LEGO Ideas sets thread

Welcome to a new parts author Dario Folliero [dariofol]!

I've been following the threads here as they learn from us. Please continue support them as they begin their LDraw author journey.

While generating images for the PT, I've noticed that sometimes LDView's auto zoom results in some of the part being cropped. Here's an example:
https://library.ldraw.org/tracker/32684

I can post the LDView.ini the PT is using if needed.

As it turns out, the only piece I had to substitute in the new rescue helicopter (60405) was the windscreen, and I'd really rather have the actual part, if anyone has the skills to make it since I don't...

Not a whole lot of links to give since it's a brand new part, but brickowl has it here:

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-wi...t-out-5274

As "Lego Windscreen 6 x 8 x 2 with cut-out 5274". 

In the instruction book, the specific number for the windscreen piece in trans-light-blue is 6465637.

Hello everyone,

I need to place a disc+ndis primitive on a 3626b head.

I tried doing this by Add Primitive [F7] > LDraw Primitive > Circular Disc Sector > 4-4disc.dat

The 'Set primitive origin' dialogue appears and I can select some point (the disc's midpoint I assume?) but as soon as I click, the dialogue disappears and nothing happens at all.

I tried to reset my LDraw path, reinstalled the latest version (1.7.3), but nothing changes.

Forum and Google search yielded no answer, but the implication that you can place primitives in that way (?).

What am I doing wrong?

I'm currently building the Viking Village model (set 21343) so I created the template for 2630 flexible cable with bar segments. Attached below, as well as LDCad connectivity files needed to attach things to the cable.
The unofficial parts are available here: https://library.ldraw.org/search/part?s=2630+cable

Attached Files

  Flex20LwithBars.ldr (Size: 4.02 KB / Downloads: 5)
  2630k01.dat (Size: 296 bytes / Downloads: 4)
  2630k02.dat (Size: 178 bytes / Downloads: 4)

Hi,

I love creating digital Lego sets and this site is an excellent resource for that. Huge thanks to all the contributors 

I know there are still models missing from the OMR and I would like to help fill those gaps. The problem I have is that i only have experience with stud.io. 

I am happy to learn how to use another program but which one is the best to use in relation to getting the best models for OMR?

Is there a getting started tutorial?

Just looking for tips and best practices really. I normally just use stud.io to import an official Lego set, then save as .io and render it.

Thanks in advance, keen to get started 
Andy

I'm planning on releasing an update this weekend so get your reviews in.

This will probably be a thin update for new parts and it will have a lot of primitive updates.

there was a long discussion in:
https://library.ldraw.org/tracker/34081 (please dont release it yet)
why the stud logo was missing...

I checked all the electric parts I have: they all have the electric contact in the upper right corner, even if the logo is then turned relative to all other normal stud logos.

Is there a way to include the logo here too?

I am trying to figure out how to take Lego model files and get a list of all parts and how they connect.  Ideally, I would get something akin to an edge list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_list) so I can make a design structure matrix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_structure_matrix) showing how each part connects the others. 

I have been looking at stuff, and the files appear to just store each part at a location and the programs state whether they collide or connect. I see that a lot of that information is kept in binary form, or lists the relative location of each connection part (such as stud2). 

I am lost as to where to start. Worst case, I would have to do a giant for loop thing to check each part, the location of each other, and if it connects and how. That sounds computationally impossible for larger sets.

If you have any recommendations, please let me know.

If you're curious, this is one that I did manually. It is set 8045: the mini telehandler. You can see parts of the lift part and the fork.

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