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You can download MPDCenter from http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=mpdcenter and LDView from http://ldview.sourceforge.net/
Launch LDView, and open a part file (2x4 brick 3001.dat is fine) and check that it looks right (part color, background, etc...)
Once you have a LDraw file containing all the parts for which you need images (*):
- Launch MPDCenter
- Setup MPDCenter so that it knows where LDView is located (options -> options)
- File -> open your file
- Information -> inventory
There, you can check that the parts thumnails look fine (show preview) and choose thumnail size
then press OK, choose a folder that will receive the images and wait (about 0.5s per image).
(*) This may actually be the hardest... you can either use SR3d and pile up parts missing thumbnails. I used a more brute force method, make a list of all parts in LDraw parts folder (Windows command prompt in parts folder then type
then edit the file to transform each line xxxxx.dat
into
Hope it helps...
Now, I must say that although I used SR3D a lot in the past I have now completely switched to LDCad and I am extremely happy with it! The only area where SR3D is still interesting is for mechanical animations. LDCad can do wonderful animations, but you must write scripts for that. With SR3d you can simply turn gears and move levers...
You can download MPDCenter from http://ldraw.heidemann.org/index.php?page=mpdcenter and LDView from http://ldview.sourceforge.net/
Launch LDView, and open a part file (2x4 brick 3001.dat is fine) and check that it looks right (part color, background, etc...)
Once you have a LDraw file containing all the parts for which you need images (*):
- Launch MPDCenter
- Setup MPDCenter so that it knows where LDView is located (options -> options)
- File -> open your file
- Information -> inventory
There, you can check that the parts thumnails look fine (show preview) and choose thumnail size
then press OK, choose a folder that will receive the images and wait (about 0.5s per image).
(*) This may actually be the hardest... you can either use SR3d and pile up parts missing thumbnails. I used a more brute force method, make a list of all parts in LDraw parts folder (Windows command prompt in parts folder then type
Code:
dir *.dat /b > allparts.ldrinto
Code:
1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 xxxxx.datHope it helps...
Now, I must say that although I used SR3D a lot in the past I have now completely switched to LDCad and I am extremely happy with it! The only area where SR3D is still interesting is for mechanical animations. LDCad can do wonderful animations, but you must write scripts for that. With SR3d you can simply turn gears and move levers...