http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=6216

If I look at the 3D model I think there is a lot missing. What causes this bad presentation?

Hello all,

It's been 6+ years since I have used the LDraw System of Tools (LDraw parts library, MLCAD, LPub, MegaPov, Pov-Ray, etc..).
I just did a check of my old installation files and notice I am way out of date.
Wow has time gone by and left me behind.
Is MegaPov still used by LPub to make LEGO like building instructions (ie. black outline on the rendered parts)?
Did anyone continue pioneering LDraw animations?
What happened to L3P and L3PAO? Is there a new tool to conver a .ldr to .pov file for rendering?
I feel like such a newbie now but those questions are not what brought me here.

I have a LEGO Digital Designer file (.lxf) that I download but was wondering if that file could be converted to .ldr some how in order to be viewed in LDView? I remember 10 years ago that LDView would allow you to rotate and slice the model if you wanted to. Not sure if this is still possible in LDView?

I did open the .lxf file in the LEGO Digital Designer software but quiet frankly that software looks even more foreign then LDraw did to me.

I just released the definitive 1.3 version of my LDCad.

At first I wanted to do another beta but during private testing I found it to be stable/complete enough to justify a definitive version.

Nog real big changes in this version, just bugfixes and two new minor features, namely:

• Selection information (demo youtube clip)
  
• Optional XY camera rotation (as an alternative to the default trackball)
  

I somehow succeeded to create shaped sails. My first try was for the Black Pearl:
   

Problem is that attachment of sails are slightly different, the sail I created fits only rear top position. It is not very difficult to create the other ones, but should I do that and submit them to PT? If so, what about file name (c0x I guess)/description?

Attached the sail (very rough, single sided, red edges, etc...)

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  BlackPearlBigSail.dat (Size: 110.64 KB / Downloads: 0)

I am using MLCad v3.4 and I can't find PF train motor, though there is 9v train motor, where can I find that motor data file ?

Hello,

after only two days: Here is an admin-rights-free and more user friendly LPC release!

If you are already using a version greater than 1.5.0 you cannot update your installation by clicking on "Help -> Install Updates" anymore.
Please download and install the latest release directly from sourceforge.net.

Change log:

New features:

• Improved security: Admin rights are no longer required!!
  
• The internal updater was removed due to security concerns
  
• Your configuration files are now stored under "[System Partition Letter]:\Users\[Your username]\App Data\Roaming\Nils Schmidt\LDPatternCreator"
  
• Windows XP is no longer supported (I have no machine to test on it)
  
• "Fast triangulation II": when "Add Trangle" is activated and no vertex was selected on click, a new vertex will be created for this triangle.
  
  1. When CTRL is pressed "Add Triangle" will not abort on right mouse clicks (standard behaviour since 1.3.6)
  2. When CTRL is pressed "Fast triangulation" will not search for new edges near the cursor
  3. When SHIFT is pressed "Fast triangulation" will search for new edges near adjacent triangles from the last created triangle
  
• The numbers shown on the x- and y-axis are more accurate
  

Are there models available of animals? (not to big)
Prefereable with instructions or ldraw models where I can add the instructions?
They would be used for small children to learn to build.

Hi All,
A little background. I'm a long time AFOL train head. I ran BrickFest a few times in Portland. Worked together on the Hobby Train project with Tim Gould... now I run altBricks. I know enough about LDraw / MLCad to get around pretty well when it comes to model making and rendering and laying out instructions. But now I need two custom elements for altBricks so I can make instructions using them and post the .dat files for others that want to virtually build with these elements.






I created them already (linked) but think they need some tweaking from someone who is good at element creation. Here's the list of things needed:
1) Stud holes (tubes) on the bottom. I didn't add these cause for rendering they aren't seen much (but should be there).
2) The thickness on the bottom should equal a tile, they don't now.
3) The width of the remaining 3 sides need to be consistent and equal to the width of the newest LEGO windows.

I would be happy to send some altBricks stuff for the effort, if that's of interest we can work that out offline.
Thanks
SteveB

Attached Files

  EP_1x3_GriderX.dat (Size: 4.61 KB / Downloads: 0)
  EP_1x2_GriderX.dat (Size: 3.81 KB / Downloads: 0)

I wrote this for myself but I'm posting it here in case it is of use to anyone else.

This is a browser javascript bookmarklet that can be run on an html parts list produced by LDView's "Parts List" function to provide these additional features:

• Dynamic re-sorting of parts list by any column(s)
  
• Repair of missing part images
  
• Color swapping of part images
  

1. Visit the relevant link above.
   (I can't post the script here because this forum damages the script (even using "quote" or "code").)
   
2. Copy the entire contents of the RAW Paste Data box to your clipboard.
   
3. Create a new bookmark in your browser.
   
4. Edit the properties of the bookmark.
   
5. Paste the copied script from above into the location/URL box.
   Verify the paste begins with javascript: and ends with (document); as some browsers will chop the end of the script off rendering it useless.
   
6. Set the bookmark name to something useful, like "LDView Parts List Sorter".
   
7. Save the bookmark.
   

1. Open an LDView generated html parts list in your browser.
   
2. Click on the bookmark to run it.
   

• Click on a column header to re-sort the parts list by that column. Click the same column header again to reverse sort order. Each sort is a result of the previous sort, so multi-index sorting can be achieved - if you sort by color and then by quantity then parts will be primary sorted by quantity and secondary sorted by color whenever the quantities match, and so on.
  

• If a part has no image due to the LDView 4.1/4.2B1 "shortcut" bug whereby LDView doesn't generate an image link because it mistakenly believes the part is not an official part, then clicking on the part number will override this decision and attempt to fetch an image for this part using your chosen color.
  
• If any part has no image due to Peeron not having an image in your chosen color, then clicking on the part number will prompt you to enter a new color number for the image. Colors 0-15 (and especially 7) will increase the chances of an image now appearing, although there are still parts for which Peeron doesn't have an appropriate image to show for any color.
  
• If you click on a part number and enter a new color in the form =7 then the addition of the = causes it to search & replace the images of all parts matching the original color of the part you clicked on with the color 7. Whilst this can be used to swap any color for another globally, it is most useful for models that use color 16, since LDView outputs this as color -1 (which results in missing images) and you can use this feature to generate images with a usable example color. The = feature only works if you had the Color column enabled within LDView when generating the parts list. You can also use the form ==7 to force all part images to color 7 for example.
  

For the last 4 days the LDraw.org site home page has been missing a few sections.

I've browsed this from several countries and got the same result, so I assume everyone is seeing this same problem...

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