Hello

Once again i have a problem this time it is with Lpub not recognizing Plist commands,I wanted to add all the 'leg parts' of the minifig as one complete step using plist commands but it does not work.

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  Man.ldr (Size: 786 bytes / Downloads: 0)

Is there any way to have a "mark thread as read" link on the Recent Messages page on this forum?

There are some threads that I don't feel the need to read, but I do like to keep my Recent Messages page clean of un-read flags.

This might be an official model of LEGO according to below links:
http://www.fbtb.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2572
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.ph...opic=33807

I couldn't stop my finger to make this model when I found the instruction. T_T;;
It was made by SR3D Builder 0.6.0.9 and rendered by Mega-Pov 1.2.1.
It has '0 STEP' and you can see assembling steps through LDview.

Error in model : The below parts didn't have correct pattern on it.
- 41751.DAT (or x224.DAT)
- 3068.DAT
- 50955.DAT
- 50956.DAT
- 30382.DAT

Enjoy

KWON

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  The_Malevolence.L3B (Size: 40.01 KB / Downloads: 11)

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.)

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  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.