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6.03(a), the 2017/2018 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to
nominate individuals as candidates for the 2018/2019 Steering Committee[1].

Please post nominations in response to this message. Nominations will only be
recognized if they are in response to this message.

Per ss.6.03(a), you must specify the name of the person you are nominating,
along with your name. Another member of the community must second the nomination
in a reply, and the nominee must publicly accept the nomination in the same
channel (direct reply to the nomination or second) in order to be valid. If the
nominee does not accept, it will be assumed that he or she has declined, and
they will not be placed on the ballot.

Nominations will close at 11:59 PM GMT on 28 February 2018. This means that to
be listed on the ballot, a candidate must have been nominated, seconded and must
have formally stated acceptance by that time.

The Steering Committee will give sufficient notice of the election and election
procedures per ss.6.03(b).

NOTE: subsection 6.03(b) states that elections should take place before March 1.
We interpret this to mean that we will commence the election on March 1, but
since it is electronic, it will run for 2 weeks, just as last time. The exact
time and date of start and end will be announced sometime very close to (but
after) 0000 GMT March 1.

Again, thanks to all of you for your commitment to the goals of the
organization, and in working with us this year. Please, stay involved with
LDraw.org and keep it moving forward!

Willy Tschager

On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee

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Organization while the Standards Board deals with the LDraw File Format.

Hi everybody !

I need help plz,

I exported animation from Ldcad to povray(simple camera rotation).

I cant launch my render because i have a parse error in povray. The error is highlited in yellow :
"ldrawBuildTex(ldrawPigment(getColorIndex(ldCode), -1, -1), ldrawPearlNor, ldraPearlFin, pngIdx)"
At the bottom of the povray window:
Parse error: Cannot pass ininntialized identifier as macro parameter. Initialize identifier first.

Some file exported in the same way work without this error other not, i do not see how to solve this problem.

your help would be greatly appreciated.

C.

Hi everybody !

I need help plz,

I exported animation from Ldcad to povray(simple camera rotation).

I cant launch my render because i have a parse error in povray. The error is highlited in yellow :
"ldrawBuildTex(ldrawPigment(getColorIndex(ldCode), -1, -1), ldrawPearlNor, ldraPearlFin, pngIdx)"
At the bottom of the povray window:
Parse error: Cannot pass ininntialized identifier as macro parameter. Initialize identifier first.

Some file exported in the same way work without this error other not, i do not see how to solve this problem.

your help would be greatly appreciated.

C.


Edit : problem solved it was a syntax error on the generated code : " ldrawPearlFin "

2000+ "town compatible" models collection.

All models are OMR compliant (I hope it's true ... and MPDCenter says that).

Models are posted on eurobricks.com forum too (in "official lego sets made in ldraw" thread).


4205 - Off Road Command Center [Town, 2012]



4205 - Off Road Command Center.mpd

Errors: missing stickers / prints and missing parts (minifig accessories)


4208 - 4 x 4 Fire Truck [Town, 2012]



4208 - 4 x 4 Fire Truck.mpd

Errors: missing stickers / prints


10128 - Train Level Crossing [Train, 2003]



10128 - Train Level Crossing.mpd

Errors: missing/wrong stickers and print

Using modifying by me version of 30178 door with trans-black "glass": 30178c02.dat (part included in .mpd too).


4886 - Building Bonanza - model A [Designer Sets, 2004]



4886 - Building Bonanza - model A.mpd

Errors: none


4886 - Building Bonanza - model B [Designer Sets, 2004]



4886 - Building Bonanza - model B.mpd

Errors: none


3404 - Black Team Transport [Sports, 2000]



3404 - Black Team Transport.mpd

Errors: missing prints


3405 - Blue Bus [Sports, 2000]



3405 - Blue Bus.mpd

Errors: missing prints


Update & OMR-compliant version of CCAL "modular building" models by Max Martin Richter [MMR1988]:

• 10182 - Cafe Corner
  
• 10185 - Green Grocer
  
• 10190 - Market street
  
• 10197 - Fire Brigade
  

• 60001 - Fire Chief (Errors: missing stickers / prints)
  

Hey,

I am just on the release train... arriving at the next station :)
This version also includes some minor changes which could provide a solution to Santeri Piippo's problems under Ubuntu Mate.


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

Changelog:
(5 new features and 5 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...unscale something without losing current origin/orientation (double click on the selected subfile -> hold Ctrl and click on "Move selected subfile to manipulator").
  
• ..."Move selected subfile to manipulator" and it keeps subfile scaling when doing so.
  
• ...choose more practical icon sizes (range 12px ... 32px).
  
• ...benefit from more "clean" tabs (Snap/Selection/BG-Image) on the 3D editor.
  
• ...benefit from little performance improvements.
  

1. Unificator deleted some surfaces from the unified mesh.
   
2. Edger2 created wrong condlines if there is a slighty mismatch.
   
3. "Move Manipulator to Subfile" warped the manipulator if there was shearing involved.
   
4. Colour table, linux-only: The scroll on mouse over, in the list view, only worked when the pointer was over the slider. Not when it was over the list. I will try to fix this under Windows with the next release!
   
5. It was possible to activate "Move Adjacent Data" on the selection tab for subfiles, but it had no effect (it should not be possible to activate the button in this case!)
   

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
  

• 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.
  

 
This part, included in the latest update of the official parts 2017, is causing MLCad to crash every time I try to browser the tile parts folder...
Once removed from the \LDraw\Parts folder, no more issues.
I don't know what kind of problem this part could create, but FYI...

The Lego Modeling community has a wealth of open models and tools. There is a wealth of documentation on the tools but it is scattered. I would like to propose a forum for tool documentation like the Ldraw wiki which appears to not be kept up. In one place, you could find a list of tools, tool comparisons, tutorials, actual examples. Newbies could indicate what is most helpful and expand the knowledge base. An archive could exist for retired materials.

The 2017-01 LDraw Parts Update has been now been released. This adds 717 new files to the core library, including 509 new parts and 33 new primitives. This update also includes updated versions of the colour configuration files (LDConfig.ldr and LDCfgalt.ldr) thanks to Willy Tschager and Magnus Forsberg.

Thanks are of course due to all the part authors who created or corrected parts for this release, including several first-time authors. The reviewers also play an important role in keeping files moving through the Parts Tracker and deserve just as much credit.

You can preview the new parts in 2017-01 here, download the zip-file update or Windows install package here. Alternatively you can use the LDView menu option File | Check for Library Updates... to install the update.

Technic 2018 Models