I've uploaded the definitive 1.0 version to

http://www.melkert.net/LDCad

Mostly bug fixes over the beta 2 version.
The most important addition is the ability to move parts to another building step.

With this 'stable' version I'm going to work on some major features for the 1.1 version and as a result there will be less frequent updates unless there's a major issue reported.

Planned (some) features for 1.1 are:
- Multiple views including 2D Ortho mode (front/left/top/etc)
- Flexible parts (pneumatic hose, etc)

Any additional suggestions are still welcome though.

Aloha,

I want to create BOM (Bill of Materials) for a model that has many different parts (it would fit in several pages).

Does anyone know how to do that in LPub?

Mahalo,

Ramón

Lots of colors are defined in ldconfig.ldr, but in any particularly model I typically only use a small subset of the available colors. As I build the model in Bricksmith, this means a lot of scrolling or searching through the color palette to pick the same couple of colors. Even using the keyboard, this can get tedious. (Too bad there's no "favorite colors" mechanism...)

In fact, you can create custom palettes with just the colors you need by swapping out the ldconfig.ldr file in your LDraw folder for a copy containing only the relevant color definitions. (Keep the original!)

For example, here's the entire ldconfig.ldr I used to build this model:

OK, so I was attempting to use the Linux version of L3P to convert an MPD into a POV-ready file for rendering, when I noticed an inordinate amount of files were not being found. Worse yet, a lot of the files that supposedly weren't being found seemed parts that should be there. Here's a small sampling of the parts not being found:

Not in LGEO: 3034.dat Plate 2 x 8
Not in LGEO: 3023.dat Plate 1 x 2
Not in LGEO: 3020.dat Plate 2 x 4
Not in LGEO: 3022.dat Plate 2 x 2
Not in LGEO: 3710.dat Plate 1 x 4
Not in LGEO: 3031.dat Plate 4 x 4

So I looked into it, and found out those files DO EXIST in my lgeo library, so now I was really perplexed. Now, it would be one thing of no files were being found, but according to the end summary, 14 files were found, so clearly it isn't completely screwed up.

Furthermore, my "lgeo" file is in my LDraw folder, and I get the same files missing message whether I set the LGEODIR environmental variable or not (I use a script which sets it). In fact, the only way I could get a complete failure was to purposely set the LGEODIR to a wrong directory, which led to an expected "cannot find lg_elements.lst" error.

My question, then, is what am I doing wrong? Clearly L3P at least knows the lg_elements.lst and lg_colors.lst are, or it would be throwing errors about that at me. It's also finding some, but not all, parts. I'm really baffled right now, and any help would be welcome.

Analogous to metal and rubber,
we IMHO need a special material in ldconfig.ldr for the train magnet's material, e.g.:

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cg...499c01.dat

I'll send Scott a note... :-)

Here's an LDraw file for a chunky starfighter I made. It includes assembly steps. I like the aft half of the ship best.



I'm sure I'm not the only one who uses LDView's fly-through mode to check out the view from the cockpit, right? It's important to make sure your minifig pilots have good visibility for their dogfights.



(Warning: uses some unofficial parts.)

Attached Files

  5.ldr (Size: 14.41 KB / Downloads: 5)

You can add more columns of views to the Bricksmith window by option-clicking the splitter button the normally adds new views to the same column. Button highlighted below.



Just thought I'd share since I'm not sure if this is documented anywhere obvious.

Hi,

I just want to point out some small screw which I think is missing in the setup of the forum's RSS feed:

I personally find the subject line of posts very useful:
ideally, they sum up a post, so a reader can follow a thread roughly without having to read
each and every post. Here is an example (just the subject lines given):

As stated on the tracker, I'm reworking this part (which according to Philo seems to have a lot of problems).

Problem is I do not own the part, but I've made assumptions and created it with a CAD software. With stl2dat, I've made a ldraw file.

Can some of you have a look and tell me what do you think of the pin-holes and axe-hole positions and dimensions (especially in the Z direction).
Then, if you compare with the tyre that goes with it (32003), the two parts don't seem to have the same diameters. Which one do you think is the correct one?


I know the part is very heavy and doesn't have any primitive but this is just a temporary file to first see if the geometry is correct.


Last question: if I rework the part from scratch: do I need to keep the name of the first author and put mine only in the file history?

Attached Files

  32004bnew.dat (Size: 1.47 MB / Downloads: 0)

Did someone recently change cookies from expiring on a certain date to lasting for one browser session?

I'm pretty sure its not just my browser because four browsers across two systems all report the forum login cookie being valid only for the current login session, whereas before they were set to expire at a set date far (I forget exactly when) in the future, while those same browsers also have cookies that were set a long time ago and will be valid for a long time, and I haven't changed settings on any of those four (different) browsers recently. So I'm pretty sure a setting was changed in the forum software.

If I am mistaken and I am the only one exhibiting this behavior, then please excuse me and ignore this post. If not, I would appreciate it if we could still have persistent logins back, even if the cookies expire sooner.

If it is a question of security (people stealing cookies from logins on public computers, and then impersonating us on the forums), then perhaps could we have an option when logging in to set the duration of the session?