Do we have the parts for this guy?

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?M=sw705

If not, I can provide scans

Hi,

has any of you a pic of the inside of the 30325 Power miners helmet:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...=30325#T=C

Thx, w.

lpub3d version LPub3D_x32-2.0.14.838.2_20161013.zip
pov ray version 3.7
ldraw    version LDraw  All-In-One-Installer 2015-02 
PC system ：win7
i use lpub3d open ldr file ,lpub3d with povray only have the part list no instruction。
i follow this page http://forums.ldraw.org/thread-21309.html step by step to setting 。
Please help me to solve this problem。

Thanks！！！

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Do the arms of the scurrier figures in the nexo knights sets not come off?

Is there a good way to go from a Bricklink xml or tab-delimited set inventory to a Set parts bin in LDCad? I'm aware of the color and parts number issue BL sometimes has but something that get me close without having to hand edit an entire file from scratch would be nice.

Oldies but goldies...

Space Ships and Space Vehicles

I digged out some older files I formerly built with SR3D, now I revised and rebuilt them with LDcad. These models are 3rd party MOCs! These are not my own creations. However, hope you enjoy it as I do.


Viper MKII designed by -2x4-




download MPD-file


Curiosity designed by Stephen Pakbaz

This is the original respectively initial design of Curiosity including the sky crane. The Lego ideas set #21104 Rover is slightly different.



download MPD-file


A10 Mentu-Kal designed by Jerac

As there were no instructions available of this model I had to re-engineer it based on some images. So it's definitely not a 100% percent perfect copy of the original built, but it's close.



download MPD-file


Naganata designed by dasnewten



download MPD-file

Hi folks,

the LDraw Steering Committee agreed to allow digital parts of third parties in the LDraw Parts Library, which have a counterpart in the real world and are accepted by the LEGO fan community. Such parts are branded as:

* Third party - <part name>

and have to go through the LDraw Parts Tracker for certification. Potential candidates for such parts are for example:

http://www.bigbenbricks.com/
https://www.sbrick.com/

Willy Tschager
on behalf of the LDraw Steering Committee

Here is a summary of a private conversation I had with Max around usage of flexible parts in LDCad. We figured out it might help other people here...

- I try to generate a flex part, like it was used in the Flex System in the 90’s. I found the template, but I have no idea how to generate the part itself. I couldn’t find any instructions for this… Can you push me into the right direction?
- Look at Roland's videos on YouTube, he got some videos about flex parts (pneumatic tubes).

- well I watched that video before I asked for help.
- Dunno exactly where you are stuck. Here is a rough procedure with the key points:

• Drag and drop the template on the model like you would do for any regular part.
  
• Accept creation of a new MPD submodel
  
• Place the part at the right place (origin is at one end of the template)
  
• IMPORTANT: Switch to nested mode (model->interaction, or 'n' shortcut, or click on model name at the top right of workspace, then nested tab). You will see handles at both ends of the template.
  
• You can now select the remote handle and move it where it belongs. Note that the handle is thin and a bit tricky to select.
  
• Like any part, you can add a handle to the flex part (add a waypoint): like a normal part, select one handle and press 'ins' key to add a duplicate. Note that the order of handle is important, source view does help!
  

- Mostly I stuck in getting the "real" part visible, I see only control points. I attached the file, I was working on. [i] 
  8440_-_Formula_Flesh-1.mpd (Size: 11.55 KB / Downloads: 2)

• one submodel (technicflexSysCableAndHose-1.ldr) is missing, I guess you deleted the submodel but not its reference.
  
• Did you fiddle with max length parameter? I think this is part of your problem: hose is generated only up to the specified length, after that you only see blue dotted line. IMHO this feature is not (yet) really usable. In the attached file I removed that limit. To use flex parts of the right length I simply check the length displayed in the status bar (in normal mode when the part is selected).
  
• The third issue (in technicflexSysCable-1.ldr, that also had the max length issue) is that you tried you add new skins without defining them, so they are empty and displays as a red dotted line. This occurs if you try to add a new control point (using ins key) but you have selected the skin (hose middle itself) instead of a control point. It occured to me frequently when I began using LDCad, probably Roland should do something for this, it's not very beginners friendly.
  

- Ok, all files had been there, but the donors path was not set as donors but as official. Dunno why this was set wrong. Now it works! Thank you sooo much. :-)
- Well, one problem solved, next question:
Is there an easy way to solve the overlapping problem for the pneumatic hoses? Except adding a new control point and fiddle around?
Maybe define the end rotation or something else? (Please see the attached file!)
  8440_-_Formula_Flesh-3.mpd (Size: 466.97 KB / Downloads: 1)

• Fix the position of cockpit submodel. For some reason it was a bit off-grid. This can happen with snapping in some case. Here it is caused by the hinges assemblies, the way you defined them makes their origin off-grid. Rounding makes the nasty rest... Three solutions: redefine the hinges to make the other branch on grid, or hide them before placing cockpit so that snapping occurs on structure, or select the cockpit and press shift+home to place it on grid.
  
• realign the tubes ends in the beam. They were shifted by one hole (the outer most was in a pin!). Here it's a simple case since the beam is aligned with world axes, but in the general case, it's better to use local axes. Select the beam, press o, select the control point, press shift-c to put the control point on local origin. Then move it to the right place. It may be also interesting to reorient control point to the beam axes. Use Ctrl+home for this.
  
• Add the third tube, since the placement problem must be solved globally. Then as you say I fiddled around... no better solution.
  

Hi Trevor,

I think something went broken with the new update.
Setting up Page margins gives errors in LPub3D v2.0.13

See this document with screenshots:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Kkh...sp=sharing