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    Thread: Why don't stud grids allow offset snapping?
Post: RE: Why don't stud grids allow offset snapping?

SNIPE Wrote: (2026-01-12, 5:58) -- Hi, I'm wondering why we can't have snap info for placing round parts such as 1x1 round plates and 1x1 round bricks in-between at least a 2x2 array of studs?I do...
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 3 280 2026-01-12, 9:48
    Thread: Missing Opal Trans Yellow
Post: RE: Missing Opal Trans Yellow

Lisa Winter Wrote: (2025-12-26, 12:53) -- Hi, For this hair https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=1987pb03 I would need Opal Trans Yellow which is not in the color list. Kind ...
Willy Tschager Official File Specifications/Standards 4 618 2025-12-27, 9:29
    Thread: [LDPE] 1.8.96 Released (new random colour mode / subfile types / PrimGen2 bugfix)
Post: RE: [LDPE] 1.8.96 Released (new random colour mode...

Jack Wrote: (2025-10-14, 1:51) -- Hello, friend. Could you tell me if this software has a user manual? I don’t know how to reduce the number of triangles in the exported model. -- A stub of a manua...
Willy Tschager Parts Author Tools 10 3,804 2025-10-14, 4:31
    Thread: Vertex precision
Post: RE: Vertex precision

If 1 LDU is 0,4 mm, how much is 0.0001 LDU in mm? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To convert 0.0001 LDU to millimeters, you can multiply by the given conversion factor (1 LDU = 0.4 mm). So...
Willy Tschager Official File Specifications/Standards 15 2,109 2025-10-09, 18:09
    Thread: [LDPE] 1.8.96 Released (new random colour mode / subfile types / PrimGen2 bugfix)
Post: RE: "10 years" anniversary

Nils Schmidt Wrote: (2025-10-01, 17:12) -- LDPatternCreator (LPC) ... (although its quite "feature complete"). -- I have a different opinion on that :D. w.
Willy Tschager Parts Author Tools 10 3,804 2025-10-01, 17:21
    Thread: LDraw.org 2025-09 Parts Update Now Available
Post: RE: LDraw.org 2025-09 Parts Update Now Available

Orion Pobursky Wrote: (2025-09-29, 5:03) -- You can preview the new parts in 2025-09 here (https://library.ldraw.org/updates/view2509), and download the zip-file update or Windows install package her...
Willy Tschager LDraw.org Announcements 2 2,904 2025-09-29, 6:04
    Thread: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion
Post: RE: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion

Javier Orquera Wrote: (2025-09-27, 16:27) -- OK; before I made a final desition. I want to know the opinión of other users, specialy Rene since he have the real parts. -- It's not about the real pa...
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 62 51,670 2025-09-27, 17:03
    Thread: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion
Post: RE: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion

Javier Orquera Wrote: (2025-09-27, 13:24) -- What is the desition here? Do I do the the alias of the keys or not? -- I'd say the decision is yours but ask yourself: As a user I'd like to build digi...
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 62 51,670 2025-09-27, 16:06
    Thread: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion
Post: RE: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion

Javier Orquera Wrote: (2025-09-26, 14:31) -- If I do the alias parts: The actual parts remain as is and the new part are aliases or the actual parts needed to be changed to aliases and the new ones b...
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 62 51,670 2025-09-27, 10:50
    Thread: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion
Post: RE: Plug34.dat and related parts discussion

So the bumps have an electronic purpose. It has nothing to do with studs/axles/whatever. So 4112 is perfectly fine to do the job since noone can see those bumps. Make 4709 an alias if you want. w.
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 62 51,670 2025-09-26, 6:15
    Thread: TXT2DAT integrated in LDPC 1.7.7
Post: RE: TXT2DAT integrated in LDPC 1.7.7

Gerald Lasser Wrote: (2025-09-10, 21:00) -- I like the approach to include a Tx2Dat into LDPC,when I need text, so far I use tx2Dat in LDPE and move it over to LDPC -- So do I w.
Willy Tschager Parts Author Tools 4 4,893 2025-09-11, 8:03
    Thread: Img4Dat integrated in LDPC 1.7.7
Post: RE: Img4Dat integrated in LDPC 1.7.7

Magnus Forsberg Wrote: (2025-09-10, 21:40) -- Would love to have it integrated in LDPC -- +1
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 6 3,703 2025-09-11, 8:02
    Thread: why is 61409 marked "obsolete" ??
Post: RE: why is 61409 marked "obsolete" ??

Franklin W. Cain Wrote: (2025-09-08, 12:53) -- LEGO Company is still producing part 61409.  https://bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=61409#T=C So why is this DAT file titled as being o...
Willy Tschager General LDraw.org Discussion 7 4,145 2025-09-08, 14:18
    Thread: Importing protocol from CATIA,Solidworks or AutoCAD
Post: RE: Importing protocol from CATIA,Solidworks or Au...

snakegreenich Wrote: (2025-09-06, 14:32) -- Or maybe there is a detailed tutorial somewhere on how to make a complete part from A to Z? I'm doing 3D scanning and modeling at NX. I made a copy of the ...
Willy Tschager Help 6 13,714 2025-09-06, 17:11
    Thread: LDraw Additional-Tools-Installer 2025-02 v1 now available
Post: RE: LDraw Additional-Tools-Installer 2025-02 v1 no...

Hi, I just downloaded: LDraw_Additional-Tools-Installer_2025-02_setup_32bit_v1.exe from: https://www.ldraw.org/article/104.html which contains MLCad 3.52 and everything got installed in...
Willy Tschager LDraw.org Announcements 4 8,085 2025-08-28, 10:25
    Thread: parts update making MLCad behave odd
Post: RE: parts update making MLCad behave odd

This is a known issue which has been fixed in 3.52. Read: https://forums.ldraw.org/thread-28953.html w.
Willy Tschager LDraw Editors and Viewers 2 3,266 2025-08-27, 7:14
    Thread: Sticker shortcut coloring
Post: RE: Sticker shortcut coloring

I'd like to see all stickers in a shortcut colored 16: * With the exception that it should be white if the part has been authored on a Monday morning, between 9:32 and 10:47. * It should be trans-...
Willy Tschager Official File Specifications/Standards 23 11,715 2025-08-11, 13:33
    Thread: Duplo strecher orientation
Post: RE: Duplo strecher orientation

Peter Blomberg Wrote: (2025-08-09, 16:38) -- What is the correct orientation of the duplo strecher? The feet are attached at the studs, so logically the other end would be the head? Should the head...
Willy Tschager Parts Authoring 1 1,654 2025-08-09, 19:48
    Thread: Documentation overhaul
Post: RE: Documentation overhaul

Peter Blomberg Wrote: (2025-08-07, 20:39) -- Please have a look at the tangs. I see one too many 8-prims and 4 too few 48-prims listed. -- Corrected. w.
Willy Tschager Official File Specifications/Standards 7 5,641 2025-08-08, 15:22
    Thread: MLCad Source Code - x64 / ARM, multithreading optimizations?
Post: RE: MLCad Source Code - x64 / ARM, multithreading ...

tom alphin Wrote: (2025-08-05, 2:05) -- I still prefer MLCad because I am extremely familiar with the XY/YZ/XZ/Preview format which I grew up -- Sounds like you never tried the 4-pane view in LDCad...
Willy Tschager LDraw Editors and Viewers 4 3,798 2025-08-05, 6:40