A LDraw.org Part Library Year in Review 2022:
Timeline:
January:
- Chris Dee stepped down as parts library admin. Orion Pobursky took his place.
- Update 2022-01 released with 568 new parts
February:
- The Contributor's Agreement was updated to bump the library license to CC By 4.0
- The inclusion of Helper parts was approved
March:
- Update 2022-02 released with 196 new parts and a complete overhaul of the axlehole primitives.
May:
- Update 2022-03 released with 328 new parts and a complete overhaul of the axle2hol primitives.
July:
- Update 2022-04 released with 391 new parts.
September:
- Update 2022-05 released with 393 new parts.
December:
- Update 2022-06 released with 333 new parts.
Stats:
Total Files: 4332
New Files: 3374
New Parts: 2209
New Primitives (all types): 191
New texmap images: 66
Thoughts:
This was a banner year for LDraw! We released a record number of new parts this beating our previous record by almost 500 parts. This is all due to the continued efforts of our parts authors and reviewers. Without them, the library simply wouldn't exist. I was unsure of myself when I volunteered to fill the Admin spot as Chris's legacy loomed large. Now that I've done the job for a year, I have a deeper appreciation for all of his effort. Thanks again to Chris for all the years he steered this huge machine.
Now to the big announcement:
The Parts Tracker is being updated!
The live beta can be found here: https://library.ldraw.org/tracker
The coding is mostly finished with a few rough edges to sand off and some additional features to add back in. The "go live" date is still TBD but I'm shooting for the beginning of February. I'm focusing on feature parity with the old PT. Once that is done, I can start adding refinements. Eventually the OMR and the Documentation parts of the LDraw site will move here as well but that's in the future.
Have a look. Play around. If you find a bug or have a feature request, please submit them to the github project:
https://github.com/ldraw-org/ldraworg-library
Timeline:
January:
- Chris Dee stepped down as parts library admin. Orion Pobursky took his place.
- Update 2022-01 released with 568 new parts
February:
- The Contributor's Agreement was updated to bump the library license to CC By 4.0
- The inclusion of Helper parts was approved
March:
- Update 2022-02 released with 196 new parts and a complete overhaul of the axlehole primitives.
May:
- Update 2022-03 released with 328 new parts and a complete overhaul of the axle2hol primitives.
July:
- Update 2022-04 released with 391 new parts.
September:
- Update 2022-05 released with 393 new parts.
December:
- Update 2022-06 released with 333 new parts.
Stats:
Total Files: 4332
New Files: 3374
New Parts: 2209
New Primitives (all types): 191
New texmap images: 66
Thoughts:
This was a banner year for LDraw! We released a record number of new parts this beating our previous record by almost 500 parts. This is all due to the continued efforts of our parts authors and reviewers. Without them, the library simply wouldn't exist. I was unsure of myself when I volunteered to fill the Admin spot as Chris's legacy loomed large. Now that I've done the job for a year, I have a deeper appreciation for all of his effort. Thanks again to Chris for all the years he steered this huge machine.
Now to the big announcement:
The Parts Tracker is being updated!
The live beta can be found here: https://library.ldraw.org/tracker
The coding is mostly finished with a few rough edges to sand off and some additional features to add back in. The "go live" date is still TBD but I'm shooting for the beginning of February. I'm focusing on feature parity with the old PT. Once that is done, I can start adding refinements. Eventually the OMR and the Documentation parts of the LDraw site will move here as well but that's in the future.
Have a look. Play around. If you find a bug or have a feature request, please submit them to the github project:
https://github.com/ldraw-org/ldraworg-library