I am reading this page:

http://www.leocad.org/docs/library.html

I am trying to use a few unofficial parts I created alongside the default library. Is it sufficient to just insert the custom parts into "ldrawunf.zip"?

Or is it necessary to do this:

Quote:If you are using your own custom library with loose files then all you need to do is make sure you update or delete parts.lst and the parts should be visible next time you start LeoCAD.

I have images such as the attached ones. What is the best way to under/overlay the images in an ldraw editor so that I can build to match them? Does some software support this? I *may* possibly be able to export them as SVG or PostScript. Thanks.

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Topic for the Modular Buildings theme.

Current Modulars List:
10182 Café Corner (2007) (On OMR)
10185 Green Grocer (2008) (On OMR)
10190 Market Street (2007) (On OMR)
10197 Fire Brigade (2009) (On OMR)
10211 Grand Emporium (2010) (Posted below)
10218 Pet Shop (2011) (On OMR)
10224 Town Hall (2012) (On OMR)
10230 Mini Modulars (2012) (On OMR)
10232 Palace Cinema (2013) (Posted below)
10243 Parisian Restaurant (2014) (On OMR)
10246 Detective's Office (2015)  (On OMR)
10251 Brick Bank (2016)  (On OMR)
10255 Assembly Square (2017) (Posted below)
10260 Downtown Diner (2018) (Posted below)
10264 Corner Garage (2019)  (On OMR)
10270 Bookshop (2020)  (On OMR)
10278 Police Station (2021) (Posted below)
10297 Boutique Hotel (2022) (Posted below)
10312 Jazz Club (2023) (TBD)

Good evening everybody,

I have this file and i want to open it in ldview, it opens but it also give several errors.
anyone idea how to solve these errors ?

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Hi folks,

I am looking for either (or both) of these heads:
Are these in LDraw?

https://brickset.com/parts/6124264
6124264: Mini Head "No. 1776"


https://brickset.com/parts/6112633
6112633: Mini Head "No. 1666"

Thanks.

We've created this new forum that is only viewable by PT Authors and Reviewers to allow candid discussions regarding Parts Tracker issues. To kick things off, there has been some internal discussion about what, exactly should require a HOLD vote for a part.

Since I'm the one posting this, I'll start with my suggestions:

Things the should require a HOLD:
- Wrong part number
- Wrong or questionable origin
- Invalid syntax
- Blatantly wrong geometry

Things that should generate a warning but not a HOLD:
- Small gaps
- Wrong KEYWORDS or CATEGORY
- Semantics issues like, this should be a subpart
- Anything that the PT Admin can fix (e.g. Header issues)
- Minor color problems
- Basically anything that can be fixed after initial release without breaking models that use the part.

PT Admin shall have the final say on all Parts issues.

Feature request of the day:

I was trying to search my model for a specific part (either by part number or part of the description) in a specific color but couldn't. Tried to work around by using the history part usage but there are just uncolored versions. Tried to us Select in the Parts Project Window but it is to generic. Found further out that adding my set to the "Part listings of lego (sic!) sets" is a pain in the ass - beside the fact that it's an uncolored inventory.

To make it short you cannot search for a part in a set - or I was simply too dumb for it.

w.

The Lego Power Tools book states parts are named #LEGOreferencenumber#. These are stated to be the numbers printed on physical blocks. I am assuming these are the same numbers Lego uses in instruction manuals.  Going to the top brick in Lego friends 41007, the number is 4113261, a 2x2x2. I could not find 4113261.dat in my LDraw\parts directory of the parts tracker online. So I looked for 300101 a 2 x 4 x 1. Could not find that either. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Hi,

just a little bug-fix for Willy's 3D rotation problems under Linux Mint and the wireframe render mode issues with CSG optimisations.



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

Changelog:
(2 bug fixes)

With this release the following critical issues were fixed:

1. The CSG mesh optimisation was deactivated when one of the 3D view had the wireframe render mode enabled.
   
2. Under linux mint it was not possible to rotate/translate the 3D view with the keyboard key (default keys: "M"/"L").
   

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.
  

Hey,

this release package includes a lot of new features and bug fixes.
LDPE is now more than five years old!
There are still big goals on my roadmap (LDPatternCreator compatibility, custom plugins, Vulkan support, virtual/augmented reality...).
And I just can't stop to implement new features/enhancements, too ;)


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

Changelog:
(12 new features and 9 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use a brand new CSG engine (with automatic mesh optimisation, its on by default)
  
• ...remove the "UPDATE" info from the part type line with a quick fix.
  
• ...add the "Unofficial_" prefix to the part type line with a quick fix.
  
• ...use Isecalc on the current selection by default.
  
• ...benefit from the fact that "Move Adjacent Data" gets restored on start.
  
• ...use the new part type "Part Flexible_Section".
  
• ...see a pop-up dialog with progress bar + cancel for "Calculate Line Intersection Points".
  
• ...use a "Coplanarity Heatmap Mode" to visually identify coplanar quads.
  
• ...see some info that the CSG optimisation will only work if the file is displayed on the 3D editor.
  
• ...turn the new CSG mesh optimisation off (with the meta command 0 !LPE CSG_DONT_OPTIMISE)
  
• ...set the optimisation threshold of the CSG edge collabser (with the meta command 0 !LPE CSG_EDGE_COLLAPSE_EPSILON 0.9999. The default value is 0.9999. Please use higher or unlikely lower values greater zero and lower one only if necessary.)
  
• ...set the optimisation threshold of the CSG T-junction finder (with the meta command 0 !LPE CSG_TJUNCTION_EPSILON 0.1. The default value is 0.1 LDU. Please use lower or unlikely higher values greater zero only if necessary.)
  

1. MeshReducer did a wrong check for common points.
   
2. The label for hints, warnings, etc. was cut off.
   
3. TJunctionFinder was not able to fix T-junctions automatically.
   
4. When you double-clicked on the last word in the last line, the last character of the file was not selected.
   
5. The visible line size for CSG selections was not always correct.
   
6. Subdivision silently removed all condlines (now it warns about this!)
   
7. The quick fix for missing part type didn't remove the truncated "0 !LDRAW_ORG" meta command.
   
8. "Radio buttons" were not highlighted on the grid icons and in the Ytruder tool dialog.
   
9. Rare NullPointerException during a double click on the text editor problem tree.
   

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.