I ran into an issue today with unofficial parts not showing up in the PLI. They do turn up in the model itself though.
Specifically I am building a WeDo 2.0 model and when I add any of the unofficial parts they won't show up in the PLI (see attached image 1)
When I use a template that includes such a part all is OK (attached 2), but when I do a part substitution to get rid of the oddly shaped cable the part again goes missing (attached 3)

Is this a bug or is something wrong in my configuration?

I have tried restarting LPub3D, I have changed my renderer from LDView64x to LDView32x and LDGLite, but the problem persists with all of them. I have not been able to find any other settings that might affect this behaviour

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Hi all,

In this thread another version of 30565 is shown here:



The grey version is in LDraw, the red in LDD and has a few extra tubes.
Is the red version in LDraw yet?

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I just recently came back to Lego and bought my first set in two decades! While browsing the Lego website I discovered LDD and thought "well, it would be cool to have that in a proper 3D model format". So I checked their file format and noticed that it only contains references to the pieces and not the actual geometry... to make a long story short, I dropped the idea, then read about LDraw and wrote a simple LDR importer instead. It was a "just for fun" thing and I don't have any plans what to do with it yet. However, I thought I at least post a couple of screenshots as sort of a thank you to the community for providing the pieces library! Hope you enjoy it!

Alex

   

   

Hello,

this could be version 0.9.0... but it's still 0.8.20... the best is yet to come.


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

Changelog:
(11 new features and 5 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use the 3D editor and the text editor in one window. You can enable this under "Options...->Misc. Options->Text and 3D editor arrangement". It needs a restart of the application.
  
• ...use the TJunctionFinder to just "find" possible T-junctions without changing the mesh.
  
• ...deselect objects only with Ctrl+Click (Ctrl+Marquee is not possible anymore).
  
• ...add objects to the selection (Ctrl is pressed and you use the selection marquee or Ctrl+Click).
  
• ...benefit from the fact that the existing selection is cleared if nothing was selected and Ctrl was not pressed.
  
• ...find the "Last opened Files/Projects" on the "New Part - Open Part - ..." toolbar.
  
• ...benefit from the fact that empty text editor windows are populated with a new tab instead of creating a new text editor window.
  
• ...restore the complete viewport state for different files. Each file has now its own 3D viewport configuration. Open file A, activate "Random Colours" and you switch to file B to do something different without "Random Colours". If you switch back to file A, "Random Colours" are activated again. However, this automatic feature is not limited to the random colour mode. It includes every 3D viewport setting.
  
• ..."group" a selection. Select non-subfile content in the 3D editor. Open the context menu over the 3D view and select "Join selection (Text Editor)" to bring together what belongs together!
  
• ...see a warning/info, when "Move Adjacent Data" is on (for translate/rotate/scale).
  
• ...benefit from the fact that "Quick Fix Similar" for vertex declarations deletes other vertices (!LPE VERTEX), too.
  

1. SyncEdit: The cursor jumped ahead after I tried to edit a vertex
   
2. Switching the tabs in the 3D editor modified the last visited file location.
   
3. Some issues with the hint/warning/error tree.
   
4. Pasting something does not disable "Move Adjacent Data".
   
5. The selection highlight feature in the text editor was sometimes not synchronised with the 3D view.
   
6. Other minor bug fixes (regarding undo / redo with selection and/or hidden objects).
   

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".
   

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (32/64bit): Windows [XP; Vista; 7 or newer], Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7, Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >=1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  

I'm looking into creating a few templates for WeDo (1 and 2) for the new LPF2 motor and the sensors. I have also created .pgb files for both sets and was wondering if there is a way to include a template in the .pgb file I don't need to go look for those parts in other areas of the parts bin.

Is there any way to switch to a theme that has light text on a dark background? Thank you.

 [font=Arial, sans-serif][size=large]10030 UCS Star Destroyer [Star Wars]


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Download MPD-File (OMR compliant)

Done with LDCad 1.5.

Dat file for Display Sticker generated with Sticker Generator by R.Melkert and imported into the mpd file as unofficial part via MPDCenter.

To show sticker in LDCad place the sticker image file alongside the model file.

The structure of the mpd file follows the instructions. So we have 135 submodels and around 600 steps.

Errors: hopefully none

I've been working on a mirror feature for LDCad 1.6 it is already working quite nice.

Problematic are the paired parts (e.g. left/right wing etc)

I managed to get the feature working for lots of parts without the need for additional information, but some parts will still need it .

For this I'm introducing a new LDCad meta for use in the shadow library. Some examples:

15209.dat "Tile  1 x  2 with  2 Teeth Vertical":

Hi :)
you wanted some tabs? Version 0.8.19 delivers it... ;)


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

Changelog:
(5 new features and 4 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use tabs in the 3D editor along with the tree on the left side.
  
• ...hit a button to synchronise the tab selection from tabs in the 3D editor with the text editor.
  
• ...see a dialog when you try to re-load an unsaved file again.
  
• ...smooth a set of vertices (with realtime preview)
  
• ...access the colour palette functions (load / save / reset) from a sub-menu.
  
• ...benefit from little performance improvements / refactoring.
  

1. [Recurring] "Conditional Control Point Vertices" caused flickering on multiple views.
   
2. Annoying mouse issues with the manipulator.
   
3. The selection highlight feature in the text editor was sometimes not synchronised with the 3D view.
   
4. [CSG] Rotating a part at 90 degree: It got undesired 0.0 digits.
   
5. One manipulator icon was a duplicate.
   

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".
   

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (32/64bit): Windows [XP; Vista; 7 or newer], Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7, Mac OS X [>=10.6], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=10.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >=1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  

Hi all,

I'm currently experimenting with photogrammetry (Agisoft PhotoScan) to author complicated shape of lego parts.

Here is what I've acheived so far with Mickey's head:



There is a bit of mess around the nose but I'm quite happy with the raw conversion from photos to 3D mesh.
It's a first try but I'm pretty sure I can improve it.


A question for Philo: is this close to what you get from you 3D scanner? Do you think it could be workable to create a ldraw part?

As Lego part are made of shiny plastic I had to put some flour on the part to allow the software to track the geometry. This is maybe why I get this bumpy surface. If someone has a better idea, feel free!