Warp wrote:
> Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
> 
>>So, I would like to try an experiment: A group collaboration.  We'll 
>>pick a topic (probably something like "tables" or "chairs" or even 
>>"writing utensils"), and several people will each contribute one or two 
>>items to it.
> 
> 
>   IMO those objects should also be parametrized so that you can change
> their geometry with identifiers (or macro parameters).
> 
>   For example, you might find a table model which is just perfect, except
> that its legs are too tall. There should be an identifier you can declare
> before the #include (or before calling the macro) which changes the length
> of the legs.
> 
>   In the #include file this can be implemented eg. like this:
> 
> #ifndef SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_LENGTH
> #declare SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_LENGTH = 5;
> #end
> 
> or, alternatively:
> 
> #local SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_LENGTH = 5;
> #ifdef SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_FACTOR
>   #local SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_LENGTH =
>     SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_LENGTH * SOMEID_TABLE_LEG_FACTOR;
> #end
> 
> 
Can be, but do not have to be.  Maybe just point out to contributors 
that more flexibility = more popularity, and leave it at that.

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