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A Plea from a greenhorn (Re: WOULD YOU PLEASE...)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:13:14 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Willy Tschager wrote:
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...yes, would you please ask PERMISSION before you mess up my code! Yes I’m
angry, but I’m so sick!
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I agree, it is a little frustrating. I’m still a fledgeling author, and I need
to learn what I’m doing wrong. Having somebody come through and make these
edits before I get a chance to look is not making me a better author.
I need
to be able to look at my mistakes and correct them, and be able to see what the
reviewers are seeing so I can learn from them. If somebody is going to make the
corrections, there is no incentive for me to go back and look, and thus I do not
improve.
So far, the only edits I haven’t minded are the little nuances of the part names
(and actually, I can’t find a reference on this, on how many spaces are to be
around digits in brick dimensions. If someone could post on this topic, I’d
appreciate it). Anything dealing with the actual appearance of the piece, I
would rather do myself. I’m willing to accept just about any criticism; but I’m
not keen on letting others do my work.
Sometimes parts go through large overhauls. For me, my second original piece
(non pattern variation) is
33089 At first,
I modeled this piece without knowing how to use many of the more exotic
primitives, and without figuring out how to skew primitives. That first file
was a 54kB monster. But my first reviewer (Donald Sutter, thanks!) was kind to
answer my questions about the reviews, and I learned a lot from our email
conversations, much more than the 2 or 3 sentences that are typically posted
with the review. The file is down to a manageable 30kB, after I got the knack
of creating primitives, skewing, and working with the truncated cylinders.
Now if somebody just went in and fixed those trivial changes, right before I did
the major overhaul, that trivial error could still be present. And then we get
the same cycle over again. It’s important that the author goes back and makes
the fix, in case he/she is in process of overhauling the file. I’m only going
to catch errors if I see holds on parts.
That said, I’m extremely grateful to those reviewers who took the time to email
me or responded to my email (Steve Bliss, Chris Dee, Paul Easter & Donald
Sutter). Thanks, guys. I’m sure more names will be added to this list in the
future.
Tenderfoot Riley
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Ok, after this thread and some off Lugnet discussion, I've come to a firm opinion. I will refrain from ANY part modfications on non Official Library parts and then subsequent posting on the PT. I will modify parts and Email them to the authors (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| [crossposted to lugnet.cad.dev, with followup-to set there as well -- this thread isn't about posting LDR files to lugnet] (...) If anyone is not sure about the general rule/protocol/guidelines on this: for new parts (not fixes), you should *always* (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
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