I recently got a Raspberry Pi - a fun and useful little $35 computer. It does not come with a case, so, like many people, I built one out of LEGO. My design is not necessarily the most clever or attractive, but I did create an LDraw model of it, which I've attached. I've also posted an LPub-ified copy and some instructions in this GitHub repository, which I intend to update if I make revisions to the case design. Last but not least, I've posted the instructions and some photos of the actual case in this Flickr gallery.

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Article from space.com

http://www.space.com/21464-lego-nasa-des...ntest.html

8663 - Fat Trax

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Hi,
I am new to MLCad but I've managed so far to build a couple of subjects.
However, I am curious on the amount of colours available to use?
I would like to know if there is a method of increasing the amount & if
there is, I would like to know how?
Thanks
Michael

In my MLCAD multi-part files, I will have arrows ghosted in submodels. When I look at the model that the submodel is in, the arrows are invisible, as they should be.

However, sometimes after making changes to the submodel, or closing and reopening the file, the arrows have unghosted themselves. Sometimes re-ghosting them in the submodel is sufficient to fix this, but sometimes I have to edit the .mpd file in notepad to replace the instances of "0 MLCAD ARROW" with "0 GHOST 0 MLCAD ARROW".

Has anyone else experienced this behaviour?

(Also, as an aside, is there any situation where you wouldn't want an arrow to be ghosted?)

Hi everyone,

I'm currently developing a software that renders official parts. I recently figured out that some of them contain bowtie quads. So I implemented an algorithm to detect and correct them.

Is it interesting to post here an exhausted list of faulty part files?
FYI, that concerns at least 70 files over 7000. So that's not much, but I reckon official parts have to respect that rule.
I can also code something to fix bowtie quads within .dat files - and not only within the rendering process - and submit corrected files on this forum for new validation.

Let me know what I should do.

V.

HI Folks,

I'm a long-time MLCAD user, and due to a mandatory upgrade at work, I now have a Windows 8 (64 bit) machine.

Any knows issues/fixes from those who've already blazed this trail?

Thanks,
Sean

Good Morning,
I've just downloaded LDraw & I'm setting MLCad to the way I like it.
However I can't find a way to change the colour of the peices below
the list on the left. They are all Black & I would prefer a lighter colour.
I'm hoping that I could change this.
Thanks
Tapimjay

I'm attempting to construct the Star Wars battle droid in the minifig generator. All of the parts are present in their respective categories, and MLCad.ini shows what I'm guessing are the correct arms in the listing, but it's not possible to change the arm through the generator. Is there a reason for this, and/or a workaround?

Are we ever going to get the old download pages back in their original glory?

It's just to weird to use third party sites to find things like lpub or some of the older tools.

I certainly don't hope the aioi is suppose to replace the individual links because personally I prefer to install everything separate on a when needed base.

Also having those links might increase activity on the forum (which is very quiet lately imho).