Sometimes when I am making instructions for a very large model in Lpub, I want to zoom in on only a portion of the assembly image to show where new parts go. I can use ASSEM MODEL_SCALE to make the assembly bigger, and I can use ASSEM PLACEMENT to shift the position on page, but LPub truncates the image at the edge of where the page would be if the model was centered (see linked image). Is there any way around this?

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/blakbi.../truck.jpg

Hi, i don't know if it's the right place to ask, but.. can anybody point me to some specifications for the file format of LDD (Lego digital designer)? I know some of you are able to extract geometry and other informations, but i was unable to find some semi-complete specifications (just bit and pieces here and there).

thanks

Is it possible convert models from Traveller's Tales games and to include these parts in tracker?

Hi folks,

Has anyone started putting together parts for the Legends of Chima sets? I read somewhere there are 30+ new components/parts that were created for the Chima sets. How will we ever keep up?!

Bye for now

Reuben

I've been working on a MOC creation in LDraw, and I've hit an annoying problem when it comes to creating assembly instructions for the model in LPub.

The model is an airliner. I have decided to have the attachment of it's engines and landing gear be the last steps. In the LDraw file, I put in a normal step followed by a rotation step to flip the model over (180 degrees relative on the "Z" axis) right before the addition of the parts that would be on the underside of the plane. I then put in an additional step followed by a rotation end step to end the rotation of the model. When viewing the model in LDraw's view mode, everything is fine. The model flips over, the engines and landing gear are shown, and then the model flips over again so it is upright.

In LPub though, the rotation end step seems to be being ignored. Although the rotation end step is clearly listed in the window that shows all commands, the last step represented graphically is the one where the engines and wheels are added with the model still displayed up-side-down. I don't really like having it displayed that way. I would prefer to have an additional step represented graphically showing the completed model as it should look right-side-up.

I've already tried two different methods to remedy this problem and neither has provided me with an outcome I am satisfied with. The first was to add an additional step after the rotation end step, and then put in one placeholder in a spot where it wouldn't be visible. This has resulted in a step showing with the placeholder piece shown in the parts list but not visible on the actual graphical representation of the model. The placeholder piece is not meant to be visible anyway and that would have been satisfactory, had it not been for the parts list associated with that particular step also being shown.

I next tried adding a meta command to hide the parts list associated with the final step. That removed the graphical representation of the placeholder piece with the final step, leaving the completed model shown right-side-up. But the placeholder piece is still shown in the Bill Of Materials. That is where I have hit a problem. Anyone know of either a way to have LPub display the results of a rotation end step or edit the BOM to only have it display certain pieces, all pieces except the placeholder for example?

Hi,

I recently packaged the LDraw parts library, Brickutils, LdGLite and LDView for Debian. They are uploaded on mentors.debian.net so that they can be reviewed for inclusion in Debian and later Ubuntu and other derivatives (like Mint).

- ldraw-parts http://bugs.debian.org/714999 https://mentors.debian.net/package/ldraw-parts
- brickutils http://bugs.debian.org/715053 https://mentors.debian.net/package/brickutils
- ldglite http://bugs.debian.org/715053 https://mentors.debian.net/package/ldglite
- ldview http://bugs.debian.org/715280 https://me...age/ldview

The package ldraw-parts contains the CC-BY licensed part of the LDraw parts library and installs them into /usr/share/ldraw-parts. The last three packages where patched to work on Debian and use the parts provided by the ldraw-parts package.

The work was done under the umbrella of the DebianDesigners group. See https://wiki.debian.org/LegoDesigners

I was now attempting to package LPub4 but while it compiles fine the parts are wrongly scaled (individual parts filling half the page). The sourceforge repository doesnt list any activity for the past two years and the posted bugs are not commented upon. Is the project dead?

Besides informing you about these activities I have a question for you as a community: What other tools do you find essential to be packaged for Debian and its derivative? Please only list mature projects which are not abandoned and are known to not become abandoned in the foreseable future. Please also only list software which is used a lot by the community and not a niche project. I must ask these questions as I'm new to LDraw and only just registered in this forum.

cheers, josch

Hello. I'm new of this forum. I would like to know if I can technically make parts that do not resemble to LEGO style and if you can give me a detailed tutorial to learn how to do it. Thanks.

What's the point of adding comments into an LDraw project anyway? I've noticed that comments inserted into a project don't appear anywhere in the graphical representation of the model that they have been inserted into. They also don't seem to be visible in the graphical representations of any assembly instructions built via LPub either.

The only place where I have actually seen comments listed is in the meta commands table in LPub and in the commands window of LDraw, where they would be of no actual usefulness if they are intended to point out important information on printed instructions for a model's physical assembly.

Here is my dilemma in regards to this. When replicating an official Lego model that I have purchase for the purpose of customization or working on designing an MOC project, I sometimes find that a piece I need or want to use doesn't yet exist in LDraw. I currently have all parts available for LDraw. I took the time to download the entire un-official parts zip file and add all it's contents to LDraw's parts library. In spots where I can't find a given piece, I use a placeholder piece as a substitute for it.

That in turn creates a problem for me. I need to indicate on the assembly instructions which placeholder piece corresponds to which actual piece on the model. At first I considered using comments, but found that they don't appear in the instructions. I need a way to point this out somehow, but I am currently at a loss for a method. I am trying to think of one, but haven't been able to come up with a way so far.

Anyone know if there is a way to make comments inserted in an LDraw project actually appear in the graphical image representing it in LDraw and LPub?

I recently purchase lego kit 70701, the Galaxy Squad Swarm Interceptor. I wasn't satisfied with how Lego designed it, I didn't like how the front section of the fuselage connects with the back half. It wasn't secure enough for my tastes, so I decided to duplicate in LDraw so I can see where I can substitute pieces to make the connection more secure.

So far there seems to be at least one piece the model needs that isn't available in LDraw. The piece in question is lego piece 4598527 (that part number taken from the model's assembly manual). It is also known as part #92280: Plate, modified 1 x 2 with clip on top.

Here is a link to what the piece looks like, leads to Bricklink.
Piece 92280

Perhaps this part does exist in LDraw, but under a different part name and number, perhaps it doesn't. If it does I would appreciate it if someone here can point me to it. If it is missing, I think someone should model it as soon as possible.

Hello,

I have a problem viewing a model in Lpub. In a 17 steps submodel the 9 first steps are correctly displayed but from the 10th ones only the bill of material continue tu appear, not the model.
When I open this submodel directly in Lpub it's well displayed.

Does someone have already see this problem, or have an idea of the root cause ?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Fabrice