Hi all,

Now that Studio’s Eyesight has been open sourced, I managed to build and run it natively on Linux 🥳 and to make Studio use it seamlessly 🥳🥳 and with the GPU too 🥳🥳🥳🥳

If someone wants to give it a try, I wrote a howto.

LEOCad says there is an error whenever I try to render my model. Also, from time to time whenever I boot it up the texture of the base is scratchy and staticky and the ball thing in the corner is full of overlapping black and white madness. Quitting and then opening a few times usually fixes the problem for some reason. I have no idea on how to fix either, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated. 
LEOCad version 23.03 on laptop with macOS 10.13.6.

Hi, I was wondering how you make custom parts/stickers for your models in LEOCad. I use a Macbook Pro with macOS High Sierra, and I need to make a few specific minifig pieces, stickers, and bionicle-esque masks to make my models actually look presentable. Also, once I have the custom parts how do I add them to the LEOCad library?
LEOCad version is 23.03, macOS version is 10.13.6.
Thanks!

One of the topics we touched during the Billund24 meeting was the level of detail withing the boat hullls. Usually there are some filltes there to strengthen the hull, some compartments that provide bouyancy (with the top attached) and of course the interlocking thingy.

Those interlocking fingers have been introduced in 2003/4 and are present ever since in basically all the floating hulls.

Although mainly invisible, in my opinion we should have the choice to show them.

To make this easier I have come up with a set of primitives that allow an easy use, even when scaling is necessary. 

• There are four primitives as a starting point (quarters)
  - one fixed and one variable each for the top and bottom locks, to adjust to the different drafts the hulls provide
  
• Leading to six Primitives that can be easily applied
  
• Each connector then needs only twp primitives.
  
• An exception are slanted faces, where one need to use the quarters in order not to bleed through the surface.
  

• Basic name: boatlock
  
• Where is it used: top/bottom
  
• What part is is: Connector section (fixed height), Base section (variable height)
  
• Denomination: Quarter, with Centre
  

2024 Art sets

(2024-04-29, 11:51)Rene Rechthaler Wrote: "- Rene suggested a sticker shortcut reference where a sticker sheet number could be entered and all the stickers and the shortcuts could be viewed on one page. Orion is 95% away from implementing this"
maybe someone else said that (but the idea is nice, like an inverted Pattern/Composite/Sticker Shortcut Reference from the sticker page side, could also be used for part variants)

A few of the LDraw regular got together in Billund last weekend (Apr 26-28) for some camaraderie and discussion about LDraw.org. Additionally, we held an online conference with a few other invitee's.

In person:
Orion Pobursky
Willy Tschager
Philippe Hurbain (Philo)
Max Martin Richer
Magnus Forsberg

Online:
Gerald Lasser
Nils Schmidt
Rene Rechthaler
Fredrik Hareide

Meeting minutes:

General
- Orion presented the current state of the LDraw.org infrastructure including services used, software, and cost.

Discussion points

More communication with Stud.io team
- Would be nice but not required
- Not something worth pursuing in any concerted way
- The new zip file download is a large step forward in helping people get new parts into Stud.io
- Texture mapping compatibility is a concern for some but other felt it was not a huge deal

More reviews in the PT
- Over 7000 parts waiting for review
- Orion shared 2 new PT features to help out, the certify all tool and the user parts for review on the user dashboard
- Willy shared a concern with locating files to review. Hard to tell if a part waiting admin still need subfiles certified.
- Orion implemented an icon in the status to show if a part was not releasable
- The idea of turning off submits for some period was suggested. Other felt this would not solve the problem as people would just not review and wait out the no submit periods.

Modernize Community Model
- Start a Discord - Done, PM Orion for an invite
- Orion adamant that Discord will not replace the forums as Discord is not Googlable
- Fredirik suggested a tutorial on how to install an update.

Update or Rewrite Bylaws
- Bylaws need to be updated to acknowledge the extistance of video conferencing, allow in person meetings
- SteerCo not really that busy with things, maybe 3 year terms?
- Membership list is super old and there's been no formal mechanism to join since we switched from PostNuke over a decade ago

Reapply for RLOC status
- No interest in this.
- Not a good fit any more and no benefit as LEGO never communicated with us when we did have status.
- LEGO no longer does fan tours or meetings

Library Shortcuts
- Distinction between assemblies as parts LEGO distributes as one unit (e.g Legs + Hips, Torso + Arms + Hands) and shortcuts as discreet parts that are combined for convenience (e.g. a complete Minifig, Helmet + Visor)
- Orion wants torso assemblies in the library
- Nobody wants these types of to clog the PT
- Orion suggested having an enforced submit template. This would require at least one uncolored assembly to undergo the complete review process and be released. After that users could submit assemblies templated to the official assembly. These would required only an admin review to be added to the library
- Orion suggested a separate folder for assemblies. Consensus was that all parts should be in the parts folder.
- Sticker shortcuts were discussed. More discussion is needed but consensus seems to be allowing all types of sticker shortcuts as long as they are for parts in the set for the sticker sheet.
- Rene suggested a sticker shortcut reference where a sticker sheet number could be entered and all the stickers and the shortcuts could be viewed on one page. Orion is 95% away from implementing this

Other smaller discussions:
- Classic motorcycle helmet is wrong. How to fix it was discussed
- Getting rid of the .exe update installer was brought up by Orion. Fredrik said he used it as a newcomer. Decision was to keep it.

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Thanks to all who participated. I plan to have more regular video meeting with the community and team. It will be harder as I'm 8-9 hours behind European time where most of the other regulars are based but could probably make it work on the weekends.

Guys,

the following is addressed mainly to LDCad where the first part in a CATEGORY is used as mascot for it but all other editors. This leads to very strange results where "Slope" is represented by a Duplo Slope 2x2x1,5 or "PLate" by a Duplo Plate 1x2 with overhang. In LDCad this is editable through the pbg files in the AppData folder - not very user friendly.

I suggest adding a new meta to the LDConfig.ldr defining the mascot for the single LDraw categories:

0 !CATEGORY Plate MASCOT 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 part.dat DESCRIPTION Plates

Thoughts?

w.

The 2024-03 LDraw Parts Update has been released. This update adds 217 new files to the core library, including 135 new parts and 5 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 2024-03 here, and download the zip-file update or Windows install package here.

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

Orion Pobursky
LDraw.org Parts Library Admin

Would it be possible to add a few handy shortcuts to help with adding subfiles to a file.

Ctrl-R now adds an empty one.

Maybe Ctrl-Shift-R could add an empty with -1 in X?

And maybe Ctrl-Alt-R could add or Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R could add a flipped version of the current file. (for usage with Edger) An alternative for this is to add a reference to self automatically (a menu inside Edger). Because I have found that adding a reference to self(70575s01.dat without the s\) is the easiest way to make condlines between two halves.

-Fredrik