I'd like to see if others on this board are interested in adding the !OBI meta command to the list of meta commands allowed in official files. It is used to allow rendering of building instructions in one of the styles used by LEGO, that is, the style with flat black sides on studs and various other geometry.

The !OBI command was created quite a few years ago by Joshua Delahunty (possibly with help from me and others; I honestly don't remember), and implemented as an undocumented feature in LDView. However, it was never made official, or allowed in official parts, and in order to work, some parts and primitives need to include !OBI commands.

An example of the style can be found here:

http://www.technicbricks.com/2011/07/uno...tions.html

I don't at this point know how invasive this meta-command has to be. I think it's mostly present in primitive files, being relatively rare in part files. If that's the case, initial population of the library should be relatively straightforward. If not, things could be more difficult. But there's no real point in doing a thorough study if the LSC at large doesn't consider the !OBI meta command to be appropriate in the official library.

Hi. Is there any way to have ID/part number of each brick display in BOM in Lpub3D?

Currently the BOM in Lpub3D only shows picture and quantity of each brick.

Prefer not to type in the ID/part number manually, as it is too time consuming


Thanks

This is an original ship I designed for the UFO sub-theme. It features:

Two minifigure seats (one for pilot, one for gunner) with two opening hatches two cockpits.

A large under cannon that can shoot in a full hemisphere under the vessel. The only place safe is above it. It also has 4 smaller cannons on the front.

Areas I'm particularly proud of include:
Well the damn cannon obviously bc that's just cool.
The 8 Wing design (see rear image)
The hose work and engine design
How genuinely close it looks to being an actual part of the UFO sub-theme.

Only the cannon really separates it from the UFO sub-theme, as no UFO had such a weapon, but it would have fit in pretty well. I think it would have looked a little different but I'm not quite sure how, more grey probably.

Anyways I like the black. It also lacks the typical UFO landing gear, it would not fit due to the cannon. Instead the ship will eventually receive a different docking system which I will unveil when its done.

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I can't believe it, the parts I need are from 2014 but not in the database
I need the following parts for a new Train:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...=17454#T=C

Part: 17454 (Window 2 x 6 x 2 Train Front / Boat)
Part: 17457 (Glass for Train Front 2 x 6 x 2)

Wasn't sure if this should go in help or here.

I'm trying to post a few images of MOCs but either I don't understand how to do it properly or it could use a little updating, possibly some glitch work but since I'm generally lost on forums its probably me.

I have apx. 15 images of my MOCs to upload. It seems I have to upload them one at a time in a 3 step process of "Browse" "Select" "Add Attachment". It's pretty time consuming for 15 images, and on my 5th image when there was an issue uploading the image (file size over 500 kb) and I had told the previous 4 to "add to post" it removed all attachments, at which point I gave up.

Is there a way to upload batch images?

I want to use SR3D Builder which still works fine. 
I imported all new and experimental parts and they are all missing an image file so it's really hard to use them (See figure 1)
If you don't know what I'm talking about, see figure 2.
Alternatively, could someone just upload their own library for me?

Figure 1


Figure 2

Hi, friends.

How can i render black pins and havy wight edges, like lego-style?

Hey All,

recently I started browsing trough this forum and concluded that here would an excellent place to tell (and get some feedback) about my project I've been working on. 

So what I try to do is to build a cable car of the model funitel, this is a cable car with one cable looped twice, so each gondola has two cables where it 

I started this project digitally in LDD but soon became I limited by the grouping of parts and making of modules. Since this project has a lot of repetition, modularity is a must. I started with setting modules in separate LDD files be this became cumbersome and created merge issues and so forth. Therefore I converted all files into LDR files with one file for each module, allowing for easy reuse. 

The current status of this project is that it for 80% complete (I guess). There are 18000+ parts used, grouped into 89 unique modules. The use of LDCad allows me to easily swap between files and work quickly between the modules. Also, I (mis-)use the pneumatic hoses as cable to complete the picture. 

my to do list:
- I'm working on getting some animation done, I hope to get everything animated but that will take a while. 
- Finishing the valley station as only a skeleton build now
- Adding an environment, (forest and ski slopes) and some architectural designs.


Finally a render of all described above: 


POV-ray export from LDCad 1.6, I removed the default lighting and added lights as part of an one-stud part I placed on places in the model where I wanted a light.

Hi

Could you please make this cup?

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...96#T=C&C=1

Kind Regards
Knud

I was looking at some Rock Raiders sets for 3D modeling and was a bit surprised to find out that this part doesn't exist.



However, on BrickLink, this image is posted:



Which appears to be a digital render of the part. I have contacted the uploader of the image, but he said that he got that image from the LDraw parts library......but the part's not there. At least not now. That image was posted ~16 years ago (shortly after Rock Raiders was actually around).

I've searched high and low, but I can't find the part. The other Rock Raiders parts are there, including 30299, the cockpit that fits this roll cage. But for some reason, this one part isn't.

If anyone could find this part (if it exists), or would be able to make it, that would be awesome.

Thanks!
Stephen