How come Lego is okay with programs that so closely depicts their bricks?

Would it be different if the programs which lets you build with Lego cost money?

Has LDraw been in contact with Lego and got their consent to use the design of their bricks?

I am asking because I want to make an app which lets you build with bricks.

Is it me and is this a silly question or does anyone else experience difficulty placing a 1x1 plate round in LDCad with part snapping turned on? Dragging this part from the part bin to the model almost never finds a connection or a strange one for me.

I am having serious trouble placing this part in any model while other (small) parts (like a normal 1x1 plate) work perfectly fine.

My € 0,02...

Baseplate 24 x 24
http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/c...P=367a#T=C
http://peeron.com/inv/parts/x1193

Was a little surprised not to find this one, unless it's cunningly hidden under some other part name/number.

Hi all,

I am looking for this part

Its been around since The Lone Ranger sets, but cannot seem to find it in LDraw yet.
I found it on http://www.digital-bricks.de/de/index.ph...ddp&mg=259 where it seems to be a fine part.
Couldn't it be made official through the parttracker?

This part is the windscreen in Poe's X-wing. It shows on the new update for LDD, but I can't find it in my LDD. Can someone convert this over to LDraw? Thank you.

Hey!

Well, it's a small number increase from 0.8.5 to 0.8.6, but there are a lot of improvements with this release.


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

Currently, there is a critical bug in version 0.8.6 (risk of data loss):
If you open a file again (which is modified with LDPE, not saved and has an asterisk * as a filename suffix), the file in 3D editor gets cleared.

Changelog:
(9 new features and 11 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...customise the layout of the 3D editor toolbars by placing one of the "layout_3D_editor.cfg" files in the application folder. You find two different layouts in the attached archive "layouts.zip". The new modern version could improve your workflow
  
• ...zoom in/out on the primitive area with two new buttons (-) and (+) (instead of using Ctrl+Mousewheel)
  
• ...use "Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete" in the right-click contextual menu from the text and 3D editor
  
• ...browse in the last visited folder if you open a file dialog again.
  
• ...select something and move it into a subfile (with a click on the old "Add Subfile" button), supports cut and copy
  
• ...draw to the cursor position from the text editor (there is a button on the 3D editor, to enable this behaviour).
  
• ...use two new buttons ("Save Part" and "Save Part As...") in the 3D editor.
  
• ...use a new "Switch BFC" button in the text editor.
  
• ...reset the snapping/grid values to the default value with a right click on the corresponding "coarse", "middle" or "fine" button.
  

1. Creating a new *.dat (Text Editor) did not rebuild the hints/warning/errors tree.
   
2. Java heap space problems on 32bit machines
   
3. "Merge / Split => Transform / Rotate / Scale" was able to break the 3D model triangulation.
   
4. "Merge/Split => Rotate Selection" did not rotate around Z axis
   
5. "Open *.dat File" did not rebuilt the text editor tab, if the same file was saved before.
   
6. Copy->Paste->Mirror, mirrored the initial copy.
   
7. The hide/show state was deleted on undo/redo.
   
8. "Save as..." did not update the <"0 Name: "> (and type) entry accordingly.
   
9. The "Select Touching" implementation was not correct. It selected too much.
   
10. Focus issues: A click on a button in the 3D editor removed the focus from the 3D view
    
11. A small memory leak (<1KB)
    

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Would anyone be willing to give me a little hand in exporting a few ldd parts for me to the ldr format?
Specifically 'Technic, Axle and Pin Connector 2 x 3 with Two Ball Joint Sockets, Rounded Ends' Part No. 98565



Thanks in advance

Is there a way to change the length of a linear actuator in a drawing? If not are there a variety of lengths that can be added to the library?

OR - as I suspect is the answer - do you just position it in line and leave it hanging?

Thanx,
Ed

Hello, everyone!
LDD has been recently updated, and I've been trying to get some of the new parts (that are not in LDraw already) out of it and into LDraw format (namely .dat).
However, I have been unable to figure out how to do so. I've tried the LDD2LDRAW add-on from digital-bricks.de, but it did not seem to work (among other error messages, I got
0 parts mapped.
0 parts had an unknown Material; Used Main Color 16 instead.
0 parts unknown.
0 parts defect (cann't be read correctly).
0 parts are not created for LDraw yet.
0 parts are waiting on the Parts Tracker.
Would anyone here be willing to let me know how to get these parts into .dat format?
Many thanks,
LegoSW

Hi,

first of all a kudos to all of you working on LDraw. What a great platform. When I thought about drawing LEGO-instructions the first time, I didn't expect to find a community like this on the internet. Wow!

I'm finishing my first project and missed these parts in the library:
Train Base 6 x 24 with 2 Square Cutouts and 3 Round Holes Each End, Re-Enforced on Bottomside (http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/c...6#T=C&C=85)
Train Buffer Beam with Sealed Magnets - Type 2 (flat bottom) (http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/c...5#T=C&C=11)
Train Wheel RC Train, Metal Axle (http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/c...9#T=C&C=22)

Maybe there's some time to add them to the library.

Thanx a lot,
Lutz