Hey,

after I released a new version of LDPatternCreator (LPC) in the beginning of this month, it is now time for the "bigger brother" LDPE :)


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

Changelog:
(4 new features and 4 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...override colour 16.
  
• ...set the distance meter length in the selection window.
  
• ...constrain "Merge to Nearest..." to operate in a fixed direction (X/Y/Z).
  
• ...choose between world axis X/Y/Z and manipulator axis X/Y/Z for transformation tools (translate / rotate / scale selection / set selection X/Y/Z)
  

1. The colour value for colour 16 was not read from LDConfig.ldr
   
2. If you split a distance meter you got two normal edge lines instead of two distance meters.
   
3. LDPE did not complain about some duplicated lines (TYPE 2, 3, and 4).
   
4. "Local" mode for the distance meter showed sometimes wrong values for dx / dy / dz
   

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, 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, you have to excecute the shell script "update.sh".
   

• 64-bit Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on a SSD.
  

LPub3D .. Is there a way to display a global STEP_NUMBER for CALLOUT and MULTI_STEP instead of local step numbers?

This: 123 [456] 789 [10 11 12]
Not: 123 [123] 456 [123] 789

Hello,

I can not reduce the step of rotation under 0.5.
Is it possible ? 0.1 for example ?

Regards.

Hi,

light.dat is a special file inside our \PARTS folder for placing a light source.
In later steps, for example rendering, these can be replaced by light sources.

Historically, that file was POV-Ray specific.
I removed that because light sources can be used anywhere, e.g. in Blender etc.

While being at it, I replaced the previous implementation (6 edges mimicing light rays)
by 2 spheres and more light rays:

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg.../light.dat

If you do not like that change, we can abandon it.
However, I wanted to drop it onto the PT to let you see it and get your comments on how useful that would be.

best
Steffen

Hello,

I did some projection improvements in my pattern creator program.
Instead of using a matrix to project a triangle from the 2D to the 3D space, I implemented a new approach (based on UV mapping).

Download and install the latest LDPatternCreator release directly from sourceforge.net.

PS: This update could be helpful for this task.

Change log:

New features:

• Implemented a new and better UV projection method.
  

Hello all

is it possible to add bricks to an existing Group. I know how to create a Group but when I finished the Group I found no way to add another brick later on.

Regards
Juergen

i have windows 10 with a fresh install trying to setup l3p and i need to set ldraw dir for the program to run

heres what i have in a .bat file
edit - got it

Anyone knows of an alternative way of faking part seems in POV-Ray besides shrinking all part just slightly?

I added the shrinking option to LDCad's export it looks nice at first glance but then you'll notice the uneven scaling.

For example 5510, the 2x8 plate at the red circle no longer matches the inverted slope brick beneath it.

   

This is using a scaling of 0.9925

edit: added a zoom
   

LDraw has a (in my opinion kinda weird) standard for patterned part numbering. However, sites like Rebrickable and Brickset nowadays scrape a lot of information from Lego itself. This information also includes the design id for patterned parts. Like every brick, every pattern has its own unique design-id.

For example, this part has the design-id 25660 and this part has the design-id 32734.

Would it be a good idea to change the patterned-part numbering of LDraw parts (for future parts obviously, not for current parts) to use the design-id when available?

I hope nobody minds all my parts requests. They are just requests after all, nobody is forced to do anything with 'm 

It would be nice if someone could create part 18910. This one is also available as an export from LDD.