Hello,

I wish you all a happy new year 2016!
Here is a little new years gift to start with great energy into the creation of new patterned parts for 2016...

Download and install the latest LD Pattern Creator release directly from sourceforge.net.

Change log:

Fixed bug (fatal):

• Undo/redo on files with groups/primitives leads to a corrupt data state which causes LPC to freeze or crash. The fatal root cause was hidden in the redo function. The bug exists since version 1.2.0 which was released five years ago... d'oh.
  

Part 72504 Technic Ribbed Hose 2L seems not to be exactly 16mm long. The length is around 15mm:



Actually I'm building set 10134 by using LDcad. There are 5 pieces #72504 positioned inline on an axle:



Images at the web show no gap between these pieces, so I expect that the IRL length is 16mm. As I do not own this set or piece, I am not 100% sure it's an error.

May anybody let me know what the real length is?

thanks and kind regards
roland

Hi, is it possible to set the LDView camera position using the location and look values from a previously exported POV?

Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at http://www.ldraw.org/article/268.html, Subsection
6.03(a), the 2015/2016 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to
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Nominations will close at 11:59 PM GMT on 29 February 2016. This means that to
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NOTE: subsection 6.03(b) states that elections should take place before March 1.
We interpret this to mean that we will commence the election on March 1, but
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Again, thanks to all of you for your commitment to the goals of the
organization, and in working with us this year. Please, stay involved with
LDraw.org and keep it moving forward!

Willy Tschager
On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee

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For some reason, I decided I wanted to make all the Adventurers sets in LDraw, but complete including all missing patterns etc.
Aside for a bunch missing parts which I hope someone can make (for example this, this, this, this or this), there are also a lot of missing stickers and patterns.

Now, I have no idea if I'll ever finish all these Adventurers sets (sadly, I'm known for not finishing things...), I do have a few 'general' questions.
I'm quite new to making LDraw parts. I did a few patterned parts about a year ago (with help from Philo, thanks Philo!), but I'm stuck now with 2 things:

1. How can I make a patterned minifig head? Does someone maybe have a LPC template?
   
2. I wanted to make this pattern (I do have this part in real life btw ), but when I import the 'projection' data in LPC, a lot of the shape is missing. Is that because it uses these 'primitives' or something like that?
   

Hi folks,

I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2015-02. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator.

Download the file from my website: http://www.holly-wood.it/mlcad/mlcad_ini-en.html

Bye, w.

OMR specification requires to include unofficial files (a very good thing!), but what to do when this unofficial part contains TEXMAP images? Can we imagine a way to include these images in MPD? How to make this compatible with applications that support TEXMAP (afaik LDView, LDCad, LeoCAD and Bricksmith)?

And a 2016 good new year's resolution: have TEXMAP images on Parts Tracker !

All models of official models should go here.

Couldn't find part 92220 anywhere so I figured I'd add it to the request list. Thanks to everyone contributing to the libraries, it's super helpful.

I like to express my happyness if I look back and see what has been done on LDraw in the past year. I think it was a great year and I like to say "Thank You" to all volunteers.
Let us go forward this way also in 2016

cu
(next year)
mikeheide