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 !