@Jolter said in Conn & more engineering spec sheet free-for-all:
@ConnDirectorFan That's very cool, has anything more happened to this initiative?
Since there are a lot of duplicates photos, I assume some manual checking and removing of redundancies could be useful, as would categorizing/systemizing the scans further.
In short, yes, though unfortunately not in a meaningful way. Part of it is my ineptitude, part of it is general coordination difficulty, but it will slowly proceed!
I wish it could have more happening! Just like the collection, it's a mess of fits and starts.
Currently I'm waiting on getting larger size prints - the client/owner dropped off a stack of B/C/D-size prints at a local print shop, who claimed they could scan them. Turns out they did absolutely nothing, while I put together an easel of sorts to photograph them. We're all busy otherwise, so coordination has been difficult.
Sorting would definitely be useful. The original objective was "digitize everything so it's not just these fragile sheets", so meaningful organization took a back-seat. Other prints have artifacts due to the scanner [like the wretched RGB-banding when scanning black when in color mode, etc.] so I scanned them in different modes.
Due to the naming convention, often several unique sheets have identical filenames [!!!] since I copied the folder structure of the physical crates themselves...errors and all. When scanning, the new directory caused the app to reset the file name.
Because the client/materials-owner wanted tuba and trombone parts primarily, I basically started entering model numbers into Google Drive, then grabbing the results and downloading. Then terms like "tuba", etc.
I suppose a detailed combing with a script, or even a tool like Agent Ransack or Tenorshare to find true duplicates would be in order. I scanned some items multiple times to ensure everything was captured [due to the consumer-grade flatbed scanner], and would potentially want to stitch them into a single sheet-file.
We wanted to use these to create 3D models of each part in modern software, and this could theoretically be automated given the specs and general shape.