For authors with submit access:

I've created a Minifig torso shortcut helper:
https://library.ldraw.org/tracker/torso-helper

Hi,

this is just an early present for Philo, Magnus and Willy



As always, you can download LDPE from this page:

http://nilsschmidt1337.github.io/ldparteditor/

Changelog:

(4 new features and 2 bug fixes)

With this release you will be able to...

• ...drag and drop Windows file shortcuts to LDPE to open the linked *.dat file.
  
• ...reference subfiles on your harddrive by a full path (without having double spaces in the path, e.g. D:\folder\part.dat ).
  
• ...have a quad "auto-created" when you move one vertex enough to allow a flat quad (only active during "Coplanarity Heatmap" mode in the 3D editor).
  
• ...benefit from the fact that txt2dat writes the used font setting to the file.
  

1. Lower/upper case differences between the filename in the 3D editor and in the text editor tab.
   
2. High-quality edges (type 2 and 5) were not displayed with OpenGL 3.3 on some graphic cards.
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_win32_x64.zip
   
2. Run LDPartEditor-1.8.90.msi
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the start menu
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_linux_x64.zip
   
2. Install ldparteditor_1.8.90-1_amd64.deb
   
3. Start LDPartEditor from the menu or via launcher
   

1. Download and extract LDPartEditor_mac_x64.zip
   
2. Mount LDPartEditor-1.8.90.dmg
   
3. Drag LDPartEditor.app to the Applications folder
   
4. Copy ldparteditor.sh to your home folder
       4a. Open a Terminal.app and run ./ldparteditor.sh
       4b. Or open a Terminal.app and run /Applications/LDPartEditor.app/Contents/MacOS/LDPartEditor
   

• OpenGL 2.1 compatible Graphics Card
  
• Operating System (64-bit): Windows [7 or newer], Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor e.g. Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon II (>2.0Ghz)
  
• RAM: 4GB
  
• Video-Memory: 1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 150 MB
  

• Operating System (64bit): Windows 7,8,10,11, Linux [e.g. Ubuntu Linux >=14.4], Mac OS X [>=10.6]
  
• OpenGL 3.3 compatible Graphics Card
  
• CPU: Multicore-Processor with 4 cores (or more)
  
• RAM: >4 GB
  
• Video-Memory: >1 GB
  
• Free Disk Space: 500 MB
  
• For a faster start, LDPartEditor and the LDraw™ library should be installed on an SSD.
  

Hello all.

Before I release LDCad 1.7 beta 2 I also want to update its default template collection.

For this I'm looking to compile a list of missing flexible parts. 

So if you have any suggestions on what to add (or change) please let me know here.

Part request: 10312pb01
Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Square Front Cutout with Light Bluish Gray Jedi Starfighter, Handle and Two Red Triangles on Top Pattern

Bricklink:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...ted%5D#T=C

Part request: 10312pb08
Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Square Front Cutout with Light Bluish Gray Jedi Starfighter and Two Red Triangles on Top Pattern

Bricklink:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...D#T=C&C=13

Part request:
50986pb001 Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Dark Bluish Gray Jedi Starfighter Pattern

Bricklink: 
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...ted%5D#T=C

Part request:
50986pb005 Windscreen 10 x 6 x 3 Bubble Canopy Double Tapered with Light Bluish Gray Jedi Starfighter, Handle and Two Red Triangles on Top Pattern
Bricklink:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...ted%5D#T=C

Hello everyone,

following the discussion here

https://library.ldraw.org/parts/42115

I couldn't resist trying to do this part (best regards to Rene ).

   

Whilst it turned out the print isn't as complicated as I initially thought, there are still a lot of issues. Also given the rather complicated nature of the base part, I thought it best to make a forum post before refining things further and put in on the Parts Tracker.

1) Sub-File Structure:
One of the main goals was to keep the original crater plate as is.
Both the main file and the sub-files can only be used by this part anyways, so I assume this will not become an issue?
Should this keep it's current 4 sub-files, or should they be merged into a single monolithic file like the base part?
I also might need to do some local triangle splits to make the ridge less 'blocky' I guess...

2) Pattern Inconsistency:
I used both my own plate and some photos mostly sourced from Ebay as reference. Unfortunately I only have one of these plates, so I couldn't test how they align to each other in reality.
I assumed that ideally these should be able to form a continuous 'river' when put alongside each other. The small colour spots on the edge however seem to be problematic here, as some don't seem to be aligned to the edge on the opposing side.
For the current pattern I 'idealised' the orientation of the spots, so that they do align, assuming this issue is caused by print mis-alignment.
I am not sure if I overdid this, so I would like to get some feedback before I refine the pattern further.

   

3) 'Mountain' Foot:
On the real part, the darker blue of the mountain print bleeds a bit onto the flat base. Yet again, it looks a lot like this was unintentional. Currently I assumed the dark colour ends right were the sculpted mountain ends. I also assumed that the lighter colour follows the ridge of the mountain as close as possible.
Do you think is correct or should the colour extend more on the floor?

4) Unknown Blue Ink:
This plate's base colour is Light Blue (which is a VERY rare colour on real parts). However, almost the entire top surface of this part is covered in paint, so not much of this is actually visible.
There is a total of 3 ink colours present on the part: Black, Blue and a shade of blue I was unable to identify (it's definitely not Medium Blue). Please keep in mind, that this part was released in 1996 where there were not that many shades of blue available. I am suspecting it could be Maersk Blue, but I don't have parts in that colour to compare. On screen, Medium Azure looks very close, but of cause that wasn't available in 1996.
Does anyone here have both this plate and a Maersk Blue part to compare?

5) Approximating Dithered Colours:
A lot of this part is actually covered in dithered colour blends, which I would usually approach by tiny triangles like in https://library.ldraw.org/parts/37577. However since this part is already quite huge, I am a bit reluctant to increase it's polygon count even further. Everything that is currently coloured as 9 Light Blue is actually a dithered blend of the Light Blue base and the unknown medium blue ink (creating a colour I am not sure how to approximate). The dark blue areas are a color gradient between Black and Blue. I kind of dislike using colours that are definitely not present on the real part, but in this case I see little alternatives.
I also considered direct colour values or Texmaps, but I am a bit afraid of compatibility issues (Stud.io wasn't happy with this approach). Should I keep the current approach?

Attached Files

  3947bp01s01.dat (Size: 123.19 KB / Downloads: 1)
  3947bp01.dat (Size: 650 bytes / Downloads: 1)
  3947bp01s04.dat (Size: 12.9 KB / Downloads: 1)
  3947bp01s03.dat (Size: 30.64 KB / Downloads: 1)
  3947bp01s02.dat (Size: 351 KB / Downloads: 1)

Hello!
I am not a programmer so I am sorry if I do not use this forum properly.
I was using Studio to make some LEGO pirate themed MOCs, but I noticed it misses some parts, that can be useful.

I read the forum rules, so I will try to post those parts properly.

MINI WIG, NO. 288 or Minifigure, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Long Hair with Ponytail and Molded Black Pirate Tricorne Hat Pattern

BIG PIRATE HAT or Minifigure, Headgear Hat, Pirate Circular with Fold in Brim and Marine Growth Pattern - this item exists in digital form at http://www.digital-bricks.de

Mini Wig No. 37 'no. 2' or Minifigure, Hair Female Mid-Length with Part over Front of Right Shoulder with Red Cloth Wrap / Bandana Pattern - this item exists in digital form at http://www.digital-bricks.de

Mini Wig No. 42 'no. 1' or Minifigure, Hair Long Tied Back with Black Ribbon Pattern - this item exists in digital form at http://www.digital-bricks.de

3626bpx81 - Yellow Minifigure, Head Moustache Pointed, Goatee and Stubble Pattern - Blocked Open Stud

973px135c01 - Green Torso Pirate Imperial Armada Ruffles, White Stripes Gold Medal Pattern / Green Arms / Yellow Hands

Thank you so much for your help!

Please bear with me- I am very much new to this whole thing- my 10 year old son loves to create his own Lego models and it has been his dream to create instructions to share with his friends. I’m trying to assist him, I discovered LDCAD and learned the basics in how to use it, then got him started. We got his first model completed, spent quite a bit of time refining the steps and getting it all figured out, then imported it into LPub3D to create the instructions. The first time we opened it, it was fine, then we started editing things and got the cover page looking nice. When we went further, we discovered something that needed to be fixed, so went back to LDCAD to edit that. We had both programs running, which I think was a mistake because then they kept asking if we wanted to update what the other program had changed, and I think we made the wrong choice at some point. In the process of figuring that out, we lost a bunch of edits, but then realized we needed to just run one program, do the edits and save before going to the other program to continue. Once we finished our edits in LDCAD, we went back to try and work on the instructions in LPub3D and it gives us this error- “step with INSERT COVER_PAGE meta command cannot contain type 1-5 line. Invalid type at line 31 (file:main.ldr, line:30) “. I’m at a loss on how to resolve this- I assume there’s is some piece of code that needs to be edited, but I don’t know how to get to it or what to change it to. That’s all kind of beyond my scope of understanding at this point- I am willing to learn if I can, but haven’t been able to find the right info on how to fix that. Can someone help me understand what/how to fix this? Thanks.

The 2024-10 LDraw Parts Update has been released. This update adds 390 new files to the core library, including 304 new parts and 7 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 2024-10 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
LDraw.org Parts Library Admin

Does the order of the control points matter?

What is the meaning of a purple conditional line in LDPE? Most conditional lines are yellow/orange, but every once in a while even primitives have single purples here and there.