It has lately become more common with stickers printed on transparent plastic, to be placed on opaque bricks.
Is it correct, and even necessary, to always add a BFC NOCLIP in a transparent sticker, or is it incorrect to have a NOCLIP in a transparent sticker intended for a opaque brick?

We have a recent set of stickers containing a NOCLIP on the PartTracker and I don't know how to review them.

Hi all,
 
Perhaps some of my (Dutch) friends read about my project of creating the Golden Tulip Hotel in Noordwijk from LEGO.
The huge model features 3 flagpoles with custom sticker with the logo from the hotel.
Though there are no full instructions for the whole model, I thought it would be nice to do some more testing with texture mapping on the flagpole.
 
Also see discussion on texture mapping here: https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-22181-post-25512.html
 
I created simple instructions for the flagpole in LPub3D (see attached PDF and LDraw file).
 
Please note this technique is aimed at advanced LDraw users with some basic Windows computer skills, but I will try to explain and tell what I’ve learned so far. Please reply if you have any questions or additions.
This is tested on a machine with Windows 7 Professional with a standard LDraw installation.
It does not seem to work on older PC’s with Windows XP.
 
So, a bit described in above mentioned thread too, how to do this?
 
First of all you need a nice PNG image file for the custom sticker or print you want to use.
The image has to have the same width and height ratio as the size of the sticker or part in LDraw units.
 
The PNG file should be placed in a folder called “textures” within the unoffical parts folder of your LDraw installation.
 
In this case, the 2x2 FLag (part 2335) measures 40 by 40 LDraw units (LDU). One stud is 20 LDU. The surface of the flag is 2 studs wide and 2 studs high. I use 3 flags so the total height is 3x40=120 LDU and width is 40 LDU.
 
Using Roland Melkert ‘s sticker generator (http://www.melkert.net/test/stickerGen.html) you can fill in these values and generate the LDraw code for the sticker. Dat-file also attached.
 
Save this dat-file for the sticker in the Unofficial parts folder. You can then use this as a regular part and place it in your model.
If you use LDCad as editor and LDView (4.2) as viewer, you should be able to see the image rendered. In LDview you must check "Primitives > Textures > Use texture maps" in the preferences for this to work.
 
Now if you want to create instructions in LPub3D do the following:
 
First find out where LPub3D looks for the unofficial parts to render the images.
On a standard Windows LDraw installation this is in a zip file lpub3dldrawunf.zip located at
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\LPub3D Software\LPub3D\libraries\
Open the zip using the file explorer or you favorite zip file program. Copy or add the “textures” folder containing the PNG image to this zip in the parts folder. There is also a subfolder called “s” in there. Next, copy or add the dat file for the custom part to the “parts” folder too.
 
Start LPub3D and make sure your renderer is set to LDView.
 
LPub3D should now render instructions with custom pattern applied and even show “the sticker” as a part in the PLI content.
 
Happy rendering!

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  gtnflag.pdf (Size: 92 KB / Downloads: 6)

Hey,

in the last weeks I had much fun at work and some time on the weekend for LDPE :)


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

Changelog:
(10 new features and 6 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...see the distance traveled/angle rotated in the status bar while using the move or rotate tool.
  
• ...access the manipulator features from a sub menu in the 3D editor context menu.
  
• ...see a tooltip for view rotation in the primitive area.
  
• ...move the Manipulator with left/right or up/down arrows on keyboard.
  
• ...remove all "0 // Inlined:" notices with a "quick fix".
  
• ...download/update the "ldconfig.ldr" file from LDraw.org.
  
• ...download/update the "categories.txt" file from LDraw.org.
  
• ...benefit from much faster undo/redo.
  
• ...benefit fom a faster program start.
  
• ...benefit from the fact that when using the translate/scale/set etc actions, it displays the global axis, if global mode is active.
  

1. Sometimes, deselected elements were re-selected when selecting a subpart.
   
2. "Save As..." did not trigger a check for warnings / hints / errors
   
3. "LDConfig.ldr" / "ldconfig.ldr" issues on case sensitive file systems.
   
4. LDPE false reported that the single !HELP meta command was "split apart".
   
5. Sometimes, the UI freezed permanently under Linux.
   
6. Implementation: Little resource leak with org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Cursor instances.
   

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, 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, 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]
  
• 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]
  
• 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.
  

Can someone point me to equivalent app of LDraw on Android platform or viewer that can visualize the content of LDraw file ?!!

Hello all,

I finally managed to finish the final 1.6 version of LDCad.

Mostly bug fixes and some scripting tweaks.

I've also added a new example/animation featuring the 8852 set.

       

And a youtupe clip of its rendering by POV-Ray
https://youtu.be/ZeUtxgQp_7g

As always the latest version can be downloaded here:
http://www.melkert.net/LDCad/download

This will be (99.5% certain) the last 1.x version excluding one or two maintenance (1.6a etc) versions.

This because I want to concentrate on setting up a new (HQ) LDraw rendering engine. This project might lead to a 2.0 version but I'm not sure of that jet.

Hi all,

I was looking for this wig part 6086929 which is this one:
https://brickset.com/parts/design-18639



It is not done in LDraw, but I found this one:
https://brickset.com/parts/design-92255



This one is in LDraw!
Are these the same? Or at least almost the same?

The only difference I can spot is that the second one is from 2012 and also comes in brown.

The first one is from 2013 and also comes in yellow and brown, which seems to be from 2016?

Hi

Will you please make the following part.

3626cpb1504 Minifig, Head Dual Sided Dark Orange Eyebrows with Scar, Goatee, Freckles, Determined / Smile with Teeth, Eyes Closed Pattern


Knud

Hi

Will you please make the following part.

3626cpb0405 LegoMinifig, Head Male Brown Eyebrows, Open Lopsided Grin, White Pupils Pattern

Knud

Hi

Anyone know if this is made?
90386 Minifig Headgear Beret

/Knud

Hi

Is this part made?
3070bpb089 Tile 1 x 1 with Keypad Pattern

I can't find it?

Knud