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Post by aviphysics on Mar 16, 2012 9:19:54 GMT -9
I am thinking about using the idea of sandwiching tabs between layers to hide untextured portions in buildings with interiors.
I thought I should check to see if people thought this was a papercraft industry standard or IP of a particular designer that I would need permission to use.
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Post by Sirrob01 on Mar 16, 2012 13:08:21 GMT -9
As far as I'm aware joining mechanisms and styles tend to be free game unless someone has lodged a patent for that particular method. If they have it should be very clear on there site if it's patented. However It'd be like trying to patent the way a jigsaw puzzle works trying to prove it's unique is pretty hard.... as far as I'm aware that's the legal view. Ethically I wont use someone elses specialized joining process (patented or not) as they put the time in to come up with the idea and it would be just rude to use it without their permission. (see Terrainlinx for an example of this) However glue tabs, slide together cross joins, overlapping layers, folding, under over tabs, wraps, rollups, magnets etc are all fairly free game as they have been used since who knows when to do papercraft. As far as I can tell you should be safe with sandwich tabbing, im visualizing something similar to how i used to make rc plane hinges layer tabtabtab layer I know I've done the above myself a few times on double sided long walls to get a perfectly flat join/wall. I'm intrigued to see what you come up with
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