnet . . . ).
One question. Do you have restrictions on how the instructions are done?
All the ones I clicked on were LDrawn (or other program), but there are lots
of us who don't use L-Draw. Are photos okay? Also, what about things that
aren't neatly put into order. For instance, here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=13838
I've got instructions for an eagle I made. But they aren't really
instructions. Instead they are sort of photos taken at various steps of
construction. I think an experienced Lego builder could easily reproduce
this, but it's not as straightforward as official instructions or some of
those already on your site.
Bruce
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> Very cool. This looks like the sort of thing that could really grow to be
> one of the key Lego AFOL sites (alongside Brickshelf, Peeron, Lugnet . . . ).
> One question. Do you have restrictions on how the instructions are done?
> All the ones I clicked on were LDrawn (or other program), but there are lots
> of us who don't use L-Draw. Are photos okay? Also, what about things that
> aren't neatly put into order. For instance, here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=13838
> I've got instructions for an eagle I made. But they aren't really
> instructions. Instead they are sort of photos taken at various steps of
> construction. I think an experienced Lego builder could easily reproduce
> this, but it's not as straightforward as official instructions or some of
> those already on your site.
All good questions! Yes, you are totally free to upload links to any sort of
building instruction, in any format. The only restriction is that it is a
building instruction...for LEGO creations!
Now looking some time into the future, I forsee a day when there is more
"bite" to the ranking system. Somehow building instructions that rated
higher are given more visibility or something. Still playing with the
concept on that one. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
So based on the quality, the ranking goes higher. With the higher ranking
comes something... thus driving people to constantly improve their style.
Perhaps I could work with LDraw.com to create some how to or tips & tricks
type articles to help the process out. Tim? You out there?
Jake
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LEGO Enthusiast
LUGNET Member #211
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:
> Perhaps I could work with LDraw.com to create some how to or tips & tricks
> type articles to help the process out. Tim? You out there?
Hey Jake -
I definitely welcome more articles in the Tutorials section on the site.
Rob Drechsel sent me an email about a week ago reporting in that his
building instruction tutorial is nearing completion. He told me he would be
out of town this week but would get back with me upon his return. Perhaps
you can talk to him about what his tutorial contains, and work on something
which extends/compliments it?
Also, for the most part, Ahui is keeping track of tutorial stuff. I just
spoke with him tonight to get up to speed. Soon I will take him through how
to update the Tutorial section of the site by himself as well.
Hope this helps, feel free to run your ideas by Ahui and I.
-Tim
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:
>
> > Perhaps I could work with LDraw.com to create some how to or tips & tricks
> > type articles to help the process out. Tim? You out there?
>
> Hey Jake -
> I definitely welcome more articles in the Tutorials section on the site.
> Rob Drechsel sent me an email about a week ago reporting in that his
> building instruction tutorial is nearing completion. He told me he would be
> out of town this week but would get back with me upon his return. Perhaps
> you can talk to him about what his tutorial contains, and work on something
> which extends/compliments it?
>
> Also, for the most part, Ahui is keeping track of tutorial stuff. I just
> spoke with him tonight to get up to speed. Soon I will take him through how
> to update the Tutorial section of the site by himself as well.
>
> Hope this helps, feel free to run your ideas by Ahui and I.
>
> -Tim
After talking to Tim I've updated the tutorial list (just right now) to
include the following:
RNDR 210 Creating Building Instructions for the Web (What Rob is doing)
RNDR 211 Creating Building Instructions for Printing (open)
I've left RNDR 213 - 219 open for other types of building instructions. So
feel free Jake to either start on 211 or add another?
-AHui
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In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera writes:
> After talking to Tim I've updated the tutorial list (just right now) to
> include the following:
>
> RNDR 210 Creating Building Instructions for the Web (What Rob is doing)
> RNDR 211 Creating Building Instructions for Printing (open)
>
> I've left RNDR 213 - 219 open for other types of building instructions. So
> feel free Jake to either start on 211 or add another?
> -AHui
How are you picking the numbers on these? It seems on the list you posted
today you jump around in the RNDR category - 204 jumps to 220, etc. Just
curious... :-)
-Tim
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ahui Herrera writes:
>
> > After talking to Tim I've updated the tutorial list (just right now) to
> > include the following:
> >
> > RNDR 210 Creating Building Instructions for the Web (What Rob is doing)
> > RNDR 211 Creating Building Instructions for Printing (open)
> >
> > I've left RNDR 213 - 219 open for other types of building instructions. So
> > feel free Jake to either start on 211 or add another?
> > -AHui
>
> How are you picking the numbers on these? It seems on the list you posted
> today you jump around in the RNDR category - 204 jumps to 220, etc. Just
> curious... :-)
>
> -Tim
(WARNING!! WARNING!!! stepping into the innerworking of Ahui' brian....)
RNDR 101 - 199 is deveoted to simple rendering actions (getting POV to
output a default image at any angle of your model, turon on/off a lite,
playing iwth the POV code, making an ini file, installing POV, etc...
RNDR 201 - 209 More on POV but it's intermediate level. Striclty looking at
POV special code and what it could do for you.
RNDR 210 - 219 building instructions only
RNDR 220 - 229 PHOTOShop Tricks
RND 230 - 239 Fireworks Tricks
... ....
(Ahui's brian trying to think...
...
...
Oh well that's all lost my train of though. Basically I'm blocking off in
10s to sub-group a group. 10 may be too many but it's still early in the game.
hum... the FINAL version of the .xls file is NOT up yet. I upload the wrog
one will do agian tonight.
-Ahui
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