Art adaptation — move, simplify, reinforce

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rulingA decision by Aristide or Jordan. True because it was decided; it can be superseded, but it cannot be stale.

Content last changed 2026-08-09 — computed from the item itself, not typed.

The customer's file is INTENT, not geometry under contract (Aristide, 2026-08-08). The file states what the design must READ as. The deliverable is a part that still reads as that design AND cuts cleanly AND holds together — and to get all three at once the shop is licensed to adjust the geometry, not just heal it. Three verbs:

• MOVE — shift elements slightly so overlaps and joints resolve into clean, unambiguous cut lines, and so the preferred build ([[mount-architecture]]) becomes possible at all. Confusing near-miss or doubled cut lines between elements are a defect to design away, never to cut.
• SIMPLIFY — remove or calm detail that hurts the look at cut size or serves no purpose: decorative micro-detail crowding a neighbouring element reads better as fewer, cleaner features. (Distinct from sub-tolerance smoothing, which is invisible by definition — this is a visible edit, made on purpose.)
• REINFORCE — thicken, merge or reshape an element so it is structurally sound for its role in the chosen option; the same element may be adapted differently per option (a decorative wisp in one build may be a load path in another).

Two bounds keep the license honest:

• The read is preserved — at viewing distance it is still the customer's design. How far an element may move follows its function, the same doctrine as tolerance-follows-function: decoration has room, mating features have almost none.
• Every adaptation is shown and told — the original art stays the base layer under the adapted geometry (the house overlay), and the customer letter states each change in plain words with its reason. The options ARE the approval mechanism: the customer picks from previews of the adapted art, so nothing is cut that was never shown.

The verbs are RANKED (2026-08-09): prefer MOVE over REINFORCE wherever reinforcement must add metal outside the drawn silhouette. A small MOVE that turns a tangency into a real overlap keeps every edge the customer drew; a patch adds an edge they never drew. Worked answer: the MVT fix moved the ring slightly left and joined the clouds into one closed outline, rather than building a patch outside the silhouette (round 2 chose the patch — legal under the unranked verbs, but 0.34" of invented edge the owner’s MOVE avoids).