I agree that one could use more characters for clarity.
However, if one always copies from the primref, it doesn't matter what is being copied. A systematic naming scheme helps interpret the line once written (reviewing, editing) and helps people generate the right filename without looking at the primref.
The existing tori naming scheme is vastly different from how other prims are named, and thus I suggest improving it.
We have two degrees of freedom here. One for the starting point of the prim, and the other for which direction it continues.
In the context of tori, CW and CCW have just as little meaning for me as p and q have for you. I visualize the major rotation axis on the left and a half circle on the right such that it opens downward. Then 'inner' is the vertex closest to the major rotation axis and 'outer' is the vertex furthest away. For these two starting positions, it doesn't matter which direction the shape continues because it is symmetric in each case. That leaves one starting position, perpendicular to the other two. For convenience, I choose the vertex at the top of my half circle. From this position, one can continue either inwards or outwards. If I write the small letters p and q and put a small arrow at the end of those characters, I immediately see that p is the one going inwards and q outwards. You may have similar visualizations or memory rules for CW and CCW, or plus and minus. The thing is that someone else will likely have a different memory rule which clashes with yours.
We can thus choose from:
inner / small
perpendicular / mid
outer / large
and:
inwards / CCW or CW / plus or minus / p
outwards / CW or CCW / minus or plus / q
For the description, we would definitely choose "inner", "perpendicular inwards", "perpendicular outwards", and "outer", but can we agree on the file naming?
However, if one always copies from the primref, it doesn't matter what is being copied. A systematic naming scheme helps interpret the line once written (reviewing, editing) and helps people generate the right filename without looking at the primref.
The existing tori naming scheme is vastly different from how other prims are named, and thus I suggest improving it.
We have two degrees of freedom here. One for the starting point of the prim, and the other for which direction it continues.
In the context of tori, CW and CCW have just as little meaning for me as p and q have for you. I visualize the major rotation axis on the left and a half circle on the right such that it opens downward. Then 'inner' is the vertex closest to the major rotation axis and 'outer' is the vertex furthest away. For these two starting positions, it doesn't matter which direction the shape continues because it is symmetric in each case. That leaves one starting position, perpendicular to the other two. For convenience, I choose the vertex at the top of my half circle. From this position, one can continue either inwards or outwards. If I write the small letters p and q and put a small arrow at the end of those characters, I immediately see that p is the one going inwards and q outwards. You may have similar visualizations or memory rules for CW and CCW, or plus and minus. The thing is that someone else will likely have a different memory rule which clashes with yours.
We can thus choose from:
inner / small
perpendicular / mid
outer / large
and:
inwards / CCW or CW / plus or minus / p
outwards / CW or CCW / minus or plus / q
For the description, we would definitely choose "inner", "perpendicular inwards", "perpendicular outwards", and "outer", but can we agree on the file naming?