There are some new features build in now and also (as always) bugfixes and changes.

New
1) New parttypes qualifier "Flexible_Section" added with check for suffix kNN
2) New option for check of scaled flat files added in the option dialog.

Changes
1) The time you need for inlining is now much less than before.
2) Check for scaled flat files is now better build in.

Bugfix
1)  History line with dirrerent bracket for the author entry is not detected.

You can download the tool as always from http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=datheader

The sourceforge seems mostly dead these days so -- in an effort to make a small update to lsynth -- I've moved both lsynth and ldglite to github where I'm still somewhat active.  There are several links to both from pages here that probably ought to be changed, if anyone empowered to do so feels it's worth the effort.  It might also be a good idea to fork anything else hosted on sourceforge over to github before sourceforge disappears completely.  Is bricksmith still in use?

As for the update, I assembled a new 3.1.1 lsynth installer for Windows, but honestly I could very well have botched it since had to rescue a 10 year old windows netbook from the trash heap in order to make the attempt.

Does anyone have a working link to this tool?

http://www.ldraw.org/OLD/download/win/ldraw2lws.shtml

Thanks.

[edit]

Never mind. I think Wings3D supports 3DS as well, which should be sufficient after exporting from LDView.

Wings3D website is dead at the moment, however. Are they hosted on SourceForge? I can't commit to my SF.net repo right now either.

Disregard.

4150p02.dat
Tile  2 x  2 Round with Pizza Pattern


This part calls for color 354, but there is not such color in ldconfig.ldr. Does the part need to be fixed?

[edit]

Never mind. I see it in the parts tracker already. What is the closest official color to dithered color #354?

Since we had only 5 confirmed nominees, no election is necessary

Therefore, the 2018/2019 LDraw.org Steering Committee [1] is:


Chris Dee
Philippe Hurbain
Roland Melkert
Max Martin Richter
Willy Tschager



[1] Try not to confuse the LDraw.org Steering Committee (SteerCo) with the LDraw.org Standards Board (LSB). The Steering Committee sets the course for the LDraw Organization while the Standards Board deals with the LDraw File Format.

Congratulations to the reconfirmed and new members! 

Max Martin Richter
On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee

I had a selection of 2x2 and 2x4 printed tiles made, and want to use them in my building instructions.  The images are in both PNG (bitmap) and AI (vector) formats.  

What is the easiest way to make these into custom printed parts for use in MLCad /LDraw, etc?  I would like to believe that there is an app that makes this trivial.

thanks,
---tom

Right now on the forums we are allowing external linking to non-secure content. With the recent change in security policy for most of the major browsers, I will be switching this functionality off. This means that any links to external images that are not served via a secure (HTTPS) method will appear as a broken link. Eventually this will apply to the rest ofthe websites in the LDraw ecosystem.

Philo's question on naming a strange shaped part reminded me on one open question.

These nexo Knight parts have an area that is notable rough. With a relief that is much more visible than e.g. Slopes (may be a bad comparison)
However within the LDD files, those details. are not there.

I did one part with those details, 27257 that I have attached here. What do you think, should this be modeled or not?

My approach was to have one of the bumps as a submodel (hexagonal pyramid with condlines), the coloured areas are inlined as they intersect.

   
   

Hi
Is there anywhere an LDCad tutorial in german aviable?
Is it planned to translate the program in German?
I know english is a world wide language, but my mother tongue is german and so it's for my easier.

Regards Johann