https://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/MLCad_V3.50.zip

Hello all,

Philo and I have been discussing filtering of the electronic parts into their systems/voltages so builders can easily find certain parts when working with e.g. the old 9v RCX stuff.

Problem is many parts don't even mention which voltage they use.

So my suggestion is to modify the description of electric parts missing this.

E.g. taking parts like "u9005c01.dat" which currently uses:
"Electric Switch: Remote Control for Train Crossing"
and change it to:
Electric Switch 12v: Remote Control for Train Crossing

making it clear it s part of the old 12v trainsystem.

Using the voltage as a system name is only needed when there is no 'real' name so the e.g. power function stuff can stay as it is (new 9v system).

Alternative would be to mention the voltage as a keyword but I don't think any part uses that at the moment so it would cause more changes if we want it uniform.

Also no review process would be needed for just a description change as far I understand the current procedures.

Thoughts?

UPDATE:  I've been working with Trevor this weekend, and he has a release coming which has addressed all the issues I encountered with the initial release of version 2.1.  It should be available shortly after Sourceforge resolves some issues related to their recent move to a new data center.


Has anyone updated to LPub3D 2.1 yet?  I tried to do it today and ran into several problems.  I was trying to upgrade from 2.0.20 under Windows 7.

1.  During installation, the uninstall of 2.0.20 failed.  I manually uninstalled 2.0.20 using the Windows Control Panel and tried again.  This time the install was successful.
2.  Rendering with LDGLite did not work well at all.  LDGLite kept crashing and I ended up with many parts and assemblies not showing up.  Rendering with LDView seemed to be working.
3.  When configuring the rendering options, it told me the binary for POV-Ray 3.7 was invalid and wouldn't accept my selection.
4.  LPub3D did not appear to be writing any log files that I could use to diagnose problems.

I restarted LPub3D several times and rebooted my system twice but could not get it working.

I was able to download and re-install 2.0.20 without incident, and it seems to be working like it did before the attempted upgrade.

Kevin

Hi

Does anyone know companies the Lego parts with aluminum steaming and in small series.
I have already requested two companies but the steaming only from 300 up to 1000 pieces minimum.
Is something a lot.

Regards Johann

Sorry, I wasn't sure where to put the obligatory greeting, here seemed like the least obtrusive.

Hi all,

Maybe a strange question, but all of a sudden I am missing the "I" icon in the lower right corneer of the edit screen in LDCad.

This one:



Where you'd hover over to see information about the models dimensions and brick count.

How do I get it back?

Hey, I'm looking for this part, 973pb1596c01. I tried to use LDPE to it myself, but I couldn't get it to look right.

Hi,

The release candidate of the AIOI 2018-01 can be downloaded here:

http://www.holly-wood.it/tmp/LDraw_AIOI_...bit_v1.exe

Change log:

* Update to Parts Library 2018-01
* Update to MLCad.ini 2018-01
* Update to LDView 4.3
* Update to LPub3D 2.0.20.0.645
* Update to LeoCAD 18.01-10289
* Update to Offline Parts Catalog 2018-01
* Update to LDCad 1.6a
* Update to LICreator 3.2.153

Your testing would be appreciated.

w.

Can someone create the parts?

3010pb008 (White Brick 1 x 4 with Cafe Pattern)
3068bpb0016 (White Tile 2 x 2 with Ice Cream Cone Pattern)
x66px9 (Trans-Clear Plastic Triangle 6 x 12 Sail with Palm Tree Pattern)

I was wondering in the 18-01 library there are some pneumatic parts which are actually subparts of things you shouldn't (can't) be taken apart in the real world.

These kinds of parts used to have the ~ prefix as far I understand.

Did this change?

I noticed this because now I have to filter out parts like 19466c01.dat and 19467c01.dat in my LDCad default pneumatics bin.