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There are many terminologies that would be nice to lock down and they releate to levels of hierarchy of the images (and text) that make up the instructions: Graphical Building Instructions Front Cover Completly assembled model image Bill of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) A good start. What if you were to flesh it out a bit more and have it read more like an article than a bulleted list? There is nothing wrong with lists, in fact they are often useful in breaking up large blocks of text. However, they should be (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) You made no mention of part list images per step, for entire sub-model, sub-model BOM, entire BOM. LEGO's Building Instruction use all of these techniques on some what or another. You also forgot to mention small sub-models's steps packed into (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Hello all, I've uploaded building instructions for my premiere .space moc, the Orbisphere. (2 URLs) Clickey!>> (URL) The Orbisphere> Instructions and Layout courtesy of Tim Courtney. (2 URLs) (Bruce) (URL) LEGO @ Bruce's Homepage> (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.inst, FTX) !
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(...) Yes. I think that step images is better than BBI's. Step images is generic. Part list images are one kind, and construction images are the other. I've used this terminology a lot, for lack of any better terminology. Anyone got a good name for (...) (21 years ago, 14-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I think there might still be some confusion (at least from where I sit) about the distinction between what you are calling BBI's and a complete set of "Building Instructions". I'm still hoping you can point us to a couple of graphical examples (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I am pleased to say that a new article has been posted to the BI Portal called, Building Instrcution Theory. (URL) The article focuses on what should be in every BI. Please take a look and let me know what you think of the article. -AHui A&M LWorks (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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"snip" (...) You are right.. Thanks for this. Perhaps another set of words for BBI would be best? I like your "step images" word. "snip" (...) Yes I mean animated version of BIs. I know TCL has done this with some of its technic products via a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I would suggest that trying to make acronyms for the same project all similar (using 'B' as you noted above) will actually lead to confusion. Quick example... try reading your paragraph above out loud. I think you'll find it's a mouthful. :) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I agree that having #2 sound like #1, it adds a lot of confusion. Allan's suggestions are good ones. (...) That's my read on it too. There is no difference in my mind between the two, especially with the explanation in reply to my post. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) Aren't two words/terms sufficient? One for the individual images seen in each step or sub-assembly and another for the complete instruction set? (...) While I see your meaning/definition in #1, I don't see how #2 and #3 help to provide an (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) I've had the difference between Building Instructions (using LEGO format as the gold standard) and Building Instruction Images in my mind for a *long* time. In LPub you have two layers of processing: -creating building instruction images (a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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(...) BBI came out in my mind becuase I wanted a narrow term for "polished BII in a layout". BBI and BII are both subsets of BIs. I chose BBI to get the acroynms all with the letters "B" and "I". BBI could also be called "Background Building (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I don't get 'basic building instructions,' but I do get Building Instructions vs. Building Instruction Images. LPub (when you don't use the wonderful post-processing page layout features) outputs a series of images that just represent the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
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(...) Um, I can't tell the difference between the different types you defined, nor do I see the need to "narrow down" the term. Where is the confusion? Why is this needed? (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad)
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x-posting to lugnet.cad. Follow ups will be to lugnet.inst. Here is original post. In lugnet.inst, Ahui Herrera wrote: I think that we need 3 words for BIs. 1. Building Instructions (BI): Any form of communcition that can allow anyone to build a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I think that we need 3 words for BIs. 1. Building Instructions (BI): Any form of communcition that can allow anyone to build a LEGO set. Can include, but is not limited to, images showing step-by-step, images showing the model in various stages, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Image Editing: A guide to making Building Instructions
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(...) Ha,Ha,Ha I took one step backwards when the drill sgt. asked for volunteers! =) I can probably do the "BIs for web" but I have no experince with "BIs for printing". However, right now I got a backlog of 4 LDraw tutorials that need to get (...) (21 years ago, 6-Sep-03, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Image Editing: A guide to making Building Instructions
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(...) Sure Kevin, I will send an update to Jake soon. Ben (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Hi Ben, It already *is* in a tutorial on my website (you just didn't read it.) I'd appreciate it if you'd update your document so that people don't think have to hand edit their part list images and BOMs. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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