I'm working my way through addressing issues identified in some stickers I have submitted. One of the suggestions is to use a primitive instead of some quads.

Using "Rings and Cones", I can see some primitives with a suitable radius once a scaling factor is applied. However, rather than wanting a ring, I'm looking for a partial ring. While one of the primitives (3-16ring14) I could use is already available, a second one (3-8rin21) is not. I have played with PrimGen2 to generate the second desired primitive locally.

My question is, if I'm modelling a part and need a currently unavailable primitive, am I allowed to simply define the appropriate primitive (using PrimGen2) and submit the primitive through the parts authoring process? If this isn't allowed, is there an an (official) alternative way to get a new primitive created?

I do have an alternative where I can use a different primitive and apply a scaling to it but the ring segment ends up being too "thick" compared to the actual sticker. My preference is to try to model the sticker with the ring segments having the actual measured thickness.

Regards,

David

Hi!
I tried converting some parts from LDraw to STL and printing them on the 3d printer.
I encountered a problem that all pinholes are too small, doesn't matter which part i use. Part size, however, is precise compared to existing parts (so i know it's not printer being buggy).
I have then found same parts elsewhere that print and that are compatible with other Lego bricks i've got.
Wonder if there's anything obvious i'm missing out while converting ldraw library parts to stl and printing.

Thanks and sorry if it's a noob question, i just have a line of children waiting for missing parts

Hi,

Is there a simple way or set of instructions to turn an .stl file (taken from SketchUp) into a Lego model?  I have used Brickify, however it appears the model is too large to process so the site is hanging.  I did remove unused layers, however that doesn't seem to help.

Unable to load file via the forum, so here is the link to the model via the 3D Warehouse -  

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model/1...ape-May-NJ

Apologies in advance if this topic has been covered and I completely missed it.

Thanks for any and all assistance.

George

the main menu (see screenshot)
on Android is without function.
clicking it has no effect...

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Hi there

After some time again I finally managed to release a video of my compressor. Here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsH1Px7-qBA


Enjoy
Joscha

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 2018-02
* Update to LPub3D 2.3.6
* Update to MPDCenter 2.5.0.0
* Update to LDFind 1.3.5.4

You can download the AIOI from:

Home > Help > Get Started > LDraw All-In-One-Installer

Willy Tschager
(LDraw.org Content Manager)

Hi,

can someone switch the default skin of our Wiki
https://wiki.ldraw.org
back from current "Chameleon" to "Vector", please?
(see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Sk...for_a_wiki how to do it)

"Chameleon" looks ugly + confusing to me, and
even Wikipedia still sticks with "Vector", see
https://en.wikipedia.org

...Steffen

Hi all,

There seems to be an inconsistency in the description of various panels.
I have a model that has a few of this kind of panels:

60581 Panel 1x4x3 with side flanges
87544 Panel 1x2x3 with side supports with hollow studs
87552 Panel 1x2x2 reinforced with hollow studs

Is it me, or do we mean the same with "side flanges", "side supports" and "reinforced"?

IMHO we should choose either one of these 3, preferably "reinforced" I think.

Also the "with hollow studs" is missing from 60581 Panel 1x4x3.

Do we agree to rename the description or is there really a reason to have 3 descriptions for the same thing?

Jaco

I'm not sure if anyone has tried this before - I searched but couldn't see anything -  but it might be helpful!

My wife needed 18970 (2x2 plate with scallop) in an ldraw model and it's not in the official or unofficial part tracker. It is, however, in Bricklink so I thought it might be in Stud.Io... and it is. So, to make a quick and dirty conversion, I 

• Opened up Stud.Io and inserted the part, then exported it as a Collada file.
  
• Next, a quick trip to www.meshconvert.com to export it out as .ply
  
• Now, I opened up the .ply in lsculpt* and selected the mesh *only*. No plates export
  
• I had to fiddle with the scale a little (8x, in meters worked for some reason)
  

Can anyone point me to where I can find a patterned version of the clone trooper helmet? This part is the helmet I'm looking for:
http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg.../61189.dat


However, it doesn't have the black and grey patterns as shown in this photo