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LEGO Universe parts cleanup etiquette
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:21:46 GMT
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I have two authored parts under my belt, but both of them were modeled strictly
by eye and patience. Now with the LEGO Universe Team releasing part files in
need of cleanup I feel like I can contribute more. I've been working on cleaning
up a part (44358) that I wanted to use in my own model, but I'm unclear on the
etiquette for handling this, so I have some questions.
1) Should I be contacting somebody in particular to signal that I'm working on
the piece, or editing the wiki page, or just work on it and submit it to the
tracker? I've already confirmed the contributor agreement of course. The wiki
page suggests I edit the item on the page while cleansing it, and delete it
after submission to the parts tracker, but I'm not sure if that's what people
are doing as standard practice; I'm also not sure if I need an account on the
wiki to edit the page, since my ldraw.org account doesn't seem to be recognized
there. (Based on the way I've read this, I assume the procedure would be to
submit to the tracker and then delete the item from the wiki. I'd just like more
clarity before I do so so I'm not stepping on anyone's toes.)
2) Bricklink, Peeron, and TLG use radically different names for the part. The
name used by TLG is a little too short and doesn't seem to fit the pattern used
by other LDraw parts. When in doubt, should I always go with Peeron's name? Or
perhaps, since this is more modified tile than modified plate, should I use
Peeron's name as a base and just change "Plate" to "Tile"?
3) I'm a little unsure on where to place the origin. I tried to look this up by
part family; 44358 is a modified tile in spirit, but Peeron calls it a plate,
Bricklink calls it a cylinder, and TLG just calls it a saucer. Looking at other
modified tiles, most of them use the tile top as the origin, with very few
exceptions (2432, Tile 1 x 2 with Handle, being one of them). Modified plates do
the same, setting the origin at the top of the plate where the studs rise. The
entire part is 48 LDU high and has no studs on top. Based on the modified tiles
and plates I have looked at, I picked the center top of the tile as the origin.
Is this generally agreed on as a good choice?
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) If the part is on the wiki pages it would be a good hint for others to modify that page with the comment "cleansing in process". If not, just upload to the PT if you are ready. (...) Should be standard practice, but I am not sure all (...) (14 years ago, 15-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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