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Re: Significance of stud orientation
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Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:49:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Niels Karsdorp writes:
> Hey,
> I have a question about the significance of stud orientation.
> Many parts created before stud logos were introduced (and some
> parts even created afterwards) have different orientation
> compared to the real part. (I know back then the orientation
> of the studs wasn't that important, it whas a plain stud anyway ;-)
> But now you can see the logos on the studs at a wrong orientation
> or even mirrored! (Several parts which have a 'left' and 'right'
> version, like doors and wings have one part modelled and the other
> revering to the first with a mirroring matrix).
Perhaps when authors go back to BFC old parts, they should also correct the
stud orientations. I've made a conscious effort to do new parts with
correct stud orientations, but as you say later, it may not be worth the effort.
> Since the amount of available cardoors is quite small, the
> parts can easily be converted to use the new subparts and
> have the studs in correct orientation.
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> Writing this message, I got yet another idea: create one subpart
> for the door without frontface (as the ones I mentioned) and
> without the stud, and have the actual parts contain the studs and
> the pattern.
3822s01 is in the Parts Tracker and is exactly as you stated: Steve Bliss
and Thomas Burger had the same idea of having a subfile with a faceless,
studless door. Not many of the doors use this subfile yet, but it certainly
is useful for those doors where mirroring is not an option (fire, police,
etc). Only the subfile would need to be inverted (i.e. 3821s01 would just
be an inverted version of 3822s01, so there was no need for 3821s01). A new
version of 3822 and 3821 are being created this way.
I'd agree that I'd like some sort of consensus when it comes to stud
orientation. It's not hard to check: LDView is useful for this.
Otherwise, I won't bother with it in the future.
Also, for the guys in charge of the Parts Tracker, I noticed while
downloading the unofficial files via the zip file, they stop at 3/13/03.
Does that mean all parts & reviews posted after 3/13 need to be resubmittited?
John
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I can't remember if I checked or not when I initially implemented this. Does LDView orient the stud logos the same as L3P (for non-mirrored parts)? Also, don't forget that LDView automatically detects mirrored studs and mirrors the logo back (...) (21 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Significance of stud orientation
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| (...) That happened because, until yesterday or maybe today, all the files were very out-of-date on ldraw.org. The unofficial download file should be OK now. Steve (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| Hey, I have a question about the significance of stud orientation. Many parts created before stud logos were introduced (and some parts even created afterwards) have different orientation compared to the real part. (I know back then the orientation (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad)
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