I've come to the realization that the origin of part 3651 (the venerable "toggle joint" or pin/bush connector), and a few others like it, is quite simply in the wrong place. It should really be located at the center of the pin section, not the bush end, since this is always where it needs to be rotated when working on a model. Also, whenever a piston head is placed on it, it is at this point, and likewise with any other parts placed on its studs. Finally, whenever I need to measure the length of an assembly that includes this part, I always need to know the distance to the pin hole, not to the bush end. (Yes, I can just add 20, but it's one more step to make an error…and if I'm scaling a diagonal cross brace or something, do I scale the 20 as well or just add it afterwards…?)

I know that this is a very old part, and that changing the origin of an official part is essentially a non-starter since it would mess up a whole lot of pieces in a whole lot of models. And I can always just make a fixed version for my own use. But I am curious whether this has ever been brought up before? Certainly, all the newer connectors seem to put the origin in the right place. (Has it ever been considered to have a second version of a part to correct something like this without having to replace the existing one?)

Anyway, that's it for my mini-rant.   Hope you enjoyed reading!

Looking for the minifig game controller part 53118 (or 61668 with game-pad printing).

Nothing turning up in Unity or Digital-Bricks.

Hope you're all well. Thanks in advance!

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hi,

Any updates on the part: 77765 pin 3L frictionless with end stop

I get 200 of them in 2 days so I can post pictures if needed.

I tried to make a quick and dirty DAT file myself by shifting the middle stop ring across on a regular 3L pin, but couldn't find the subfile which contained the middle stop ring, seems it was not just nested in a single level subfile so things for too hairy for my experience of making parts, and I gave up.

Thanks, Snipe

Hi people,

After a little help with part 67095 (Round Tile 3x3). I'm trying to create a pattern for it using LDPC and have attempted to create a template for it using LDPE.

The problem is that there seem to be multiple "top faces" mixed from the 67095.dat file and the various subparts. additionally deleting the top face also deletes the inner faces too.

Any help working out the mix of shapes and sub shapes appreciated.

Cheers

I don’t know if this part is on LDraw, but I’d like to request it if it’s not uploaded yet. It’s Mojo Jojo’s braincap from The Powerpuff Girls.



https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...P=553pb033


Thank you for reading.

Hey, I would like to request this cloth cape part.



https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...ge?P=37046


A formed version would also be useful. Thanks!

Hi,
Some of you may know me from my book The LEGO Architect or my brickarchtiect.com website.  I'm always looking for ways to simplify the more confusing aspects of our hobby, including my work on the LEGO Brick Labels project.

In order to create the labels, I've needed to craft extremely short descriptions for each part which complement the part image.  (Because the name is always accompanied by the image, I can take some liberties to make the names shorter.)

One of the biggest challenges I've encountered is a semantic one. Different websites (including LEGO.com) use different names for each part, and even for the 'anatomical' elements within a part.  I am in the process of learnign all the names used within the hobby for these connections and anatomy - in the hopes that I can distill the most commonly used terms.


Slide showing most of the common connection types in contemporary LEGO parts.

There are several aspects of LEGO part anatomy that I'm curious to hear how they are named within the internals of the LDraw project.

For example:

• On the underside of a 1x2 brick, there is a rod between the studs to create a gap the right size for a stud to attach.  Is this called a "bar" since it is 2 units wide (in the measurement system used above), or do you have a different term?
  
• Hollow Stud - Is there a better term for these hollow studs which accept a bar element?
  
• Bar/Clip/Handle - A "handle" has the same diameter as a bar element.  Is there another term for these used within LDraw project?
  
• Mini Bar - I  have also seen "prong" as a term for this, such as in the context of relatively new part 68211
  
• Click Hinge - I have also heard "indexed hinge" and other terms - is there a common name here?
  
• Ball - This is also sometimes described as a constraction hinge - has that term been outmoded by now?
  
• Mini Pin - Is that the closest thing we have to a universal name for this non-Technic pin connection?
  

Hey there, I just realized that Mojo Jojo's minifigure torso is also missing from LDraw.



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Thanks!

For band/belt templates in LDCad, the radius of a point is measured to the center of the path. I thought it would be handy to offset the path skin so that its inner edge follow the radius (i.e., the radius of the point is the same as the part it goes around).

I thought adjusting the alignment parameter was the way to do this, but it didn't work. It just breaks the path into segments with wide gaps (and they aren't noticeably offset from center).

Is there a simple way to adjust the template to do this? Or would I have to create a donor part with the origin shifted (and would that even work)?

Hello,

I am trying to implement the -CommandLinesList feature from LDView 4.4 into my application.
To do so, I created a text file that looks like this:


  temp.txt (Size: 781 bytes / Downloads: 8)

I then have the following situation: When I run ~/LdView64.exe -CommandLinesList=my_file.txt in the command line, the five .ldr files that are specified get exported to .pov format.
However, the INITIAL values (lat 50, long -111, zoom 0.56 in this case) are used throughout ALL five .ldr files. So for all five models, I have the same viewing angle which is not what I want.

Does anyone have an idea for why this occurs?
Thanks in advance

here are the .ldr files

  4035_70_0.ldr (Size: 52 bytes / Downloads: 3)
  4035_110_3.ldr (Size: 53 bytes / Downloads: 1)
  4035_128_1.ldr (Size: 53 bytes / Downloads: 0)
  4035_14_4.ldr (Size: 52 bytes / Downloads: 0)
  4035_17_2.ldr (Size: 52 bytes / Downloads: 0)