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Best way to help part author volunteers to meet part requests? - Neil - 2015-05-20
Greetings LDraw Friends,
Aside from providing links to BrickLink/BrickSet images, is there anything I can do to help part author volunteers to meet part requests?
For example, does a part author need to physically have the part and 3D-scan it? Such as Sabine's hair (from the Ezra Speeder Bike set):
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=18858pb01
http://cache.lego.com/bigdownloads/buildinginstructions/6131809.pdf
Thank you,
LegoSW
Re: Best way to help part author volunteers to meet part requests? - Max Martin Richter - 2015-05-20
For easy shaped parts it's enought to have correct measures. For complex parts you should one the part and you should be able to 3D-scan this part OR this part is available in LDD, If so, you can extract the geometry there and rework it, that it matches our standards.
/Max
Re: Best way to help part author volunteers to meet part requests? - Damien Roux - 2015-05-20
High resolution pictures taken with a perfectly orientated angle are always welcomed for patterned parts. And sometime it's a pain to find them on the net if one doesn't own the part.
Re: Best way to help part author volunteers to meet part requests? - Gerald Lasser - 2015-05-21
I always appreciate a hi-resolution scan of the sticker sheets, Printed part etc., 600 or 1200 DPI would be perfect. A photograph never shows the proper dimensions (especially of stickers) respectively distorts the proportions.
Re: Best way to help part author volunteers to meet part requests? - Neil - 2015-05-21
Would it help any of you volunteers if I purchased pieces and had them sent to you? For example, I could buy the Sabine Wren minifig hair and send it to you so that you could 3-D scan it: http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=132056&colorID=63