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Thanks for your help,

Tim

Hi, i'm new here. I'm building the Imperial Star Destroyer with MLCad. The work is about 90% complete, but i cannot find the part 30342 aka "Rock Bottom with Craters" (Peeron link). It is a piece of the deflector shield generator domes on the top of the turret. I cannot find it in this list, so i think it has not been created yet. Am I wrong?
Did someone create it? If not, is someone going to create it?
I would like to help but i don't know how.

Thank you for your time.

Hello,
i've made in the last few weeks a list of bugs/suggestions for MLCad. Maybe there are few things, which are already corrected or possible, but I just didn't know. I hope I can help you with that:

• The undo-function (Ctrl + Z) doesn't work for me!
  
• Give the possibility to fix single parts on the grid, so that to move them (as long as not unfixed again) is not possible. It always happen to me, that i move some parts by accident, and especially when I put the "fine grid" on, it is very cumbersome to move the part back to position.
  
• To handle the 3D-View is very complicated. The position should be changed, when using the mouse, only in two directions (like it is handled in LDView) or at least the possiblity should be given in the settings. In my opinion the third direction, which makes it possible to slope the view is practically of little use.
  
• When putting new parts on to the grid from the parts-list, the new part should be orientated to the actual last part, which was placed. For example, it is also possible to place a part, by copying one from the grid or orientate the new part by a selected one on the grid. But when you put a new part from the list on to the grid, the position of the last part, which was copied or orientetated by selecting an other one is ignored. Instead the new part is given the same orientation of the last part, which also put directly from the parts-list on to the grid.
  So, if your last part was part is not exactly on the grid, because you rotated and it and it is in a sloping position, you always have to realign the new part, by editing the position manually, what is very time-consuming. Maybe there should also be a possibility to realign the new part with one click to standard-position.
  
• Give the possibility, to select single parts in 3D-View, maybe by left double-clicking. Because it is often not possible to select a part by the other views (because other parts are in the way). This would make many things much easier!
  
• Also give the possibilty to change the rotation-point of the 3D View by selecting a part.
  
• If you use the scrollbars to align the view in the 3D-View and then use the mouse to rotate, the the view always jumps back starting position, so you have always to scroll again.
  
• If no part is selected the arrow keys could be used, to scroll the view.
  
• When selecting more than one part if is not possibile to select an other part, which is already in the range of selection but not already selected.
  
• The parts in the parts-list could be grouped by model, because it the list is far too long (if you want to select brick 1x2 you have to scrol down brick 1x1, brick 1x1 with blue "0", brick 1x1 with blue "1", .... and hundreds of others.). At least there should be the possiblity in the settings.
  
• simple search-strings should be allowed, when searching for parts
  
• Sometimes the search-function (especially continue searching) doesn't work, even if the parts-list or parts-preview windows are selected.
  

• Is there a key to place a part in the Y-direction? (the arrowkeys are for X and Z)
  
• How can i change the color of the parts in the parts-list?
  
• What is the shortcut for dissolving a group?
  

I'm beginning a ground up rewrite of LDDP in order to take advantage of new language features and cross platform technology. Before I get too far, I have a few questions ask the LDDP users:

• What is your preference for interface: Multiple document windows or tabbed browsing?
  
• Error check as a separate window or integrated into the margin of the document?
  

Is there a way to take revit drawings or pdfs of architechtural drawings of our building and have them import into ldraw and make a lego building out of it..that we can build ourselves?
thanks
joe

Hello. I need some help. I tried a lot of different HDRI lightprobes, but I can't fined that i need.
1. I need bright room lightprobe.
2. How I can config floor when I use it.
I need bright shiny reflecting floor like this. When I don't use HDRi I can change it. But when I use it I can't. I turned off reflections and shadow from lightprobe, but it useless.
Help me please.

Hello at all

I want to build the Imperial Trading Post (Set 6277-1) and i'm missing the pattern on the part 2552.
At Peeron's webpage i've searched for this parts and found six other Parts ( Peeron-Link )

Is it possible to get the parts listed below with pattern?

2552px3 ( Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Pit with DkGray Rocks and Blue Base Pattern ),
2552px4 ( Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Pit with Green Circles and Blue Base Pattern ),
2552px5 ( Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Pit with Gray and Black Rocks Pattern ),
2552px6 ( Baseplate 32 x 32 Raised with Ramp and Pit with Gray and DkGray Rocks Pattern )



Thomas

Travis,

it would be nice if I could save my LDView settings (camera position, zoom, FOV, lights, prefs, ... with a spot on the POV export settings) to my .ldr or .mpd. It is really annoying if you have to recreate everything from scratch every time you open a file you have already worked on.

w.

Hi,

I have a problem to use LSynth in ML Cad. The command "Add command..." (in Extras/LSynth) isn't activated (it's grey and not black). It used to work fine, so I don't understand which condition is missing today.

Could somebody help me ?
Thanks in advance,
Fabrice

Lego Universe is now available as a free download.

http://universe.lego.com

I had some fun playing this with my kids this week :-)
Some of the control panels in the game are quite similar to the GUI in Lego Digital Designer

It has it's own 3D rendering engine. From reading around it looks like it's based on GameBryo???

I'm wondering if it maybe another possible source of LDraw parts e.g.
- extract 3D models information from Lego Universe client install files
- use something like 3DVIA Printscreen to capture the 3D information whilst the game is running

Bye for now

Reuben
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