LDConfig made from the one in the LDraw.org 2025-09 Parts Update.
This is a LDConfig file that includes the "Render Only" colours from Bricklink Studio.
(Without LUMINANCE values, I might change that in future updates)
To use it do the following:

1. Download it: 
     LDConfig_plus_bl_studio_colours.ldr (Size: 68.22 KB / Downloads: 3)
   
2. Move it to your LDraw folder
   
3. Rename "LDConfig.ldr" to LDConfig_default.ldr(or something else)
   
4. Rename "LDConfig_plus_bl_studio_colours.ldr" to "LDConfig.ldr"
   

The 2025-09 LDraw Parts Update has been released. This update adds 254 new files to the core library, including 153 new parts and 13 new primitives.

Thanks are due to all the part authors who created or corrected parts for this release. The small, but dedicated, band of reviewers also play an important role in keeping files moving through the Parts Tracker and deserve just as much credit. This update wouldn't have been possible without their dedication and attention to detail.

You can preview the new parts in 2025-09 here, and download the zip-file update or Windows install package here.

Thank you to all the testers and parts authors who continue giving feedback on the PT software. This project would not be what it is without your help.

Orion Pobursky
Magnus Forsberg
Gerald Lasser
LDraw.org Parts Library Admins

The specifications for a move to file is brief and doesn't state explicitly whether one should include part or all of the history and in which file. In an earlier thread Magnus Forsberg instructed:

Quote:XXXXX.dat
Description = "~Moved to XXXXXb"
Author = Me
Content = "1 16 0 0 0 {rotation matrix} XXXXXb.dat" (the rotation matrix restores the old orientation)

XXXXXb.dat
Description = Same as before
Author = Same as before
History line = "corrected orientation by creating b replacement file" + any minor corrections
Content = all previous content + any minor corrections

Hey,

this release provides a new random colour mode to show subfiles in one random colour.
Just click the random colour mode button again to toggle between the two variants.

You can also specify the type of the subfile now when you are going to create one from the selection in the 3D editor.




As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(4 new feature and 5 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use a new random colour mode at subfile level, just click the random colour mode button again (it is also the new default for the PartReview tool).
  
• ...see a hint if the header description misses a tilde "~" on subparts.
  
• ...use a quick-fix option to adjust the name from the header based on the part type.
  
• ...(not able to choose) Physical_Colour anymore. It was removed as a part type qualifier (deprecated since 2019).
  

1. The hint for the part type mismatch was not correct for normal primitives.
   
2. The quick-fix option for the part type mismatch did not detect "...s01.dat" names as a subfile.
   
3. "Create a subpart" did not default to the subpart type or offered a choice when no type can be determined from the target path.
   
4. PrimGen2's "Save As..." button modified the file header.
   
5. [Linux] Automatic calculation of the viewport scale factor did not work and needs to be disabled.
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.8.96.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.96-1_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.96.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

• 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: 150 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, 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: 500 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

howdy people of LDRAW!!!! I'm just trying to find these parts please help me find them like how SpongeBob always finds Gary!!!!

can anyone help me find
his head

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...idColor=89

and his shoulder part?

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...idColor=11

thank you, all much love!!!

Hello folks,

it surprised me that there is practically no info here about BlockCAD created by Anders Isaksson. Especially when I discovered that the man is/was also a member on this forum (last visit many years ago).

It was the first Lego related program I did use. I know it's not directly associated with LDraw (seems like it has it's own filetype LGO, but support DAT files - I didn't test it), but there are some options that work with LDraw. I think the man did the awesome work since there is only a small installer and here you are - you can build with most of bricks. His website is still online and installer and program still works!
https://www.blockcad.net/ (although there is older version than on sites with games and software)

What are your opinions? Did you guys use BlockCAD?

Hello,
Thanks again for creating my previous requested parts.

I'd like to request Friends Bear for Friends OMR project.
https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-24146.html
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...5#T=C&C=55

I've found a raw mesh in digital-bricks
http://www.digital-bricks.de/en/index.ph...part=14732

but clean-up and split patternable surfaces would be highly appreciated.
I'll try to make printed patterns, so the part body is sufficient.

Thanks in advance,
Takeshi

The only thing I don't understand about LDraw.org is that parts are uploaded, and when you download them, the Part Designer doesn't recognize them. Why aren't these DAT files even properly completed so that they're usable?

For a MOC I am working on I have two minifig part variants which seem to be missing:

• Hips with red leotard (Bricklink 970c03pb10)
  
• Torso Bare Chest with Muscles Outline (Bricklink 973pb5732c01)
  

• Hips and Light Nougat Legs with Lime Leotard and Toes Pattern (Bricklink 970c90pb09)
  

• Hips and Yellow Legs with Light Aqua Leotard (Bricklink 970c03pb19)
  
• Hips and Yellow Legs with Red Leotard (Bricklink 970c03pb10)
  
• Hips and Yellow Legs with Black Leotard (Bricklink 970c03pb14)
  
• Hips and Yellow Legs with Green Leotard (Bricklink 970c03pb11)
  

The arch 3572 may possible match the curvatures of the sloped bricks 3573, 7249, 50950, and 24309.
We need to confirm these matches using physical parts.

Does anyone have two or more of these parts?

A. Does the curvature of 3573/7249 match the curvature of 50950/24309?
B. Does the curvature of 3573/7249 match the curvature of 3572?
C. Does the curvature of 50950/24309 match the curvature of 3572?

I know what BI data claims, but now we need physical confirmation.