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Re: "Hold" placed on tyre (was Re: Tyre for this wheel, does it exist in the distro?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Mon, 13 May 2002 20:39:46 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> anyway... The number of segments used in the tyre to approximate a circular
> tyre rim (sidewall bead) does not match the number of segments used in the
> wheel that it mates with.
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> This means that at extreme zoom you can see places where there is a gap
> between the wheel rim lip and the tyre sidwall bead, and other places where
> the tyre sidewall bead and the wheel rim overlap. Slightly and only visible
> at extreme mag.
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> What is policy on this? Is this a valid reason for a hold? The tyre has the
> number of segments that it ought to because of the tread pattern it uses.
> The wheel has the number of segments that it does because it's built using
> primitives, i think.
In my opinion, this may be a valid reason to put "(needs work)" on a part.
Or perhaps that's even too harsh. However, I'd much rather have this
version of the part than no version at all. The "error", if it is such, is
"Slightly and only visible at extreme mag."
The part is good enough for now, and passes the critical checks:
orientation, origin, and filename. And it looks pretty darn good. At that
kind of magnification, you'll notice other errors in the corresponding
wheel- see how the axle hole isn't mapped quite perfectly to the surrounding
circle?
I hate to dig up this thread, but Tore had a very good point in a post about
a month ago that I think we could all take to heart. I'll skip the thread
reference, but this part of the message is very useful:
"The parts I make are good enough for making instructions
and overqualified for animations, but never good enough
for the authorizing crew."
...
"There is a balance between quality and quantity and my
opinion is that this whole thing has heeled over badly to
paying attention to insignificant details."
My apologies to Tore for resurrecting and chopping up his post, but again- I
think this is a valid point. On that note, I'm off to re-review a part or
two that I reviewed a while back...
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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