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Re: 50 x 50 baseplate with the 'Road 3-way Curve with Gray Pattern'
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Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:49:28 GMT
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> Both of these tomes are now getting a little out of date, though, with
> the advances in Ldraw tools over the past few years, including a
> number of really handy parts authoring tools written by Philo and
> others. I hope that someone is working on a new book that will
> incorporate a lot of this stuff, especially the wonderful parts making
> tools, so that more parts authors can build parts quicker.
A part authoring book... would be a great idea... if I was a good writer! An
other hurdle would be to find an editor for a book so specialized!
> I know I still have a long way to go... the most recent part I
> designed, http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/55423.dat
> took me as long to design (about 10 hours) as
> http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/43560c01.dat by
> Philo.
Maybe I was a bit optimistic in the evaluation of time spent ;) And it certainly
took me years to really get fluent with parts authoring...
> Anyway, go for it. The baseplate piece you propose will be a good
> starter for you - not too complex, but complex enough to get your feet
> wet, especially with the various curved bits. These guys are all very
> helpful, and when you submit your part to the parts tracker they will
> hack it to death with nit-piks. But respond to them there and you
> will learn! Ask how to fix what they point out. Ask what they heck
> they are talking about when they go on about BFCing the part or
> watching for bowtie quads.
I hope that the experience was not too traumatisant ;o) A hold vote doesn't mean
a part is bad (see for example my latest hold on an excellent part from a
promizing new author:
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/x941.dat)
> Good luck! And hopefully the last hurdles to the next parts update
> will soon be overcome and we can get things moving again around here.
We all hope that!
Philo
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