The document you mention is outdated AFAIK.
Lines nowadays should not be used anymore to "enhance" a pattern;
instead finer modeling of it should be done.
In fact, we have removed such lines from plenty of e.g. Minifig torso parts in the recent couple of releases,
and I like this practice, because I always felt the lines being a kind of "mockup".
Nowadays, lines only are what they are: lines. No other purposes.
Maybe we need to update our specs. Chris? LSC?
PS: Edit:
Ah, we still have ONE exception, and that's the LEGO logo for the logo'ed studs variant, by Paul Easter.
I loved this file from its origin, and still do, some ten years later. This special file allows to quickly render
a LEGO logo onto studs in tools, without having big cannons like texture mapping etc.pp.
I would very much favor allowing this exception.
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?s=logo.dat
Lines nowadays should not be used anymore to "enhance" a pattern;
instead finer modeling of it should be done.
In fact, we have removed such lines from plenty of e.g. Minifig torso parts in the recent couple of releases,
and I like this practice, because I always felt the lines being a kind of "mockup".
Nowadays, lines only are what they are: lines. No other purposes.
Maybe we need to update our specs. Chris? LSC?
PS: Edit:
Ah, we still have ONE exception, and that's the LEGO logo for the logo'ed studs variant, by Paul Easter.
I loved this file from its origin, and still do, some ten years later. This special file allows to quickly render
a LEGO logo onto studs in tools, without having big cannons like texture mapping etc.pp.
I would very much favor allowing this exception.
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?s=logo.dat