Hi,

this release adds hints when using the scientific number format.
It corrects a 3D manipulator bug and five other issues.
The download of data from library.ldraw.org works now!



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(1 new feature and 6 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...see a hint on numbers with scientific notation (you can also "quick fix" these numbers).
  

1. The 3D manipulator orientation got polluted.
   
2. LDPE was not able to download from library.ldraw.org
   
3. The tabs in the 3D editor couldn't be moved around. The text editor was not affected.
   
4. SymSplitter cutted with data from subfiles too, in addition to the cutting plane (see images on https://github.com/nilsschmidt1337/ldpar...issues/959 )
   
5. Intersector calculated sometimes wrong results with some triangles missing.
   
6. It was not possible to do a "copy + transform" action on MacOS X with the cursor keys (see https://github.com/nilsschmidt1337/ldpar...issues/958 ).
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.8.67.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.67-1_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.67.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

I noticed that there are a few sets still missing from 1987 so I thought it might be good to start a new thread.

Keep in mind that there may be some models posted in the original "1980's 1990's Town and Trains" thread so please check there, or by using the forums search, or even in the OMR Database before uploading any models here.

My first contribution is thanks to Philo who recently created two of the missing, floating hulls! I will post the remaining boats shortly. 

The render below is based on the box art in which the rear black 1x6 bar with open studs was moved back by one stud compared to the instructions. This allows the Minifig to be attached where otherwise the black bar would have been.

4020 - Fire Boat (1987)

  4020 - Fire Boat.ldr (Size: 119.88 KB / Downloads: 13)
   
OMR compliant: no, due to license issue with unofficial parts, unofficial parts are embedded
Missing items: rope
Made in: Studio, LDR export checked in MPD Center

I've added two new features to the Parts Tracker:
- Track/Untrack a part. When you submit or review a part, events for that part are emailed to you daily. If you wish to get updates for other parts or stop getting updates you can click the button to do so. 
- Flag for deletion. Part reviewers can flag a part for deletion, if need. Admin will review the part and either delete it or unflag it.

P.S.: While I was typing this I realized that it would be useful for the part author to be able to flag their own parts. I'll implement that shortly.

Hello together,

In case anyone is interested here I extended an original implementation from Danny Staple that allows converting LDraw model or part files into OpenSCAD files. The tool to do so can be found at https://github.com/orionrobots/ldraw-to-scad or as an installable PyPi package at https://pypi.org/project/ldraw-to-scad/ . I also translated the whole parts library to OpenSCAD files. The automatically translated files can be found at https://github.com/schiele/openscad-ldraw .

Note that the parts in the LDraw library are typically non-manifold, meaning that you will experience some trouble when generating solids out of those models. Rendering images should work easily though.

There are some new logo primitives on the Part Tracker

   

I see a problem with all these logo primitives. They never seem to fit the need, in more that a few parts.
And that's why I think they should be treated as templates, and are free to use inlined, whenever it's possible.

We allready have some fonts, letters and numbes as primitives. Could be used as primitives, but are best used inlined to get correct kerning between the letters, for instance. But we have logos as both primitives and subfiles, official in the library.

The logos need to be detailed enough so that they are possible to enlarge. But the downside is that they might become ridiculously detailed when used shrunken on smaller parts. (Yes, I'm thinking of the Ferrari horse on the 1x1 tiles. They are stupidly detailed).

   

All these logos on parts with the new Fire badge logo, are different. One, or two, borders around the badge, of different thickness.
With or without sharp, or sloping, corners.

I don't want to see any more fire badge primitives. These 4 are made and useful. They can be used together as one badge, rescaled, but should preferably be used as templates. They might need reshaping.

So, my question is: -  Are the logos primitives or subfiles?

If a part needs to be renumbered, please contact me to renumber it.

Do not resubmit the renumbered parts as new parts. This loses the comment history on the old parts and clutters the PT with unneeded, orphaned parts.

If you are unsure, do not assume an answer, ask me or one of the other part reviewers before submitting.

Hi all,

I'm the author of BrickStore and for the last ~15 years, I had my daily database-update script download the current LDConfig.ldr from ldraw.org to create an up-to-date mapping between BL and LDraw colors.

The URL I've used for those 15 years was: https://www.ldraw.org/library/official/ldconfig.ldr
Now in Feb. 2023 this stopped working, because your web-server suddenly became case-sensitive. Fair enough - I changed the URL to https://www.ldraw.org/library/official/LDConfig.ldr

But now since March 17th, it broke again, this time the download fails due to an "Insecure redirect" to http://library.ldraw.org/library/official/LDConfig.ldr (notice the missing 's' in http://).
The same happens in a normal browser. Adding the 's' back into https:// makes the download work again.

My question is now: what would be a stable URL to access this file? Can you fix the redirect to stay on SSL or should I switch to https://library.ldraw.org/... instead?

Thanks for looking into this!
Robert

After multiple requests and discussion here on the forums, I've enabled commenting on any part for all registered Part Authors.

An updated version of the LDraw All-In-One-Installer, in short AIOI, containing the LDraw Parts Library update 2023-01 with 121 new files (including 84 new parts and 9 new primitives) has been released.

The AIOI supports Windows XP (Home and Pro), Windows Vista or higher (all versions). There are two installer files available: Use the 64 Bit AIOI to install all the main 64 Bit programs, while the older 32 Bit programs are offered in a separated .exe file. Please note that only the 64 Bit version contains the LDraw Parts Library. If you want to use the 32 Bit programs it is mandatory that the library has been installed previously. The Installer will NOT run on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT Ver 4, 2000, or XP below SP2.

It contains the following changes:

* Update to Parts Library 2023-01
* Update to MLCad.ini 2023-01
* Update to Offline Parts Catalog 2023-01

You can download the AIOI from:

LDraw.org >> Help >> Get Started >> Windows >> LDraw All-In-One-Installer

Many thanks to all the programmers who contributed to this release.

Willy Tschager
(LDraw.org Content Manager)

LEGO continues to put out more decorated pieces, and LDraw has put a lot of efforts into creating them for the library.  And of course, this is happening while overall new pieces are also being added.  Given the increase then in the parts library, I was curious if there was any thought given to separating out those decorated parts in the part three.  For example: Brick, Bricks Decorated, Tile, Tile Decorated.  BrickLink has done this with their catalog, and it has been a great help for navigation.