42093 C Model: Race Truck

[Matt Walker]

Hi all,

Wanted to share one of my MOCs. This one is based off the 42093 set.  I've modeled using stand-in pieces for the 42531 fenders as they weren't in the parts library for stud.io. I used Philo's subfiles from the Parts Tracker to assemble a piece in the Studio PartDesigner, but I'm not sure what the etiquette is for posting MOCs with unofficial parts. If it's alright to do that, I'll rev the file and re-release.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-25464/C.../#comments

Links to instructions are on this page, which are available in pdf.

Enjoy!

Cheers, Matt

[Philippe Hurbain]

Hi all,

Wanted to share one of my MOCs. This one is based off the 42093 set.  I've modeled using stand-in pieces for the 42531 fenders as they weren't in the parts library for stud.io. I used Philo's subfiles from the Parts Tracker to assemble a piece in the Studio PartDesigner, but I'm not sure what the etiquette is for posting MOCs with unofficial parts. If it's alright to do that, I'll rev the file and re-release.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-25464/C.../#comments

Hi Matt,
(answering here for this and for your pm...)
There is absolutely no problem for using parts and subparts, even unofficial, for any purpose you want (see https://www.ldraw.org/article/227.html for more details).
As for using 42531 with Studio, you can use the part itself and don't need to rebuild it from subparts. Place 42531.dat in your CustomParts\parts folder, and both subparts 42531s01.dat and 42531s02.dat into CustomParts\parts\s folder. 42531 will then be avalable in Studio custom parts palette.

[Matt Walker]

Hi Matt,
(answering here for this and for your pm...)
There is absolutely no problem for using parts and subparts, even unofficial, for any purpose you want (see https://www.ldraw.org/article/227.html for more details).
As for using 42531 with Studio, you can use the part itself and don't need to rebuild it from subparts. Place 42531.dat in your CustomParts\parts folder, and both subparts 42531s01.dat and 42531s02.dat into CustomParts\parts\s folder. 42531 will then be avalable in Studio custom parts palette.

Phillipe,

thanks for for the response.  That’s good to know.  I’ll read up on the article you sent.  Also, thanks for the tip on including the part file directly in the program.  I did learn a bit about part editing while using PartDesigner, but I get the feeling it’s not optimized for complex parts like these. I need to get cracking on updating my files!

 Cheers, Matt

[Philippe Hurbain]

I did learn a bit about part editing while using PartDesigner, but I get the feeling it’s not optimized for complex parts like these.

Definitely no. It's great to add patterns or connectivity on existing shapes, or to build simple boxy brick shapes. But to make complex parts, the tool of choice is LDPartEditor! https://github.com/nilsschmidt1337/ldparteditor
...BTW, nice C-model!

[Matt Walker]

Definitely no. It's great to add patterns or connectivity on existing shapes, or to build simple boxy brick shapes. But to make complex parts, the tool of choice is LDPartEditor! https://github.com/nilsschmidt1337/ldparteditor
...BTW, nice C-model!

Thanks, Phillipe!