Some Duplo parts (and a handful of others) don't have a proper CATEGORY. Unless there's major objection, I plan on recycling and fastracking these parts to add one. I can post a list if desired.

Hi Ldrawers. I'm new to the world of Parts Authoring, but have with invaluable help from Philo started learning the art.

I have just finished my first complete minifigure and would like to get some good feedback on it. Hope it's OK that I ask for it here. I already got some feedback on the torso already.

The parts in question are *pc4b.dat

One thing in particular I am a bit in doubt about is the brown eyebrows and stubble. When seeing it with Medium Nougat hair I am wondering if it should be changed.

Best regards,
fhareide

Hi,

I see some cool new parts from this set, and the best bit is he even shows the parts up-close on their own as well as showwing the parts inventory in the instruction manual which shows the part ID's. here is what I got:

4x8 inverted tile (6372268)
Chest 2x4(6278470)
Chest lid 2x4 with 2 offset studs (6375791)
Technic axle hole barrel with hook (6372272)

Maybe more, but im not a lego system expert so 

Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6BsIcM5_EI

Hi all,

I have a model of 9000+ parts for which I like to add auto-steps in LDCad.
This model is too big, so LDCad times out.
Is there a way to increase the time out? I thought I had read that before and it was discussed, but I cannot seem to find it here.

I have tried using MLCad, which can atleast sort the bricks by position, but then adding auto-steps by height, there are a lot (2500+) steps.
Also lenghtwise, ie parts at the back of the model that are the same height, get their own steps.

Or: would there be another way to add steps, after each height change (y-coordinate)

Thanks.

Jaco

One of the parts in question:
https://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.c...15ds01.dat

The part in question is clearly named wrong. Per the spec, sticker shortcuts are suffixed with dXX. The codes for patterns don't really apply to sticker shortcuts so XX should really just be the next number in sequence that isn't in use. That said, we have one official file in the 4515dXX family that uses "x" so we could go with dsX. I'd prefer the former but can live with the latter.

The Steering Committee has voted for the inclusion of helper parts in the Official LDraw Parts Library. As helper parts have to go through the LDraw Parts Tracker via "Fasttrack" for the inclusion in the package, this won't happen in a timely fashion as the current PT is technically not ready. However we agreed on the following specs:

Quote:Helper Part General Rules

Helper parts are non-LEGO text, arrows, and other icons intended to be used in building instructions or other renderings. In some cases these parts can be used to position non-brick elements (such as lights) in a LDraw scene.

Helper parts will not be subject to review on the Parts Tracker and will qualify for admin "fast tracking".

Helper Description

As for the third party parts it starts with '|' or '~|'

    |Helper <2D/3D qualifier> <Type> <additional description> <lenght/height/depth>

<Type> Arrow, Dot, Line, Letter, Number, Light, LSynth Constraint, String Knot ...
<additional description> Straight, Rotation, "3", "F", Vertical
<lenght/height/depth> 2L, 3 Studs, 20 LDU, 10 mm

Helper Part Numbering

Name as description without blanks: Helper3DEasyRotation.dat

Helper Category

Not needed. From the !CATEGORY and !KEYWORDS spec: If a part has no !CATEGORY meta-statement, the category is assumed to be the first word in the part name (ie. the first word of the first line of the part file).

Helper Keywords

Not needed, as the description should contain all relevant information.

Helper Location

<Library Root>\parts\helper

Helper Dimensions

Numbers and letters should fit into a x-z grid of a: 20 x 20 LDU

Based on a discussion on the PT forum, I'd like to proposed the following change to the Official Library Spec.

https://www.ldraw.org/article/512.html#pattern_desc
(changes in bold)

Quote:The description of a patterned part should in the following format:
<base part description> with <pattern description> Pattern

Where:

•     <base part description> is the description of the non-patterned version of the part. Note: For parts with mold variants (e.g. tiles with or without groove), the additional qualifier for the mold is only required if the same pattern is printed on more than one variation. Example: "Minifig Head with Solid Stud with ... Pattern" can be shortened to "Minifig Head with ... Pattern" if the pattern being modeled only appears on the "Solid Stud" variation.
  
•     <pattern description> is a reasonably detailed description of the pattern. If unsure, use of the description on other inventory websites is encouraged.
  

I think it has already be answered somewhere, but can't find it. How can I move a flexible part from one model to another? I can detach the flex part from model1, then use it as external file in model2, but how do I make model2 a self-contained mpd? Of course I don't want to use a text editor, there would be no challenge 

As suggested by Philo, let's move the discussion into the forum.

The initial long description was reduced as suggested by me. But doing this wasn't in line with our specs. Now the pattern part would have a missing stud qualifier. For now I added this qualifier, but as there is no other stud variant of "Cylinder 3 x 3 with Dome Top" I would like to see the stud qualifier removed completely for all 49308 parts, as suggested by Magnus.

Other opinions?

LDView 4.4.1 is now available.

You can download this release from the LDView Downloads Page.

This is a minor version update, with only two changes:

1. Support tndis primitives.
   
2. Fix for -SaveSnapshotsList command line argument.