Help with line networks name system

[Piscos 3]

Hi there!

I'm finishing a whole set of line networks and I need some help with the name system. Initially it was going to be 3 or 4 assets but I'm currently sitting at about 50 !!  So I want to create a decent name system that it's easy to search for and flexible enough to add new networks later (in the same pack or a new one).

Main categories

There are 3 main categories:

• Solid
• Dashed
• Dotted

Are these names clear enough? I thought about using "broken" instead of dashed, but I wanted the lines to be a bit more general purpose (even if they're will be 99% used in roads).

Types

For each category, I devised several types, which I'm naming A,B,C,D,E, ... There is no correlation between types in different categories. Some examples:

Size variations

For each type, I'm creating a few different sizes, which I'm naming 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ... Some types can have just 1 size and others can have 4 or 5. Some examples:

Terrain variations

At this point, I noticed that it's impossible (or at least I haven't found a way) to have fence networks that can be elevated and that are terrain conforming at the same time. So I decided to have 2 versions of each networks:

• Regular: the one that can be elevated (perfect to use on sunken roads that are flat). No suffix at the end.
• Terrain conforming: can be used on slopes but can't be sunked. TC suffix at the end.

Is there a better way to call them?

Conclusion

Putting categories, types, size and terrain together... at the moment my networks are named like this:

• Line : Solid A1
• Line : Solid A1 TC
• Line : Solid A2
• Line : Solid A2 TC
• Line : Dashed A1
• Line : Dashed A1 TC
• Line : Dotted A1
• Line : Dotted A1 TC
• etc etc

And the icons look like this:

Do you think the name system and the icons are clear enough? Any other suggestions?

And what about color variations?

In case you were wondering if I was planning to do color variations like yellow... I'm not. I'm making all the networks colorizable with Network Skins 2 !

 

Sorry for the help pos! any help or suggestion is deeply appreciated !

 

[kwetzel345 101]

THIS IS AWESOME!. Can't wait!

[Clus 24]

Hello and welcome to the forum ! 

 

First of all ... i am ok with your current naming - system. It's all self - explaining and everyone will definitely find what they're looking for.

Just write a short asset description and go for it.

Secondly ... it looks great ! It's absolutely a thing that can be very useful. Thanks 

 

Wbr