Hi,

I need help finishing my implementation of part BEAD004, I need the stud to be fully hollow so a bar can go right through it and also the bottom tube is intersecting the top wall of the brick slightly.

Here is my code so far:

4 16 -15 30 -15 -15 0 -15 15 0 -15 15 30 -15
4 16 15 30 -15 12 30 -12 -12 30 -12 -15 30 -15
4 16 15 30 15 12 30 12 12 30 -12 15 30 -15
4 16 -15 30 15 -12 30 12 12 30 12 15 30 15
4 16 -15 30 -15 -12 30 -12 -12 30 12 -15 30 15
0
1 16 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -7.25 0 0 0 1 stud4.dat
1 16 0 30 0 15 0 0 0 -30 0 0 0 15 box4t.dat
0 BFC INVERTNEXT
1 16 0 30 0 12 0 0 0 -26 0 0 0 12 box5.dat
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 stud2.dat


Here are some references to the parts design:
https://youtu.be/eiegAdgSpcg?t=481
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...ead004#T=C

There is also a load of other beads that are super useful that I would like to see but thats maybe for a seperate thread, and they are too complex for a beginner like me to make in LDRAW.

Regards, Snipe.

I have recently installed the LDraw AIOI installer, and trying to get started with it. 

I have a model open in LDView, and it is looking good. I then try to use the snapshot function to get a png file render of the model, but the resulting file is coming up as empty/black.

I'm highly proficient with computers, but new to everything LDraw. I've tried to find a troubleshooting guide or a forum post of someone else experiencing this problem before, to fix the problem myself, but come up blank.

So I'm hoping can someone here help me out. Any suggestions what might be configured wrong, or I'm doing wrong, etc?

Hey,

this release added support for newer Java versions (e.g. Java 9, Java 10...).
The minimum required Java version is still version 8. You can skip this release if you like, since no other features were added.


As always, you can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:
(1 bug fix)

With this release the following critical issue is fixed:

1. The Windows program (LDPartEditor.exe) will now start with support of newer Java versions.
   

1. Download the zip-Archive
   
2. Extract the archive content to the location of your choice
   
3. On windows, double-click "run.bat" to start LDPE.
   
4. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LDPE.
   

1. On windows, double-click "update.bat" to search for updates.
   
2. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

• 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• 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
  

• 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8 (or newer)
  
• 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.
  

Hello,

I am looking for the minifig head with the BrickLink number 3626cpb1522 as a LDRAW part.


  3626cpb1522.png (Size: 128.85 KB / Downloads: 62)

Can anybody do this for me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards

Manfred

Hello,

I use one sub-models twice, but the second time the sub-model was rotatet by 180°. In the following picture you can see the first use of the sub-model and the callout.


  PIC-1.PNG (Size: 17.56 KB / Downloads: 68)

In the following picture you can see the second use of the same sub-model and the callout.


  PIC-2.PNG (Size: 15.68 KB / Downloads: 70)

What do I have to do to make the second callout look the same as the first callout?
In the following picture you can see a part of the "code" for the instruction.


  PIC-3.PNG (Size: 13.38 KB / Downloads: 68)

Regards

Manfred

Hello,

I'm trying to use the color "Dark Purple" in Bricksmith, but it doesn't come across in my color library.

Is there a different name used for the color I'm looking for? if not, can someone add the color?

Here is a reference for what the color looks like:
https://www.brickowl.com/search/catalog?...&query=All

An updated version of the LDraw All-In-One-Installer, in short AIOI, has been released.

The AIOI supports Windows XP (Home and Pro), Windows Vista or higher (all versions). On 64-Bit Operating Systems it will install in the "Program files (x86)" folder. 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 LDraw Parts Libary 2020-01
* Update to LDCad 1.6d
* Update to Offline Parts Catalog 2020-01

You can download the AIOI from:

LDraw.org >> Help >> Get Started >> Windows

Willy Tschager
(LDraw Content Manager)

I'd like to give everyone a quick status update of where I'm headed with the LDraw.org website eco-system.

My overall vision is twofold:
- Unify the site theming to better present our information
- Reduce the amount of "nut and bolts" admining that needs to happen by reducing the various software platforms we use. I realize that we have 5 different software packages running on the server. 2 of these are custom written for LDraw.org (the OMR and the Parts Tracker). The other 3 are not (Forums, Main site CMS, and the Wiki). I don't see the last 3 going away anytime soon since I'm not going to reinvent the wheel and write our own forum/CMS/wiki implementation. However, the less dependencies we have, the less we have to worry about projects being abandoned resulting in us having to change software (like we did with the old forum software).

The theming project is ongoing from when it started last year. Expect this to spread to the OMR and in a limited sense to the Forums and Wiki. The Forums and Wiki will be more difficult because the software platforms in use have their own particular theme systems that don't mesh neatly with the one in use by the main site CMS

I'm also looking to retire the wiki and omr subdomains. Eventually the PT will be rewritten but this won't happen anytime in the near future. However, the OMR is much like a PT for models so I may use it to get experience writing software of a similar nature. Note this is all in the preplanning phase and no obvious action will happen until, most likely, the last few month of the year.

P.S. If you have any specific suggestions for the websites, there's a thread for that, please post it there.

Something went wrong on the OMR site.
After every search I got a blank white site without results.
Could anyone take a look?

Thanks.

Hi, I hope this is the right corner of the forum.

I wanted to show you a small project I have worked on: Virtual Blox.
It is a brick builder in VR which uses LDraw parts for the models.
Currently only Pin connections are supported and a limited part selection, but
smaller models can now be build in VR. 

If you want to have a look, go to https://essometer.itch.io/virtual-blox