I'm working on the graphics for a book to be published soon and need to make some pictures which use the new orange brick separator.  As far as I can tell, only the old dark gray one exists in LDraw.  I'd love it if the new one was available to make the book more current.

Thanks,
Eric Albrecht
Blakbird

A few months ago I wrote an LDraw Part Tracker plugin for DuckDuckGo. I've just been notified that is now live!

For example, try this query: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=98263.dat (the plugin generates the box at top)

Some background: DuckDuckGo is a search engine that accepts user-contributed plugins to provide "instant answer" responses for domain-specific queries. See DuckDuckHack for an overview of the plugin architecture. A couple different kind of plugins are possible; mine is a "fathead" plugin, which responds to keywords (part numbers) read from a data source (the tracker's part list). More fathead plugin details and examples are available here. Last but not least, here is the source code for the LDraw plugin.

Please feel free to fork and improve the plugin. The DuckDuckGo team responds to pull requests and may integrate approved changes with their site. (I think they are investing more emphasis on plugins now; the DuckDuckHack overview site did not exist when I first tried writing this plugin.)

I've listed some ideas for improvements under "Limitations" in the Readme for the plugin. The two most obvious would be to support part number-lookup-by-name (right now it's name-lookup-by-number; seems like an easy swap to make) and, especially, support for the full part library, not just the unofficial parts in the tracker. That will be a little more work, since it would need to read multiple sources. However, I think it'd be worthwhile. DuckDuckGo does some clever things with the data output by the plugin, such as auto-generating tables by category.

Hey,

Here comes LPC 1.4.0..


Please uninstall older versions of this software before installing a new version.
Your configuration won't be deleted if you have already version greater than 1.3.1 installed on your machine.

Change log:

New features:

• The spline tool has left the beta stage. Spline vertices are arranged with an equal distance (This feature needs still a bit improvement. I hope to fix it in 1.4.1).
  
• The spline tool was moved to the "Add Primitives.." menu.
  
• Colour changes: Default colour 7 (old-grey) to 71 (light-bluish-grey) and colour 6 (brown) to 70 (reddish brown) [this change will be visible in a fresh installation of this program].
  

• The spline tool is translated (Thanks J.C.)
  
• The triangle chain tool is translated and does not crash anymore
  

Hi all,

With LDCad 1.1 in the beta stage, I'm starting to gather information/ideas for flexible part support (pneumatic hoses etc) in 1.2. I'm mainly thinking about using bezier curves for editing, the generated parts them selves will probably be submodels using official library subparts were available and generated type 2..5 lines for the rest.

I myself have very little experience with LSynth and the likes so if anyone has some different suggestions/ideas?

Hi I needed the vehicle mudgaurd to finish my model and Philippe Hurbain did a bangin job on that part, so I was wondering if he or someone could make the part#4283123 small mudgaurd w detail and 4 studs and the part#4494474 small curve sloped piece w 2 studs. I'm sorry if these are not the formal names for the parts but I don't know where to get the parts list eccept from the Lego manual and I don't see discriptions just numbers. Thanks in advance

Is there a way to draw an arrow in one step and hide it in later steps. Is this done using ghosting and if so how. I just don't grasp the concept of ghosting. any help is greatly appricated.

I'm looking for this part.

It exists in LDD, but I can't use it in MLCAD. Would be great if someone far more knowledgeable than me could help me with the item.

Thanks.

Is there a way in view mode while shuttling through steps can you go to a step in your model then edit it then go back to view mode. For example I create a model using steps. Some of the steps are wrong. I then go through view mode to view my steps. Then I change my steps by going back to edit mode when the faulty step is selected in view mode. Can a user do anything like this. if not will they consider to add this feature in next release. I find myself creating a model making a mistake and having to create it over and over again hoping to make it without mistakes. Any help is greatly appricated. thanks.

Panaka Hat

90538 Fedora Hat m/wide brim

87557 Clone Pilot Helmet

61189 Clone Helmet w. 1.5 hole

87555 Rebel Troper Cap

64797 Nute Gun Ray Hat

64803 Rebel Helmet Endor

64806 Guard Trooper Helmet

87556 AT AT / TIE Pilot Helmet

64802 Clone Trooper Jet Pack

90539 Cad Bane Head Gear

46304 Goggles

89974 Medical Droid

all part numbers and names are from LDD

I didn't find the clone trooper episode 3 helmet in LDD

Hey,

Here is the fresh LPC 1.3.9 !


Please uninstall older versions of this software before installing a new version.
Your configuration won't be deleted if you have already version greater than 1.3.1 installed on your machine.

Change log:

New features:

• You can use a spline tool for creating spline curves.
  
• You can save your data in a LPC - V1.00 legacy format. This format will be read by all LPC versions, but it does not store all pattern information (e.g. metadata, primitives and groups).
  
• You can switch between the selection of overlapping primitives while CTRL is pressed.
  
• You can zoom with '+' and '-' too.
  
• The zoom textfield shows the zoom dialog with just one click.
  
• The F5/F6 toolboxes are movable.
  
• Overall program stability, compatibility and performance is improved.
  

• The sticker dimensions are not correct.
  
• It is impossible to select a primitive/​group, which is transformed into a straight line.