6337 - Fast Track Finish - stickers from sheet 170877 (track map and podium 1,2,3)

* Orientation:

"Sticker patterns should be oriented so that top is aligned with +Z axis."

https://www.ldraw.org/article/512.html#sticker_orientation

* The sub is useless. All geometry should be inlined into the main part. the sub deleted.

* Misses a stickerback

Applied naming scheme to leave space for one digit dimensions

track map sticker reworked:
- inlined subpart
- rotated
- stickerback
- flattenend geometry instead of layering
- as subpart became obsolete, moved 170877s06.dat to 170877s05.dat

Your picking up fast ;-)

* Your sticker needs a stickerbox:

https://www.ldraw.org/docs-main/ldraw-org-official-library-standards/sticker-box-standard.html

* Some merging and clean-up required:

(Just as an example)
2 25 20.723 -.25 -28.889 20.729 -.25 -28.913
2 25 19.856 -.25 -40.565 19.894 -.25 -40.59
2 25 20.455 -.25 -41.667 20.478 -.25 -41.78
2 25 20.471 -.25 -42.653 20.494 -.25 -42.539
2 25 19.894 -.25 -43.811 20.197 -.25 -43.359
2 25 19.412 -.25 -44.133 19.608 -.25 -44.003
2 25 18.703 -.25 -44.395 18.817 -.25 -44.372
2 25 16.006 -.25 -42.201 16.04 -.25 -42.373
2 25 16.006 -.25 -42.201 15.949 -.25 -42.331
2 25 16.371 -.25 -41.042 16.436 -.25 -40.945

* Your code would benefit from Rectifier (a tool in LDPE) baking triangles into quads. But REFRAIN from: "convert bordered rhombuses into rect primitives".

* Though this is a large sticker it would benefit from a little less detail namely in the curves:

2 320 11.25 -.25 -94.359 4.234 -.25 -100.354
2 320 12.534 -.25 -99.263 8.814 -.25 -103.327

* I can live with the T-junk at the border:

2 1 -53 -.25 -7 53 -.25 -7
2 1 53 -.25 -7 53 -.25 -113

but I guess cutting down on the number of vertices by half would still do a decent job.

* The sticker sheet number in the description is unnecessary.

using a box prim (appropriately scaled box5-12) as sticker back is ok. (old sticker with sharp corners)
"* Your code would benefit from Rectifier (a tool in LDPE) baking triangles into quads. But REFRAIN from: 'convert bordered rhombuses into rect primitives'."-> there are no edgelines here, it wont trigger that condition... (Willy is the only one who hates rects)

Willy's not the only one...

Okay, slowly getting there. Never touched LDPE tools before.

- Redid the track map with a lower resolution and stitched higher resolution on a few corners
- Removed sticker number from description

Applied the following tools from LDPE:
- T-JunctionFinder
- Rectifier
- Edger2

If there is still something wrong about the sticker box, maybe explain. As far as I read and compared to other files, its a box shape with the front face containing the pattern geometry. Old sticker with sharp corners, as Rene stated.

yes, and please delete the full edge lines (line typ 2)
just use a box5-12.dat (this is a box with 5 sides and no edges)
edgelines are too prominent on stickers

Edger2 is a good tool to use to find errors in your pattern. If it adds an edge in your pattern then there is something wrong.
But edge lines on a sticker is not allowed. Please remove them.
The thin sides and the backside together create an open box, missing the top surface.
You should use a primitive to make that box. The primitive is called box5-12.dat
https://wiki.ldraw.org/wiki/Primitives_Reference#Three_dimensional

box5-12.dat as sticker box

The p\ is not needed.

use just box5-12.dat instead of p\box5-12.dat, it doesnt recognize that...

Description say 5.8 x 4.8 but the box prim is 56 x 56. Something is wrong.
The origin must be in the center.

this sticker is supposed to go on a 3754 (Brick 1 x 6 x 5) -> front face is actually 6 x 6
i would suggest that the sticker should be 5.8 x 5.8

Corrected size to 5.8 x 5.8 and centered

Looks rather good now. Two small issues though:

* Edger finds small gaps or T-junk:

2 4 43.34 -.25 37.11 43.08 -.25 36.94
2 4 17.27 -.25 20.1 17.32 -.25 20.14
2 4 16.76 -.25 19.34 16.58 -.25 18.43
2 4 44.36 -.25 38.22 44.54 -.25 39.12
2 4 43.22 -.25 41.21 43.85 -.25 40.79
2 4 40.51 -.25 40.79 40.56 -.25 40.82
2 4 16.6 -.25 18.55 16.76 -.25 19.34
2 4 18.03 -.25 20.61 17.27 -.25 20.1
2 4 40 -.25 38.22 39.85 -.25 38.96
2 4 43.08 -.25 41.3 43.22 -.25 41.21
2 4 17.32 -.25 20.14 18.03 -.25 20.61
2 4 44.51 -.25 38.96 44.36 -.25 38.22
2 4 44.54 -.25 39.12 44.36 -.25 40.02
2 4 44.36 -.25 40.02 44.45 -.25 39.55
2 4 40.51 -.25 37.45 41.28 -.25 36.94
2 4 40.56 -.25 40.82 40.7504765625 -.25 40.94927734375
2 4 41.28 -.25 36.94 41.06 -.25 37.09
2 4 42.18 -.25 36.76 43.08 -.25 36.94
2 4 39.85 -.25 38.96 39.82 -.25 39.12
2 4 16.58 -.25 18.43 16.6 -.25 18.55
2 4 43.85 -.25 37.45 43.34 -.25 37.11
2 4 43.08 -.25 36.94 43.85 -.25 37.45
2 4 42.96 -.25 36.92 42.18 -.25 36.76
2 4 20.6 -.25 20.1 19.84 -.25 20.61
2 4 19.84 -.25 20.61 19.91 -.25 20.57
2 4 19.91 -.25 20.57 20.6 -.25 20.1
2 4 40 -.25 40.02 39.82 -.25 39.12
2 4 43.85 -.25 40.79 43.08 -.25 41.3
2 4 41.06 -.25 37.09 40.51 -.25 37.45
2 4 43.08 -.25 36.94 42.96 -.25 36.92
2 4 39.82 -.25 39.12 39.9 -.25 39.5
2 4 44.45 -.25 39.55 44.54 -.25 39.12
2 4 39.9 -.25 39.5 40 -.25 40.02
2 4 44.54 -.25 39.12 44.51 -.25 38.96
2 4 40.7504765625 -.25 40.94927734375 40.51 -.25 40.79
2 4 39.82 -.25 39.12 40 -.25 38.22

Looking at the lower dot it might help if you rotated it just by 1 degree in order to get this line:

2 68 19.84 -.25 20.61 18.03 -.25 16.25

in sync with this:

2 20 20.54 -.25 21.95 16.31 -.25 12.63

It will probably help also get the vertices here:

2 68 18.55 -.25 22.85 14.32 -.25 13.53

closer together. Better merge them altogether.

* Some of your code reads:

4 0 18.94 -.25 16.07 21.3 -.25 18.43 21.030716796875 -.25 19.470490234375 20.6 -.25 20.1

as per the specs: https://www.ldraw.org/article/512.html#precision

3 digits is more than enough. The "Round" tool in LPDE text editor will do the job for you. STRG+Click to setup.

Didn't apply round again after rectifier.
I am not able to locate the vertices you mentioned. Are you applying another tool before posting? Are we looking at the same file?
Whats the setting for Edger that produces the gaps? I checked and it was clean with default settings in LDPE 1.8.94.
Still avoiding LDPE as I am having trouble with the 3D viewport. Zoom on mouse scroll is messed up and barely works which is so annoying.

There are settings in the Options meny, to change the morse functions.

*mouse

* Most reviewers use lines to point where the problem in your file is. Copy the above code, paste it to the LDPE text editor, use "Line size 5" in the LDPE 3D editor and you should be able to see the lines. Zoom in very closely.

* Mouse behaviour:

Tools... -> Options... -> Customize Shortcuts tab

I use the SPACE key for the Alternative Middle Mouse Button - but tastes are all different.

Okay, looked at the tool closer and recognized how Edger2 highlights the edges in the viewport. Reworked the areas of the black dots.

Good guidance by you all! The only tool raising something is the OverlappingSurfacesFinder, but don't understand why. Looks like clean quads.

Almost ready.

* I would further work on the economy of the pattern and merge (either STRG+W or either STRG+E) some vertices:

2 368 0 -.25 55 4.48 -.25 55
2 368 19.49 -.25 44.99 19.69 -.25 44.97
2 368 16.58 -.25 18.43 16.6 -.25 18.55

* Also some tweaking of the triangulation wouldn't hurt:

3 2 20.57 -.25 -16.37 21.45 -.25 -15.22 22.02 -.25 -13.98
3 15 -44.63 -.25 -33.07 -44.54 -.25 -32.92 -44.7 -.25 -31.42
3 15 12.99 -.25 14.14 16.76 -.25 19.34 17.27 -.25 20.1

Refined and reduced geometry.
Tool reports look good: No T-junctions, no overlaps, no unmatched edges.

The previous scale was wrong.

This version reports overlaps though! Sorry, but I am not able to fix them. They seem to depend on rounding and other factors. Slightly moving a vertex may solve it, in other instances not.

seems like it got un-quad-ed (everything is back to triangles now)

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