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  Sloped Minifig Leg 3817b is wrong
Posted by: Willy Tschager - 2022-12-06, 19:47 - Forum: Parts Tracker Discussion - Replies (43)

Guys,

I know we have put a lot of effort into the new 3817b/3816b - Minifig Legs by obsoeting the old 3817/3816 but the new geometry with the sloped backside is clearly wrong:

   

Any ideas how to correct the part without the need to reverse the whole conversion?

w.

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  PT user accounts and authentication
Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2022-12-05, 19:39 - Forum: Parts Tracker Discussion - Replies (6)

The PT currently uses the forums to authenticate users. While this currently works well enough, but with the next gen PT in development, we have an opportunity to discuss what we would like to do going forward.

I see 2 viable options:

- Keep the current system with the forums being the controlling account
Pros: Familiarity. Easier to PM authors with questions.
Cons: At the mercy of the developers of the forums to not break things. Rewrites needed if we decide to change software.

- The PT and the forum accounts separate
Pros: Thing only break if we break them. Having an API to tie into is easier.
Cons: More things to sign into. More difficult to tie stuff back to the forums (like the Parts Author badges)

Now that I've pondered and written the above, I think I'm in favor of keeping the forums and PT tied together.

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  Vulture droid printed wedge, #64225pb012, I've started if someone can take over
Posted by: Kirby - 2022-12-05, 9:26 - Forum: Part Requests - Replies (2)

I've needed this part for a very long time now but still cant figure it out. I've created a file in PS and even got it over into meca bricks but I still don't know how to get it over to Stud.io. I'm hoping someone here might be able to help finish it up? Let me know what I can send you to help! Appreciate the help!

I have a PNG of the file of the decal I created in PS available. 
The photoshop file available of course too. (I used the mecabricks template) The part looks pretty good in Mecabricks
An exported version as a 3D object from mecabricks.

Heres the BL link to the part... https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...6#T=C&C=86

I hope thats helpful.



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  Tiger mask put together (paint+mask)
Posted by: Zoltán Tibor - 2022-12-04, 17:06 - Forum: Part Requests - No Replies

Hello! :-)

There is two tiger mask this and that:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...D#T=C&C=68

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...D#T=C&C=68

And I think this is the basic mask:

http://www.digital-bricks.de/en/index.ph...part=15083

http://www.digital-bricks.de/en/index.ph...part=15084

Can you put together these two mask?

Thank you very much! :-)

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  Precise geometry vs fine-shading topology?
Posted by: Max Murtazin - 2022-12-03, 20:19 - Forum: Parts Authoring - Replies (7)

The topic that is bugging me a bit lately, is what should be really put in priority - precise geometry, or cutting down on that a bit, to have model be shaded way more nicely? Example of that would be the cut cylinder on the 50921. It features cylinder cut by the other one. In the current version, it looks like this:
   
The thin triangles lead to a pretty unpleasant shading, which essentially keeps edges very clear
   

It can be fixed by merging some of the vertices, but that results in cylinder not being really circular anymore:
       

I am not sure which approach is favorable. First result has pretty precise shaping, but loses in appearance. Second one is more fine in how it looks, and precision loss, while present, is not that dramatic

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  Matrix math for curved prims
Posted by: N. W. Perry - 2022-12-01, 19:19 - Forum: Parts Authoring - No Replies

Is it possible to get a rotation matrix for a circular primitive, given a simple (I guess quadratic) Bézier curve?

All of our curved prims are circles or conical, and I’ve read that any affine transformation of a conic section will result in another conic section. If the simple Bézier curves are likewise conic (which may be a wrong assumption), then theoretically they can all be represented by a 2D shear matrix, right?

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  Parts Tracker bug in release script (non-critical)
Posted by: Orion Pobursky - 2022-11-30, 4:42 - Forum: Parts Tracker Discussion - Replies (1)

I found a bug in the release script of the PT. If the first lines after the header are TEXMAP lines, the !HISTORY line for the release after those TEXMAP metas. I've currently found 6 affected parts in the Official Library:

parts/36069ap01.dat
parts/36069bp01.dat
parts/98088p01.dat
parts/98088p02.dat
parts/98088p03.dat
parts/98088p04.dat


If you find any more, let me know.

Note: This does not affect any visible aspects of the part. The only problem is that the header is out of compliance with the Header Spec.

I'll track the down the source of the bug and recycle the affected parts for the 2022-06 release.

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  3660pr0005 Slope Inverted 45° 2 x 2 with Radar and Disk Slot Print
Posted by: Bill Ward - 2022-11-29, 1:08 - Forum: Part Requests - Replies (2)

Hi, I'm using this part in a MOC that I want to digitize in LDraw format...
https://rebrickable.com/parts/3660pr0005...lot-print/
BrickLink 3660pb003 • BrickOwl 259299 • LDraw 3660pr0005 • LEGO 3660pr0005

Does anyone feel like tackling this? I don't know the procedure for getting printed parts added. It has an LDraw number, but nothing in the official or unofficial parts library that I can find.

Thanks
Bill

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  Brick Sizing
Posted by: Loren King - 2022-11-28, 10:10 - Forum: Help - No Replies

Good morning everyone!  I have one question and I haven't been able to find it in the forums.  What are the recommended settings for my Creality Ender 3 Pro?  I've seen settings on websites that recommend a 1.2mm wall thickness with 4 layers iirc but those bricks don't fit well together without sanding.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated on this.  Also, thank you to all for having such a fantastic community! 

-King04758

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  City 2007
Posted by: Takeshi Takahashi - 2022-11-27, 4:18 - Forum: Official Models - Replies (1)

This is the thread for City sets released in 2007 (Fire, Traffic and more)

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