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    How accurate need bricks and patterns to be? —Niels Karsdorp
   Hello, I have a couple of questions about the accuracy of bricks for LDraw. I have put my questions along with images to make clear what I mean on my website: (URL) an overvieuw of the bricks I am working on: (URL) there anyone that can answer my (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: How accurate need bricks and patterns to be? —Orion Pobursky
   (...) I'll defer to Steve for final ruling but here are my thoughts: Ask yourself the following question: Does the portion I'm leaving out detract from functionality of the part? This question applies especially to the "fins" that you show concern (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: How accurate need bricks and patterns to be? —Dave Schuler
     (...) Here's something I've been batting around in my head, but I don't know if it's consistent with the sensibilities of the LDraw community, nor if it is really compatible with the existing software. Using your idea #1 from above, might we create (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Stickered parts again (Was: How accurate...) —Tore Eriksson
      I don't know of there is any "status" of this old discussion; if any consensus ever has been reached in any point. Anyway, here's my idea. A sticker should be a separate part file. You may want to stick it in a creative or humanized* way. A shortcut (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: How accurate need bricks and patterns to be? —Imre Papp
     (...) Hi Dave, That's me who wrote the quoted statements when I started to model some stickers. Then I have made some sample pictures ((URL) L3p and Pov-Ray and I detected the same seam [:-)]problem you have mentioned. Now my stickers are .25 LDU (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: How accurate need bricks and patterns to be? —Bernd Broich
     (...) I agree with your orientation and part numbering and also with the de- scription. This should be an impulse to make a convention for naming and orientation of Stickers. Another problem is, how I can find out the part number when I have used (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Sticker parts numbers (was Re: How accurate ....) —Chris Dee
     (...) Where we stil have access to the sticker sheet I believe there was agreement to use the sticker sheet number with a one-letter suffix for each unique sticker on the sheet. Hence 168135a et seq submitted to the PT by Imre Papp. A brief review (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: Sticker parts numbers (was Re: How accurate ....) —Steve Bliss
     (...) Yes, that was the finalest agreement. Steve (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: How accurate need bricks to be? —Chris Dee
   (...) Yes, this is the "rule" we try to apply - if the detail is functional, then it should be included, if decorative or an artifact of the moulding process then it may be ignored. So in your two examples, I would expect to see the small lugs on (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: How accurate need bricks to be? —Niels Karsdorp
     I asked about the accuracy at the bottom of the bricks (URL) answered: (...) In the case of brick 700, I know that the old versions did NOT have any tubes at the bottom. Is that something that should be modeled? I don't have any of those olde 700s, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: small brick variances (was How accurate need bricks to be?) —Clark Stephens
      Niels, Some of those old 700 variations are shown on my parts compare page: (URL) think there is also a version with 2 rows of tubes, but I don't have a picture of it yet. For even more minor variations click on the Mold Variants folder: (URL) not (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
    
         Re: How accurate need bricks to be? —Chris Dee
     (...) Yes, I believe the presence or absence of tubes should be modelled as this does impact the functionality. The ribs are less important, IMHO, but if I were modelling this part _now_ I would include them. Chris (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: How accurate need bricks to be? —Steve Bliss
   (...) Another problem: by standards, LDraw bricks are modeled with the walls being 4LDU thick. Most stud-hugging ribs on current versions of bricks would not protrude outside of a 4LDU wall. So the ribs won't show unless we make the walls thinner. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad)
 

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