I wrote a few articles for the old ldraw.org website.

http://www.ldraw.org/Article529.html
<b>LDraw to SimCity 3000 Unlimited Tutorial:</b> A tutorial describing how to import LDraw models into <i>SimCity 3000 Unlimited</i>.
http://www.ldraw.org/Article528.html
<b>Polarized Glasses Tutorial:</b> A tutorial describing how to render LDraw models (and other POV-Ray scenes) so that they can be viewed in 3D using <a target="_blank" href="http://www.chromatek.com/">Chromatek</a> polarized glasses.
http://www.ldraw.org/Article545.html
<b>Cleaning LDraw Models for Export:</b> A tutorial describing why it is hard to clean LDraw models for export to other formats and applications.


Does anyone have backups so I can rewrite them for the wiki? Thanks.

Do you know if by chance this part (18969) is in a raw version available in LDD? I could not find it on RolfS' page

Thanks
Gerald

Listed on brickset as Ladder 4X16 W. Ø3.2 Shaft/6018585/11299/Fences and Ladders/White/2013

Did not find it anywhere in official, unofficial or in-progress... Any takers?

Hi,

I encountered a problem building 70814 Emmets robot:

It seems to me that shovel 30394 (red/green version, 7 teeth) may need some rework as there is a collision.
As the overall shape of the bucket seems fine, I assume that only the hinge and the teeth needs to be repositioned.

The result should looks like the blue version (shovel 47508, 9 teeth).



thanks
kind regards
roland

Due to a very nasty bug I'm releasing the 1.4b version only 4 days after 1.4a, it's a new record

This only difference in this version to the previous one are two bugfixes related to path content.

You'll find the update here:

http://www.melkert.net/LDCad/download

If you don't want to do a complete reinstall (e.g. due custom modified bin/gui files) you can also upgrade to 1.4b by getting the archive version and manually coping the main executable inside it over the 1.4a one at your install location.

Hopefully this version will last longer.

Hi,

actually I am working on 70814 Emmet's Construct-o-Mech using SR3D.

For modelling the rubber chain tread (#43903, GreaseBand 151Mm X 2m) I manually repositioned the component parts of this chain tread to get close to the required shape. As I am not fully happy with the result (see image) and my way of modelling I wonder if there is a more comfortable way to generate this rubber chain tread? Is there any LDraw tool which generates a nicely shaped custom chain tread #43903?

From my understanding Lsynth offers only the “technic (rubber) chain tread”. Rubber tread #43903 is not included.

Thanks for advice!

regards
roland

Is the mainsite down?
I can't reach LDraw.org or the PartTracker since late last night CET

The LDraw.org Steering Committee wished the circumstances for the announcement of the 2014 James Jessiman Memorial Award (JJMA) recipient would have been different. Those are also the reasons why it took us longer than usual to publish this announce . The LDraw SteerCo had already agreed on Sergio Reano as recipient when news of his sudden passing came in. We therefore decided to contact his wife Cristina and ask for a laudatory speech.

Quote:I wish Sergio could be here to celebrate with you! He was really deserving this award. I'm saying this not because he is my husband, but for the fact that he dedicated a good protion of his spare time to LDraw, sometimes even his own sleep. He had two great passions: LEGO, which he collected from childhood (we still have all his old sets and have added, over time, those of our children) and programming. With the SR3D Sergio found a way to combine his interests and created an original, innovative virtual environment, which allowed everyone to build the models of their dreams. As I already wrote he dedicated his very heart and soul to his software: late into the evening, on holidays, and at home… Even when he was not working on it, he thought about how to add new functionality, how to overcome problems, or how to satisfy requests coming from his “fans”. Finding a bug caused much agony!!
Lots have written to me after he his passing telling me their admiration for his work and their esteem for him. Sergio really loved his “creature” and he was working on it until the his very last seconds of his life. He was a generous and capable man and would have given so much in the days to come.

Kind regards,

Cristina

You can generate LDCad parts bin lists using this modified version of BrickUtils: BrickUtils-0.2.0.0(trev).jar, (.exe version).

Other modifications include the ability to create part-mappings. For a complete list of BrickUtils modifications see the ChangeLog.

This application is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. You can download the source code here.

BrickUtils is free software developed by Mario Pascucci and is available on SourceForge.

For example, after importing bricklink .xml set into BrickUtils(trev)...

Following are the steps to generate a .pbg file (LDCad parts bin list):

   


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Do not hesitate if you have any questions or remarks.

Cheers,
Trevor

Hi all.

One next step in develop JBrickBuilder is to integrate LSynth-like functionalities.
Looking to other models, created with various editors/CAD, I found two strategies:
1- direct use LSynth primitives in model
2- use a special META command, "parseable" by original CAD program, and include a "fall-back" for other editors.

I prefer the second method (used by LDCad, BTW), first requires that editors and viewers have LSynth installed.

But, there is a problem: LSynth is a compiled binary, and JBrickBuilder is Java, that is (or should be) cross-platform. I don't want to maintain three or more version, one for every OS.

So, LSynth is licensed GPLv2, and I'm thinking to port to Java, under a GPLv3 license, as a JAR package.

So I'm asking to developers here if there are objections. Of course, I will clearly include references to original project and developers.

Mario