Hello,
with the 2025-08 release something no longer works with the empty.dat file in MLCad (3.20 or 3.50).

Parts that use it are not uploaded correctly.

I did some tests on my PC and found this solution that seems to work without having to update software or change anything else.

Instead of the line:
0 MLCAD HIDE 5 24 0 0 0 0.0001 0 0 0.0001 -0.0001 0 0 0 0
I use:
2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0

if I open the file thus modified with LDPE1.8.96 obviously I have an error: identical vertices. But otherwise I have no problems.
Nothing is displayed, not even an isolated vertex, but the software continues to work.


if I open a part that uses empty.dat with the same software in the same way I have no problems.
I can't verify that any vertex is added, because now the software adds it automatically.

Similarly, if I use LDCad 1.6d there are no problems: no isolated vertex is shown and all parts are loaded.

- I don't know what happens if you export the part to use it in POV or Blender.
- I don't know what happens on other PC.

Massimo

I'm looking for piece number 37696, the long tied beard used in the Hogwarts Clock Tower (75948) set.


  Screenshot 2025-10-28 182053.png (Size: 57.67 KB / Downloads: 79)

The 2025-10 LDraw Parts Update has been released. This update adds 66 new files to the core library, including 45 new parts and 11 new primitives.

Thanks are due to all the part authors who created or corrected parts for this release. The small, but dedicated, band of reviewers also play an important role in keeping files moving through the Parts Tracker and deserve just as much credit. This update wouldn't have been possible without their dedication and attention to detail.

You can preview the new parts in 2025-10 here, and download the zip-file update or Windows install package here.

Thank you to all the testers and parts authors who continue giving feedback on the PT software. This project would not be what it is without your help.

Orion Pobursky
Magnus Forsberg
Gerald Lasser
LDraw.org Parts Library Admins

Hello,
I'm working on the torso 973pb2066 (Bricklink code), which is used in many sets.

It appears in three different assemblies with different hand colors.

Yellow hands BL 973pb2066c02, Reb 973c14h01pr3451 for 26sets
Medium Nougat BL 973pb2066c03, Reb 973c14h23pr4822 for 1 set
Light nougat BL 973pb2066c01, Reb 973c14h02pr3053 for 7 sets

How do I get it into Parts Tracker.
If torso base is 973puq, what will the three assemblies be called?
76382puq, 76382pur and 76382pus?

But then, will the 973pur torso go to 76832put?

Massimo

Hello!  So, am still waiting on Part 3037px7, and managed to come up with this:


  Lego Part 3037px7 Image 2.png (Size: 45.93 KB / Downloads: 93)

So, does this help in any way?

Hello,
I was able to find this short hood (seen in Ice Fisherman, Christmas Darth Maul, Captain Cold, etc) on Digitalbricks.de, but it is all one color. May I please have some help with a version with white for the fur trim? Trying to apply it on top as an image in Studio's Part Designer is painfully finicky. Any help is appreciated. Additionally, any recommended programs for applying colors (or maybe even images) on top of specific sections of .dat files would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you!

Attached Files

  95678 hood.dat (Size: 97.83 KB / Downloads: 3)

Hello,
I am a bit new to this forum but I've looked at all the proper sources and cannot find 105005pb01 / Minifigure, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Short with Bangs and Center Part with Molded Bright Green Slouchy Hat and Light Nougat Pointed Ears Pattern. Note that this item is tri-molded between Light Nougat, Bright Green, and (the color it is listed as) Bright Light Orange.

I am also looking for the magic effects from 76415 The Battle of Hogwarts; specifically part 3473d / Magic Spell, Shield Splat. If this is important, this is one of those modern "pack of 6" pieces included in its own bag. This is an interesting part as it's kind of "bowl" shaped; the circle you see facing toward the camera in the Bricklink photo is actually an anti-stud, with a regular stud on the opposite side.

ANY help on these would be greatly appreciated. I do not know if these parts (particularly the hat) are really difficult to make because of the tri-color nature.
Thank you very much.

Mainly this primitive would be used in parts where the top of the stud goes into the part so the edge lines that would be drawn in the primitive would not show up.

Right now we have 6 different types of part number suffixes:
pXX(X)/pNNNN - Patterns
cXX - Shortcuts
dXX - Sticker Shortcuts
kNN - Flexible sections
-fN - Flexible states
s01 - Subpart
bNN - Sticker box subparts
Note: X = 0-9a-z, N = 0-9

b and s are easy, they're only for subparts.

By my reckoning, the rule is:
p/c in any order followed by optional one of d, k, or -f

Questions:
Is <part number>p01c01 a pattern, shortcut, or both?
What about <part number>c01p01?
If it's one or the other, what is the base part: <part number> or <part number>p/c01?

Hello,

For example, part 15068 consists of a lower section 15068s1. The upper section consists of part of a cylinder 1-8cyli.
Both parts contain the optional lines. For each part with a pattern, the optional lines for the upper section must be added.
My suggestion would be to use a primitive 1-8cyli without optional lines and move the optional lines to the lower part.
This would mean that they would not have to be added to every part with a pattern.
I compared several parts and the optional lines were almost always the same, with most deviations due to rounding (e.g. 4 <-> 3.9999).
The colour of the pattern also has no effect, as the colour was always 24.

My question is, what are the arguments against my suggestion?

Regards

Manfred