Lay out all the parts in model

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Lay out all the parts in model - Reuben Pearse - 2015-08-30

Does anyone have a tool or script that would take a standard LDR or MPD file and then create a new LDR file that contains all the parts from that model, but lay them out in nice neat rows? The layout as shown below is the kind of thing I'm after.

[Image: v9-2.jpg]

Ideally the script would have some sort of bounding box method to intelligently position the pieces.

As an alternative, is there a script or tool that can analyse the pieces in an LDR file and generate an output like this (ideally as a new LDR file)?

[Image: L%28EGO%29Draw33.png]

How about a more clever script that takes all the parts and then randomly assembles them in a pile - like this:
[Image: LegoBricks.jpg]

Re: Lay out all the parts in model - Damien Roux - 2015-08-30

FYI: I've made the first picture by placing the parts manually in MLCAD.

Re: Lay out all the parts in model - Gerald Lasser - 2015-08-31

Your second picture is basically a BOM as in LPUB.

However the BOM Pictures are not all the same size, they are in relation to each other.

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - zzjin zeng - 2021-05-13

Checkout My little tool:

https://github.com/zzjin/ldraw_explosion

[Image: car_origin.png]

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Philippe Hurbain - 2021-05-13

...stupid question (Github noob here):
"Download prebuilt one-file-binary for your platform, and drag&drop ldr file on it." Where do we download binary?

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Travis Cobbs - 2021-05-13

(2021-05-13, 14:52)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: ...stupid question (Github noob here):
"Download prebuilt one-file-binary for your platform, and drag&drop ldr file on it." Where do we download binary?

https://github.com/zzjin/ldraw_explosion/releases

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Yu Zhang - 2021-05-14

(2021-05-13, 12:16)zzjin zeng Wrote: Checkout My little tool:

https://github.com/zzjin/ldraw_explosion

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great job!

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Philippe Hurbain - 2021-05-14

Funny little tool Smile

To make echo to this discussion https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-23610-post-33654.html#pid33654 , doesn't work with mpd extension, had to rename to .ldr...

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - zzjin zeng - 2021-05-14

(2021-05-14, 6:05)Philippe Hurbain Wrote: Funny little tool To make echo to this discussion https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-23610-post-33654.html#pid33654 , doesn't work with mpd extension, had to rename to .ldr...

thanks for testing~. I'll look at .mpd file support asap.

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Jaco van der Molen - 2021-06-11

Interesting. Where can I find lp_win.exe? I am not able to build it. Wouldn't have a clue how Blush

I'd like to test too.

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Max Martin Richter - 2021-06-11

(2021-06-11, 9:29)Jaco van der Molen Wrote: Interesting. Where can I find lp_win.exe? I am not able to build it. Wouldn't have a clue how
I'd like to test too.

As far as I see, it is inclueded in the link, Travis posted last month.

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Jaco van der Molen - 2021-06-11

(2021-06-11, 13:50)Max Martin Richter Wrote: As far as I see, it is inclueded in the link, Travis posted last month.

Ah yes, found it. Looked over it.
I’ll give it a try

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Jaco van der Molen - 2021-06-14

(2021-06-11, 15:42)Jaco van der Molen Wrote: Ah yes, found it. Looked over it.
I’ll give it a try

Doesn't work :-( ?

I downloaded https://github.com/zzjin/ldraw_explosion/releases/download/v0.1.0/lp_win.exe in the same folder as my LDR file.
Drag and drop LDR on EXE nothing happens...

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Magnus Forsberg - 2021-06-14

(2021-06-14, 7:53)Jaco van der Molen Wrote: Doesn't work :-( ?

Some files work, and some don't.
Is the program looking for something in the fileheader? Or in the structure in the file?

RE: Lay out all the parts in model - Jaco van der Molen - 2021-06-14

(2021-06-14, 16:08)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: Some files work, and some don't.
Is the program looking for something in the fileheader? Or in the structure in the file?

Ah, OK. I will try a few other files too then, I have only tried one ;-)