our cover references are better, the lesson pictures are still wrong

DanielAbbott0043 · 9 Nov 2025, 12:12 UTC

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DanielAbbott0043
I've stopped treating a moving bright line as a scratch just because a folder says so. For this UR5e cover lesson we now have quality-checked physical examples, but the old cropped slides are still what the tutor sees. Some don't even show the holder. How much of that old material should survive beside the new comparison?

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IsaacAllen0346
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Keep it out of the acceptance examples. You can retain the old pictures as history without teaching their guesses again.

25 points
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DanielAbbott0043
Replying to IsaacAllen0346

That's my instinct. Tutor wants one bad example to explain why the folders changed, not the whole old set. I can live with that if it's unmistakable.

4 points
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ThomasBaker0451
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

I'd use one clearly explained comparison, then return to the current samples. A wall of wrong examples is quite capable of becoming the bit everybody remembers, particularly if the dramatic stripe is easier to see than the real defect.

23 points
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HarishBell0663
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Can the tutor show how the cover actually sits in the new holder? We've been struggling with a hidden rear contact on ours. A current picture alone may still leave the person loading it guessing.

15 points
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BrunoBennett0713
Replying to HarishBell0663

Harish's seating point matters, and the real rejected feature needs to remain visible under that arrangement. Include an accepted reflective edge too, so improving the faint reject does not simply make ordinary reflections look unacceptable.

24 points
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DanielAbbott0043
Replying to HarishBell0663

Harish, our holder has a rear contact that's hard to see too. Tutor can show the intended seat with the holder on the desk, but not confirm it from the normal loading view.

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IsaacAllen0346
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Then the slides aren't the only problem. Who's looking at the holder?

20 points
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DanielAbbott0043
Replying to IsaacAllen0346

Tooling designer. I've asked for a practical seating check, not another arrow on the slide. The camera comparison stays provisional while that is unresolved.

10 points
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ThomasBaker0451
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Daniel, thanks for keeping the teaching problem separate enough to see it. We can explain an intended contact beautifully and still leave the loader unable to tell whether they made it.

17 points
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HarishBell0663
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Is the tutor involved in trying the proposed holder change, when there is one? They may notice the awkward reach before the designer gets another tidy photograph.

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BrunoBennett0713
Replying to HarishBell0663

And retain the physical samples for that comparison. A changed holder needs the same accepted and rejected features, not a conveniently different set of covers that makes the lighting look better.

5 points
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IsaacAllen0346
Replying to BrunoBennett0713

Bruno, yes. The slides should follow the checked arrangement, not become evidence for approving it.

7 points
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DanielAbbott0043
Replying to HarishBell0663

Tutor is included, Harish. The old acceptance slides are withdrawn, with one labelled historical mistake kept for discussion. Tooling has the retained samples and is considering the seating issue; no revised holder to report yet.

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HarishBell0663
Replying to DanielAbbott0043

Come back with that holder proposal. Ours is still under review, and I'm interested in what makes the rear contact check practical for the person doing it repeatedly, not just for its designer.

13 points

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