<b>Hi bf-docboard Team !</b><br><br>My name is Ivan Paulos Tomé – A.k.a. Greylica.<br>As some of you may know, I’m working with the <br> documentation team for some time, and we are <br>working and reviewing some pages as a team, <br>
we are developing pages and <br>we are publishing those pages when they are OK.<br><br>Recently, I’m making a Map of the Blender wiki, with <br>some notes and references to help friends of the <br>documentation team and translators. <br>
<br>The infrastructure of the wiki is quite good, but I also <br>took some of the time spent in doing my maps to read <br>pages, make some verifications, fix some problems, etc.<br>I will share some of those notes with you all, <br>
in those notes I wrote some proposals for <br>modifications I think we need, based on <br>the readings of the sections, <br>subsections and chapters of the main manual, and <br>using Blender.<br><br>Those notes are related to the first 5 sections of the manual:<br>
<br><ul><li>Introduction</li><li>Starting</li><li>Data System and Files</li><li>Interaction in 3D</li><li>Modeling</li><li>Modifiers and Deformation</li></ul><br><br><b>Proposal for changes in the infrastructure of Chapters and Sections: ( Contents ) (3)<br>
</b><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><b>Modeling </b>Section:<br><br>Subsection: Introduction.-<br><br><b>Chapter: Conversion and Hierarchy → Need to be added</b><br>
<br>* We need a new ‘’Conversion and Hierarchy’’ chapter under<br>subsection Introduction, explainning what are the <br>elements that could be converted into Curves and Meshes. <br><br>For Instance:<br><br>Text- They are like read-only curves → could be converted to Curves or Meshes<br>
Meta and Surfaces → Mesh<br>Curves → could be converted to Meshes and Vice Versa, depending <br>on the Mesh (Open = OK, Closed = Won't work)<br>What’s the standard calculation for the curves from Meshes for example ? <br>
Sketches → As another plus, they could be converted to Geometry. <br>(Only a reference to the Sketch system is needed)<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><b>Modeling </b>Section:<br>
<br>Subsection: Mesh Objects - <br><br><b>Chapter – Separating elements → Need to be added.</b><br><br>Another important way of modeling that needs to be covered in the manual, and <br>now that the boolean operations is incredibly improved with the Carve booleans, <br>
we deserve a chapter for this ;).<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><b>Modeling </b>Section:<br><br>Subsection: Curves - <br><br><b>Chapter - Curve Skinning – Need to be added – </b><br>
<br>We have to separate this info from the Advanced Editing Chapter <br>Curve Skinning - will explain Tapper, and Bevel Objects. <br>Advanced Editing - Should Refer to special curve Manipulation methods, <br>Calculations, how to close Curves, etc, and the chapter will best suit its own purposes. <br>
<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><b>Proposal for changes in the name conventions: (Names of the chapters and sections) (2)</b><br><br><b>Starting </b>Section<br>
<br>Subsection: The Vital Functions -<br><br>Change Undo/Redo name in the page only (not in the Infrastructure), then:<br><br>- <u>Undo and Redo</u> → <b>Undo, Redo and Recovery. </b><br><br><b>Modifiers and Deformation</b> Section<br>
<br>The name ‘Modifiers and Deformation’ doesn’t reflect exactly what is in the <br>Subsections, for example, the ‘Generate’ and the ‘Simulate’ Subsection, <br>are Modifiers but they aren’t só clear in the name of the Section.<br>
Then I have a proposal to change:<br><br>- <u>Modifiers and Deformation</u> → <b>Modifiers – Deform, Generate, Modify, and Simulate.</b><br><br>Yeah, the name is bigger than before, but this new name for the Section <br>covers all of modifiers, even the ones that could be added in the future.<br>
<br><b>Good Vibrations for everyone !<br><br>Ivan Paulos Tomé – greylica.</b><br>