Part fix request: 6233 Rocket Step 3X3X2 w. Cross

[Rilted]

Hello LDraw!

Could you please have a look at part no. 6233 'Rocket Step 3X3X2 w. Cross' as it is lacking details at the connecting side (lower ring) that is visible when rendering it?

   

Cheers!

[Rene Rechthaler]

Stuff like this happens when prims meet non-prims without fillers...
(but its a quite old part, can happen)
that part also has some other things that could get reworked like overlapping rings/cones.
the details also could get subfiled in an eighth.

[N. W. Perry]

It should be possible to use prims for the bottom rim, no?

Which brings up the question, is there need for a type of primitive that can be used for curved segments like this that aren't complete circles, or even divisions of a circle?

[Rene Rechthaler]

If I would have to rework this, i would use 1-16 prims for the bottom...
leave the outer cone (as 1 16 0 40 0 10 0 0 0 -40 0 0 0 10 4-4con2.dat) and the axle+stud prims in the main file
and put everything else in an eigth subfile (split the inner cone, use some prims for the bottom rim)

[Gerald Lasser]

as this is a 3x3 part a 48 prim would be the better fit.

EDIT: It could share the bottom of 73111, which is high-res

[Rene Rechthaler]

the bottom is also very similar to 30360...
the main "problem" will be having a hi-res bottom and a standard top (for 2x2 round bricks and cones)
i got that part and found some more inaccuracies: the teeth of the axlehole are longer than the rest...
will the "gaps" problem remain if I create a custom shell from a hires bottom to a standard top?
or should that be some kind of adapter/mixed-mode cone prim?

[Rene Rechthaler]

That would be my suggestion:
8 subparts with half an inside stud each, extended the axle hole teeth...
Outside is a hires prim like the 4x4 cone
Bottom is also hires...

[Rilted]

Hello again!

I'm very, very new to this so it will take me some time to dive into the technical jargon used by you capable moderators. However, maybe I can help out a bit by referring to part no. 1744 that looks to have it right...

   

I've also sneakily included parts 3941 and 17485 that suffers from similar issues if you'd like to have a look at these as well. Apologies if you'd rather have me create a new request for these parts individually.

[Gerald Lasser]

There is already an improved version on the parts tracker

[Rilted]

There is already an improved version on the parts tracker

This is excellent, thank you very much!