Topic for the Space / Spyrius theme.

Topic for the Space / Unitron theme.

I made these cool Sans and Papyrus Minifgures, I think I did a good job on them!

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I think I need to address Philo:
Can you upload part 3039pcb2.dat to the tracker, please?

Where Grey in "Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 with Radar and Disk Slot Grey Pattern" needs to change to "Black".

You once modified it for me from the official 3039pcb.dat which has indeed Grey pattern.

Also see thread:
http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...5#pid21055

Thanks again!

When I recently recycled parts of an already official part I really did not check the dimensions or compatibility with the grid/studs.

I think we should collect them in a thread for a correction if the immediate attention is not possible.

Hi,

with a little overdue of one month*... here is the LDPartEditor 0.8.5 Beta release!
I will now focus on tutorial videos since this version should be stable enough to work with (though its still a beta).


You can download LDPE from this page:
http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

With this release you will be able to...

• ...use up to 9 decimal places for rounding (coordinates + matrix). [requested by Gerald]
  
• ...open the part in the 3D editor from the text editor window (orange "3D" button) [requested by at least two users]
  
• ...use "save as..." to store files under a new filename (text editor only) [requested by Magnus]
  
• ...use a button for single vertex manipulation ("SyncEdit") in the text editor [requested by Willy]
  
• ...benefit from a new "how-to-use" description for the SlicerPro2 tool.
  

1. Rectifier created rect#.dat primitives when "Split" and "SlicerPro2" were used.
   
2. Rectifier created rect-prims that were scaled in three dimensions.
   
3. Fixed an issue which was related to the parsing of the !HISTORY meta command
   
4. Fixed a null pointer issue with "Add Quad" and other "Add..." functions.
   
5. Fixed incorrect cursor movement when single vertex manipulation was active.
   
6. Fixed a GUI access issue, which occured on drag&drop with text editor tabs.
   
7. Fixed a random null pointer issue, which could disable the tab from the text editor window when more than one tab was opened.
   
8. In some rare cases when a flat subfile was scaled in X/Y or Z and the transformation matrix contained more than one space as seperator between the values, the corresponding "Quick Fix" was not able fix the scaling.
   

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 LPE.
   
4. On linux/mac, you have to excecute the shell script "run.sh" to start LPE.
   

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: 2.5GB
  
• Video-Memory: 512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 100 MB
  

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8
  
• 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: >512 MB
  
• Free Disk Space: 512 MB
  

Hi there,

While OMRizing my set collection I found a few "bugs" in MPDCenter.

To reproduce, use the file attached.

Here is what I do:

Right click on 1714 - Surveillance Scooter.ldr -> Set Name: entry to "Surveillance Scooter.ldr"
Right click on the renamed Surveillance Scooter.ldr -> Change description from file name.

Now I want to edit the header :
I set everything in the Header dialog, click "Build new header" and "Apply".
"Do you want to copy athor etc to all other ldr in this mdp?" -> Yes
"Are you sure to copy the below header data to all .ldr files in this mpd-file?" -> Yes
"Should I try to rename now all files for OMR conformity?" -> Yes

Now comes the bugs:

The ldr "Spaceship - Rocket 2 - Light.ldr" got renamed to "1714 Rocket 2Light", instead of the desired "1714 - Spaceship - Rocket 2 - Light.ldr"
It's losing the .ldr, the "Spaceship" and some spaces. I would say this happen if the name has more than one time the "-" character.

The description of the ldr "1714 - Spaceship - Rocket 1.ldr" is now "1714 - Spaceship - Rocket 1" instead of the desire "Spaceship - Rocket 1".
It's keeping the set number. I would say this happen if the name has only one "-" character.

The header is not the same everywhere, the first ldr shows empty lines above and under the !THEME statement while the other subfiles don't. I would put those empty line everywhere to keep the same formatting and also because I find it better for readability.


Now some suggestions:

Could we have an option on right clicking a ldr to move it directly above or under a certain ldr? As MPD center rechecks the OMR conformity each time I click "Up" or "Down" it take ages to move files on large sets.

In order to clean up the file, would it be possible to have always 2 empty lines between ldr files. Meaning that it should remove the existing lines a the end of a ldr whatever how many there are, and only add 2 empty lines.

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10227 UCS B-Wing Starfighter [Star Wars]


Lego 10227 UCS B-Wing Starfighter



Download MPD-File (OMR compliant)

Done with LDCad 1.5 Beta 2a

Errors:
- no display sticker
- Cockpit 10886 replaced by Windscreen 50986

According to the instructions the mpd-file contains 93 submodels 378 steps.

... there's no smooth way actually.

The only method what worked for me to create nice and perfect renderings was using the add-on via BLENDER.

Every other method by using the exporters of some tools failed.

What would we need:

And LDR-exporter reading LDR and MPD files using a feature called INSTANCES. COLLADA would be the format to go.
Instances can be groups by geometry and color or just be geometry. I have to use geometry and color for MODO.
Instancing means that you have one master brick and the other bricks of the same type in a scene will be "virtual copies". You can translate, rotate or scale them. If you change the master mesh all instance-copies will be updated to the same type.
This is one feature I was asking for the LDR-Importer for BLENDER on GitHub.

And last but not least two optional features to choose:

- studs with its own top bevel because the studs top bevel is a bit bigger than the other edges
- the extruded LEGO logo (not the rounded one)

Take a look at my latest renderings. This insane MOC is a LDD-import to MECABRICKS. Because of the instance support of the exporter (COLLADA) the model can be handled very good in MODO. I also have the LDR-file of it but an import to BLENDER would definitely fail.

It would be great of someone is able to write a LDRAW>COLLADA exporter supporting instances and the choice to add LEGO logos onto studs.

Click and Zoom :-)
http://www.renderbricks.com/render/RB000...amH_8K.jpg
http://www.renderbricks.com/render/RB000...amG_8K.jpg