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Re: part skins (was Re: some thoughts on ldraw parts)
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:32:18 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I feel this suggestion as worded combines two different, separable ideas, both
> of which merit discussion.
Whoa. Deja vu.
> ... allow decorated versions of parts to be a subtree of a
> particular part. • [snip]
> We (that is, design tool authors and the file naming standards body) ought to
> adopt this one.
I'm not seeing how this affects file-naming standards, except from the POV
of not changing what we're doing.
Also, do you (or anyone) have any suggestions for modifying the Partsref
site to follow this standard? Using a folder-metaphor doesn't really apply
-- it'd end up with a folder (on the left-hand) for "Bricks" with a list of
subfolders under it like "Decorated Brick 1 x 1", "Decorated Brick 1 x 2",
"Decorated Brick 1 x 3", etc.
More likely, I'd simply remove decorated parts from the main lists, and add
links to each relevant plain-part, leading to another page with the
decorated pieces.
Most likely, the part-search engine would remain unchanged.
> 2. Skins, or a more graphical way of describing decorations that allows more
> people to participate in creating decorated elements. • [snippity-snip]
> Decoration authors... would this program make things easier? You would start
> with a scan of the decorated element and end up with the collection of
> polygons that did the decorated face.
Heck, yeah! Well, generally. There are a number of new decorations with
half-toned effects. I'm not sure a scan-based system would be able to deal
with that kind of image.
A related problem (for me, anyway) is the proper reduction of colors in
scanned images. Reducing the colors before running the image through the
polygon-izer would lead to better results, because there'd be less 'noise'
in the image. But the graphics programs I've run into haven't given me
good results when reducing colors -- most of them don't go to the right
number of colors, or they don't allow you to set up the target-palette, or
whatever.
Steve
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| (...) both (...) We were composing at the same time I think, and independently posted. Either that or its some sort of Ada resonance. (...) Continue to enforce the naming convention for decorated parts that makes it easy to derive what the base part (...) (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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