2021 Technic models

Since non-LSB members can't comment on the LSB forum, this thread is for discussion of the search path proposal there.

To kick this off I'd like to comment on something Roland posted:

Quote:I disagree on this, a stud.dat should not replace all studs in the whole scene if it's located in the mpd itself or its folder.

87552.dat or 94638.dat?
..... in set 10295 - Porsche.

https://rebrickable.com/media/parts/phot...b097ea.jpg

Quote:

0 = panel 1 x 2 x 2 reinforced
0 Name: 94638.dat
0 Author: J.C. Tchang [tchang]
0! LDRAW_ORG Part Alias UPDATE 2020-01
0! LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0: see CAreadme.txt

0! HELP Part 94638 is the counterpart of 87552. Visually, the two parts seem
0! HELP identical. This file is provided to make it easier to locate part files
0! HELP when using the numbers from other sources.
0! HELP 87552 is used for molding opaque parts, 94638 for transparent parts.

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Regardless of where you get information - 87552 is always used in the name.
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87552 is used for molding opaque parts ...
94638 for transparent parts ....

Is this correct?

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Since there are no printed parts of it yet:
Which end identifier ("........ p01.dat"?)

.... can someone please clarify.

Is anyone able to make the weapons from the 37341 Weapon Pack?
I was sure I'd seen these before, and thought I already had them, but can't for the life of me find them.

37341a Weapon Sword Curved Blade with Bar
37341b Weapon Dagger / Knife with Flat Hilt End and Curved Blade, Cross Hatched Grip
37341c Weapon Sword Blade with Bar, Square Crossguard
37341d Weapon Scythe / Hook with Bar
37341e Weapon Scythe / Hook with Double Blades

  animationDemo.ldr (Size: 1.35 KB / Downloads: 1)
I'm using LDCad 1.6d, working on an animation, and have a baffling problem.  I can recreate the problem using Roland's original basic animation demo on YouTube:

I create the model and copy his LUA script. See aniDemoModel.png

As soon as I launch the LUA script, the Axle1 sub-model jumps to a new position on the first frame.  It also loses the 13° rotation that allowed its 14 tooth gear to mesh correctly with the Axle2 gear.  See aniDemoMove.png

Then using Roland's setRotate(angle, 1, 0, 0) the sub-model rotates around the wrong axis.  See aniDemoWrongAxis.png

Changing setRotate() to "angle, 0, 0, 1" fixes the wrong axis problem so the sub-model rotates around the correct axis, but I can't find any way to keep the sub-model from jumping to the new position and losing its 13° adjustment.

I've done other animations (which still work) and have never seen this problem.  Now it's happening to every new model I make!


Model:


Move:


Wrong axis:


LDR file:

It has been requested that we standardize the official search path. So I'm creating this thread to do that. Right now, I think that most programs follow in LDView's footsteps, but I'm open for the official search path being different. LDView by default looks for files in the following order:

MPD subfiles
Model Directory (the directory that the top-level model resides in)
<LDraw>\p
<LDraw>\parts
<LDraw>\models
<LDraw>\Unofficial\p
<LDraw>\Unofficial\parts

If we agree that the above order is correct, we can then discuss where to put it in the specification. If we want a different default search path, we can discuss that.

Note: If your name isn't Travis Cobbs, Chris Dee, or Roland Melkert, please don't respond to this thread. Read the rules for this board. Other than the three of us, only admins and mods can post here, but they aren't supposed to do so. If you want to bring up concerns, do so in the Parts Authoring board.

These are some parts from Bionicle / Hero Factory, The first 3 are in the LDD and could be converted.

98597 Large Figure Foot, with 2 Toes
20480 Large Figure Weapon Sword, Skull Warrior
15367 Large Figure Foot, with Ball Socket 5 x 6 x 2

15358pat000 Large Figure Creature Cocoon Petal with Black Base Pattern

Interestingly enough, some of these parts are the kind that appear in Rebrickable as having an LDraw part, but are nowhere to be found. If they exist and are named something else, please let me know.

I'd like to make a formed sticker of 4620859d
https://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.c...20859d.dat
to put on a bucket 48245.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...7#T=C&C=47

As the side surface of bucket is not cylindrical,
the Pattern Folder web-app by Lasse cannot be used.
Are there any smart ways for creating this sticker,
or should I cut the pattern manually with tweaking the coordinates in LDPE?

Thanks,
Takeshi

[Edit] 2021-06-20
Thanks again for a lot of advice.
The part has been admin-certified and will be included in next release.

Hi there,

Just wanted to confirm if one can expect parts to be deleted from unofficial library from time to time. 

This definitely happened recently with the part 5306c01 that used to be in the library but is now gone. It wasn't moved to the official list, so I assume it was simply deleted.

I know that such kind of thing cannot happen with files in the official library, because they stay there forever for backwards compatibility. But looks like things work differently in the unofficial library, which makes it even less reliable.

Hello community,
Is it possible to export the render-pictures for all parts included in LDraw as single files? WITHOUT LEGO logo on the studs?

Is there a data set like this somewhere already available for download?  Rebrickable offers pictures from all parts, but only with the LEGO logo in the studs.


Help appreciated