[Solved] new dual molded hairpiece with cochlear implantat

[Rene Rechthaler]

just stumbled over this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1...aring_aid/
(from the new 60404: Burger Truck Set)

as someone with "normal" hearing aids this one is also very nice...
(and there are also minifig heads with the normal ones:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page...%20aid#T=A
the hearing aid could be subfiled to be used in all heads)

[Rene Rechthaler]

found the heads with the printed hearing aids in Studio (but not on the PT), any way to extract them?
   
where do they get their stuff from?

[Sylvain Sauvage]

found the heads with the printed hearing aids in Studio (but not on the PT), any way to extract them?

where do they get their stuff from?

They get it from TLG.

The images are in the .dat files, in base64.
I tried and failed to get Studio officially share their data with LDraw.  I couldn’t either get an official statement whether it’s okay or not to use the images 

[Cam's Bricks]

They get it from TLG.

The images are in the .dat files, in base64.
I tried and failed to get Studio officially share their data with LDraw.  I couldn’t either get an official statement whether it’s okay or not to use the images 

So they can take from the open standard but cant contribute? Cant say I am surprised.

[Orion Pobursky]

So they can take from the open standard but cant contribute? Cant say I am surprised.

It's frustrating but LEGO is in the position of power here. They can, at any time, shut us down completely and there's not a lot we can do about it. That's why I avoid shaking the tree too much.

[Cam's Bricks]

It's frustrating but LEGO is in the position of power here. They can, at any time, shut us down completely and there's not a lot we can do about it. That's why I avoid shaking the tree too much.

I am passively familiar with US trademark and copyright law so I am sure its different where ever LDraw is incorporated but from a US position, as long as everything in the system is a new creation, there is no leg to stand on for TLG to shut down LDraw. It would preclude ripping the digital models out of the app and other sources but the basic system cant be shut down because it is not infringing on the IP of TLG. 

Now could they bury LDraw in legal battles so large and costly it would effectively shut it down? Thats definitely a risk.

[Orion Pobursky]

Now could they bury LDraw in legal battles so large and costly it would effectively shut it down? Thats definitely a risk.

This. There is no formal LDraw organization. All of James' work is owned by his estate, the parts/posts are owned by the authors, and everything else is, for all intents and purposes, legally me. My legal budget is zero. If I ever get served with the C&D the site shuts down or the affected parts get removed from the library.

[Carl Rodabaugh]

They get it from TLG.

The images are in the .dat files, in base64.
I tried and failed to get Studio officially share their data with LDraw.  I couldn’t either get an official statement whether it’s okay or not to use the images 

So, is there a way to get ldview to render the .dat file and display the embedded images, or export them to .3ds?

[Travis Cobbs]

So, is there a way to get ldview to render the .dat file and display the embedded images, or export them to .3ds?

Studio created their own completely non-standard way of dealing with textures, despite the LDraw format having a texture standard. I don't expect to ever support the Studio texture format in LDView.

[Orion Pobursky]

So, is there a way to get ldview to render the .dat file and display the embedded images, or export them to .3ds?

Since this post was written, there have been a number of people who have figured out how to get LEGO's texture images into LDraw. Maybe they can help out.

[Sylvain Sauvage]

Studio created their own completely non-standard way of dealing with textures, despite the LDraw format having a texture standard. I don't expect to ever support the Studio texture format in LDView.

From a remark from one of the devs during a Studio Panel meeting, they did that because they wanted the images to be embedded in the .dat, without using a multipart document.
And I guess there was a bit of NIH and “we have other habits & needs (uv-mapping on triangles).”

[Magnus Forsberg]

just stumbled over this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1...aring_aid/
(from the new 60404: Burger Truck Set)

On the Part Tracker now:  https://library.ldraw.org/tracker/40007


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[Rene Rechthaler]

thank you very much!
found out there is a female counterpart too:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cat...01#T=C&C=2