http://peeron.com/inv/parts/x405


(Fixed link added pic. w.)

I was wondering: why is the technic beam orientation the way it is?

Looking at real life models and default grid stepping in mlcad etc, it seems more logical to have the axis holes horizontally.

Just wondering.

Hey,

Here is the new LPC 1.3.7.


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 the sticker generator for rectangular sticker templates.
  
• "Unificator.exe" is included in the post process.
  
• The post process is customizable.
  
• You can load/​save the colour toolbar settings.
  
• The 2D engine is improved and faster.
  
• The colours from the colour replacer are sorted.
  
• The superfast triangulation is improved.
  
• You can show vertex information of primitive/​group vertices by clicking on it in vertex mode.
  
• A dynamic primitive list "Primitives.cfg" is stored in the application directory.
  

• The LPC-Unificator creates triangles with same points.
  
• Primitive matrix manipulation enables "Cut", "Copy" and "Paste" when "Add Vertex" is enabled.
  
• A primitive is movable in the vertex/​triangle-mode.
  
• The template editor does not read from the "\template" directory.
  
• LPC crashes if you take a hex-colour from a primitive/​group.
  

For some reason I have lost all the colours in MLCad. No matter what I do they're missing.
Nothing happens when I try to load the colours inside MLCad. I think it all started when I tried mlcad 3.4
I'm now gone back to 3.3
I tried to delete mlcad.cfg. I've tried to reset it by deleting the registry settings in Regedit.
I've tried ColourManager. It won't run on my pc.

There is a file mlcad.log in my mlcad folder. In it I can see that it can't find ldconfig.ldr

Quote:Error loading color information from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\LDraw\ldconfig_English.ldr'!
Error loading color information from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\LDraw\ldconfig.ldr'!
Using internal color configuration!

Attached Files

  MLCad.log.txt (Size: 1.87 KB / Downloads: 0)

Daniel sent me recently a bunch of Star Wars figures to scan and convert to LDraw. Unfortunately I am short of time presently, so I am posting here the raw meshes, hoping that someone could help me doing LDraw conversion (scanning parts is relatively fast in comparison!).

Here is the first one, 30371 Gungan head. This zip contains the raw mesh in .obj format, and a conversion to LDraw so that anybody can see it with usual tools. One side of the scan is not very good, but since the head is symmetrical it should be OK.
To do:
- straighten the mesh (it is rotated, and needs to be aligned with XYZ axis). Note that the obj seems upside down, this is because of inverted Y axis in LDraw. After conversion to LDraw it will be fine!
- Cut the stem under head (I leave it in the scan because it helps for mesh alignment).
- cleaning of the mesh needs to be done (smoothing smooth areas, sharpening edges)
I use Meshmixer for these tasks.
- Reduce triangle count. I have already reduced mesh to 100000 triangles, but final LDraw head needs to be reduced again to 3000..5000 triangles. I use Meshlab for that.
- Export the result in stl format (ascii encoding) and convert to LDraw with stl2dat (raw mode).

We are currently experiencing problems with user authentication on the LDraw.org site. Functionality of the Parts Tracker that requires you to be logged in (Submission, Review) are not currently available. We hope to resume normal service as soon as possible.

Admin edit:
The entire LDraw.org main site is now down due to software incompatibility issues. We are working to get everything back up and running

Chris, this could be something especially for you... :-) :

http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/16897

or this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detomaso/7273321636/

I thought I've seen these on the parts tracker before, but maybe I'm wrong and I've found them somewhere else. Two helmets by a guy named Tim Romine. The overall shape looks good, but it needs a lot of work. Maybe someone who knows what he does may have a look at them if it's worth to work on them or start from scratch.

Attached Files

  bfetpack.dat (Size: 22.27 KB / Downloads: 3)
  jfetpack.dat (Size: 20.17 KB / Downloads: 4)
  fettorus.dat (Size: 4.85 KB / Downloads: 3)

Hello all,

Like many of you know, I've been working on 2D (ortho) editing support for LDCad. The thing is, it's mostly done but currently I lack the time to completely get it 'beta' worthy for general release.

Because it will take me quite some time to get there I decided to release the current version as a Alpha version so more advanced LDraw users could test it and give me feedback on the new Ortho mode.

I'm very much anticipating the thoughts of the 'old school 2D editors rule' people out there

You can download the alpha here:

www.melkert.net/action/download/LDCad-1-1-Public-Alpha-1-Win-32.rar

www.melkert.net/action/download/LDCad-1-1-Public-Alpha-2-Win-32.rar

Only the windows archive version is available for now. It will take me some extra time in order to get an Linux executable ready, so for the moment I will only do that upon request.

This release is aimed at the experienced user, so I think there is no need for a long intro/manual here. Most of the text on melkert.net/LDCad still applies to this version so that should do for now.

Just play around with the mouse and menu structure (right click anywhere).

If you have any comments/questions let me know ether here or directly by email.

And remember this is an Alpha version, it could escape and terrorize the village at any time

In closing, some pictures ....






edit: Updated to alpha 2

I just wanted to know if we're allowed to do promo and prototype parts to be released in the official library. While I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes regarding the promos, I'm not so sure about the (Lego offocial) prototypes.

Here are a few examples of what I mean:

Promos:
The white Boba Fett


Darth Maul


Prototypes:
R2-KT (to learn more about R2-KT go to http://www.r2kt.com/)


George Lucas